# Incredible Photo of Young Boy Helping Dad Make Skin-to-Skin Contact with Siblings Goes Viral

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- Published: 2016-05-26T09:00:06+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## _A young boy has touched thousands of hearts as he helps his dad make skin-to-skin�contact�with his premature siblings._

This sweet photo of a boy making skin-to-skin contact with his premature sibling
has now gone viral.

The photo was originally posted by a Danish family advocacy organisation called 
[Forældre og Fødsel](https://www.facebook.com/150845154985274/photos/a.194252570644532.44859.150845154985274/803999949669788/?type=3&theater),
which shows a father and his son practicing skin-to-skin contact with�premature�
newborn twins.

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Just recently,�this photo was reposted in a South African Facebook page,�[NINO Birth](https://www.facebook.com/ninobirth/posts/602271593275724:0),
with the caption translated in English, which explains the�Swedish practice in which
babies around 700 grams (roughly 1.5 pounds) are placed on a parent’s bare chest
for skin-to-skin contact instead of an incubator. The post reads:

> “A Swedish Professor, Uwe Ewald, came to Hvidovre hospital (Denmark) to talk about
> his revolutionary practice, where even very small premature babies are taken out
> of the incubator to be skin to skin with their parents as much as possible.
> “Uwe Ewald points out that the parent’s chest regulates the temperature better
> than an incubator…Skin-to-skin contact helps the baby to breathe better. The child
> becomes more calm and gains weight faster. Research shows that parents bacterial
> flora “� compared with hospital bacteria “� reduces the risk of serious infections
> in these delicate children.”

The amazing photo has now gained more than 32,000 reactions and over 22,700 shares,
with parents on social media commending the family and sharing their own experiences.

User�[Rachael Westblade](https://www.facebook.com/ninobirth/photos/a.139952382840983.1073741825.129078773928344/602271593275724/?type=3&comment_id=602897066546510&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D)
�commented: “We practiced this ‘kangaroo’ care regularly with my micro preemies.
One born at 25.3 weeks and the other at 23.5 weeks. They are now strong young adults
at 20 and 19.” Mum�[Stephanie Savoie](https://www.facebook.com/ninobirth/photos/a.139952382840983.1073741825.129078773928344/602271593275724/?type=3&comment_id=603351606501056&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R7%22%7D)
�also reacted: “I love this and wish this could have been happening where I live
when my daughter was born “� I cried looking at her in that machine.”

Source:�[Huffingtonpost.com](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/little-boy-helps-dad-with-skin-to-skin-contact-for-newborn-siblings_us_573dd5a2e4b0aee7b8e926cd)

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
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