Abstract
Skin-to-skin contact has spread out in many neonatal units. This method enhanced parent–infant interactions, but has many other advantages, which are less well known by the neonatal teams. It promotes infant's cardio-respiratory stability, temperature regulation and sleep. It has also shown interest in improving breast-feeding of low birth weight infants, and in diminishing the response of preterm neonates to blood punctures. Finally, the outcome of babies cared skin-to-skin, is better in terms of psychomotor development and interactions with the parents. Those parents are also more competent to face stressful situations during the neonatal period and to improve the environment of the baby at home. However a better qualification of the neonatal staff is necessary to take benefit of all the advantages of skin-to-skin care, respecting the neurobehavioral stability of the newborn.
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