Should Dads Do Skin to Skin?

It's important for dads to practice skin-to-skin contact, too. It helps with bonding and can help dads feel more confident in their new role. Enjoy skin-to-skin contact with your baby in the hours, days, and weeks after your baby's arrival.

When Should Dad do skin-to-skin?

For Dad, holding his new-born is the start of that magic process. Research has shown that men who hold their baby close in the first 24 hours after their baby is born, report better bonding with their new-born. This is one essential and beautiful result from skin-to-skin contact.

Should babies do skin-to-skin with Dad?

Baby's immune system is stimulated when placed skin to skin. Dad's mature immune system passes antibodies through his skin to baby. Being on Dad's skin also increases baby's skin hydration, which provides a protective barrier from harmful bacteria entering baby's skin.