ROOMING- IN

&
BONDING,
1
 Definition:-
“It is the practice followed in hospitals and nursing homes where the
baby’s crib kept by the side of the mother’s bed.”
Soon after birth, if mother is fit, baby is kept in a cot by the beside of
mother. This establishes mother-child relationship. Mother also learns
the art of baby care.This arrangement gives opportunity for the mother
and father to know their baby.
The bond between the parent and the child is well established in
roomed in babies. There is better chance of success with breast feeding
in roomed-in babies.
Parents do not have the fear of baby-switching while roomed-in.
 WHEN YOU ROOM-IN?

•You can more easily hold, cuddle, look at, and learn to respond to get
to know your baby.
•Your baby can get to know you more easily.
•Your baby should cry less than babies in the nursery who are away
from their mothers.
•Your baby can learn to breastfeeding faster and gain weight sooner.
•You should feel more able to take care of your baby when you go
home.
 WHEN TO EXPECT?
You and the staff will work together on bonding with your baby, keeping
your baby warm, and if you choose, breastfeeding.
This is an exciting time for you and your family. We suggest you limit
your visitors for the first few hours after you get to your private room so
you and your partner can give all your attention to your new baby.
Your baby may need to go to the nursery for a short period of time to:
- Have a circumcision (if you choose for your son).
- Be examined by his or her doctor with special equipment in the
nursery.
- Let you be cared for if you are not feeling well or allow staff to watch
You might think you will get less sleep if your baby is with you.
However studies actually show that mother get more sleep with their
baby in the room.
For the first few hours, we suggest that you keep your diapered baby
directly against your skin(called skin to skin contact). When you are
sleeping, we ask that you put the baby in the pram next to your bed to
be safe. Please talk to your baby’s doctor about sleeping with the baby
in your bed if you plan to do this at home.
If you have visitors, please ask them to wash their hands thoroughly.
Hand washing is the best way to prevent passing colds or infections.
Everyone, including children, should use an alcohol-based hand gel like
purell. Dispensers are located throughout the hospital.
If hands are visibly dirty, use soap and water to clean them. In
addition, to keep you and your baby healthy, please ask your visitor
to stay home if they have any symptoms of cold or diarrhea, or have
recently been exposed to chicken pox, measles, mumps, rubella or
the flu.
We want this to be the best possible experience for you. If you have
question, please ask the nurse who is caring for you. Rooming-in is
just one way to get to know your baby. It will help you learn all the
exciting noises your baby makes and see the many things your baby
can do.
 Results of rooming in
A baby in mother’s room will:
Cry less
Maintain more stable body temperature
Encourage mother’s mature breast milk to come in
sooner.
Stay healthier and have a lower incidence of infant
cross-infection.
A mother who has her baby with her will:
Learn more about her baby’s normal responses
and sleep-wake cycle.
Bond more easily with her baby.
Be more successful at breastfeeding
Be more confident
CARE FOR BABY IN MOM’S ROOM:-
Bath
Nursing assessment
Pediatric assessment
Vital sign
Weights
Hearing screening
Medications
Labs
Nurses as role models and teachers for parents
We help to model ways for parents to care for
their baby
Changing diapers, swaddling, bathing
We help to model ways for parents relate to
their baby
How to soothe, what to do when baby cries
We help parents to understand their baby’s
behaviors
What to do when baby sneezes, hiccups,
normal reflexes
WAYS TO ENCOURAGE ROOMING-IN
Educate parents parenatally& on admission
“better for baby”
“ring your light, I’m here for you”
Naps during the day
Limit visitors
Help dad to earn comfort techniques
Do not offer sepration
“just like you will at home”
BONDING
Bonding is essential for survival. The biological capacity to bond and
form attachments is genetically determined. The drive to survive is
basic in all species. Infants are defenseless and must depend on a
caring adult for survival. The baby's primary dependence and the
maternal response to this dependence causes bonding to develop.
Bonding begins rapidly, shortly after birth, and reflects the feelings of
parents toward the newborn; attachment involves reciprocal feelings
between parent and infant and develops gradually over the first year
 Definition

Bonding-is the emotional tie from the parents to

infant.

Bonding is the formation of a mutual emotional

and psychological closeness between parents (or
primary caregivers) and their newborn child.
Babies usually bond with their parents in the
minutes, hours, or days following birth.
 Bonding With Daddy
Men these days spend more time with their infants than dads of past
generations did. Although dads frequently yearn for closer contact with
their babies, bonding frequently occurs on a different timetable, partially
because they don't have the early contact of breastfeeding that many
moms have.
But dads should realize, early on, that bonding with their child isn't a
matter of being another mom. In many cases, dads share special activities
with their infants. And both parents benefit greatly when they can
support and encourage one another.
Early bonding activities
include
participating together in labor and delivery
feeding (breast or bottle); sometimes dad forms a special bond
with baby when handling a middle-of-the-night feeding and diaper
change
reading or singing to baby
giving the baby a bath
mirroring baby's movements
mimicking baby's cooing and other vocalizations — the first
efforts at communication
using a front baby carrier during routine activities
letting baby feel the different textures of dad's face
 COMMON PROBLEMS IN
BONDING
The infant's personality or temperament influences bonding
A major impediment to healthy bonding is fear(If an infant is
distressed because of pain , pervasive threat, or a chaotic
environment, the baby may have a difficult time engaging in a
sympathetic care-giving relationship.)

-Teenagers and immature mothers often conceal and reject their

pregnancies. This behavior and feeling may result in abandonment 
, neglect, and the absence of bonding at birth.
 REFERENCES
https://
www.slideshare.net/takecareofbaby/learn-the-importance-of
-bonding-well-with-your-newborn-baby
http://www.healthofchildren.com/B/Bonding.html
https://studylib.net/doc/5603207/maternal-infant-bonding
https://www.akronchildrens.org/kidshealth/en/parents/bo
nding.html