by Joyce Slaton posted in Products & Prizes

Skin-to-skin or kangaroo care used to be mostly recommended to parents of preemies, or moms having trouble with their milk supply, but these days parents don't need an excuse to snuggle intimately with their newborns. They know kangaroo care isn't just healthy for mama and baby: it's positively delicious.
Reclining somewhere snuggly with your top off, your baby's satiny skin next to yours, that delicious newborn scent rising up from the blankets over you, your heartbeats and breath slowing down to the same rhythm -- these are the drowsy, dreamy moments you will remember when your tiny babe is older and crankier. These are the moments you'll want to get back. So make them last as long -- and as comfortably! -- as you can. Baby gear makers are tuning into the kangaroo-care trend, offering more supportive and cuddly carriers, wraps, shirts, and belts to make it easier to support and balance your baby. I wrote recently about the Sleep Belt and NüRoo Pocket, but there are even more options available now.
French Canadian VIJA Design is a hot kangaroo care brand, with stretchy tops like the Prema-Wrap For Twins selling out on mama-supply sites like Milk & Baby.

(The Prema-Wrap is available on VIJA's site, $58)
VIJA groups its garments into a three-stage wearing process:

1. Full: Bare skin against bare skin, baby in a diaper, mom with no bra, usually lying down at home. Great for the brand-newborn stage but hard to keep up f...