thumb|alt=U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Becker, right, the mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, presents an Ecuadorian newborn with a stuffed animal during tour of Clinica Fae in Ecuador Jan. 6, 2011. Stuffed animals were delivered as part of Project|U.S. Navy Cmdr. Mark Becker, right, the mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2011, presents an Ecuadorian newborn with a stuffed animal during tour of Clinica Fae in Ecuador Jan. 6, 2011. Stuffed animals were delivered as part of Project '''Rooming-in''' is the practice followed in hospitals and maternity ward where the baby's crib is kept by the side of the mother's bed.<ref name=tfd>{{cite web|last=The Free Dictionary|title=Meaning of Rooming-in|url=http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rooming-in|publisher=Farlex|accessdate=26 August 2013}}</ref> This arrangement gives an opportunity for the parents to know their baby.<ref>{{cite web|last=Medical news-nett|title="Rooming-in" benefits both mother and baby: New review|url=http://www.healtheast.org/maternity/rooming-in.html|accessdate=26 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719033332/http://www.healtheast.org/maternity/rooming-in.html|archivedate=19 July 2013}}</ref> The bond between the parent and the child is well established in roomed-in babies. There is a better chance of success with breast-feeding in roomed-in babies.<ref>{{cite book|last=Park|first=K|title=Rooming-in|year=2011|publisher=Bhanot Brothers|location=Jalandhar|page=488}}</ref> Parents do not have the fear of baby-switching while roomed-in. Rooming-in is one of the components of baby-friendly hospitals, devised by WHO.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272943/9789241513807-eng.pdf?ua=1|title=Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: Implementation Guidance|date=2018|website=World Health Organization|page=20}}</ref>
It is also used to refer to carers sharing the accommodation of elderly and dependent patients.
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