Trial of Repeated Analgesia With Kangaroo Care - 18 Month Follow-up

Participants will be invited back to IWK Health Centre at time points that correspond to their 2, 6, 12 and 18 month vaccinations and will receive their vaccinations according to Nova Scotia schedule.

During the 18 month follow-up visit, the infants will also undergo neurodevelopmental assessment. Trained medical assessors also blind to original study group assignment will examine the child using the BSID-III Cognitive and Motor Sections. Participants will also be contacted at the infants 18 month corrected postnatal age for the BSIDIII. Parents will be asked to complete the Early Childhood Behaviour Questionnaire and the Brief Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment.