kangarooing
n.— «But Colton never came home to the picture-perfect nursery his parents had set up for him. Instead, Donny and Amy Chilla and their parents spent hours cradling Colton, in a practice known as “kangarooing,” as they took turns sitting in a glider chair at Children’s Hospital of Orange County.» —“Ladera couple’s gift honors son’s brief life” by Rashi Kesarwani Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) Mar. 29, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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