Abrazo Arrowhead nurses, parents read to infants

Abrazo Arrowhead Campus in Glendale joined the International Read-a-Thon initiative, for the third year in a row, to encourage reading to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to promote healthy development and strengthen family connections.

September is national NICU Awareness Month, so Abrazo Arrowhead nurses have shared children’s books with families and encouraging daily reading at babies’ bedsides.

“I really like having books and reading them, it feels like you’re bonding with him. Dad read eight books to him in a row,” stated Areanna Mueller in a press release.

Mueller's baby was born prematurely and was in the NICU for 42 days.

“When a parent reads to their baby in the NICU, they're doing so much more than just reciting wor

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