Parents read to NICU babies at Novant Health NHRMC

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Parents of babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center recently participated in an international Read-A-Thon.

The event encouraged families to read to their infants, helping to build the bond between mother and baby.

Reading also plays an important role in helping the baby’s brain to develop and helping them to understand speech and language, a press release stated.