Your support will help provide books to families in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Babies admitted to the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) are often at an increased risk of developmental delays due to their prematurity or their illness.

To help babies have a better developmental outcome, Cincinnati Children’s launched a new program to help parents connect and bond with their babies through books. The NICU Bookworm Program at Cincinnati Children’s will provide access to free books to families throughout their hospital stay. This includes a personalized first book on admission with a NICU Bookworm goodie bag and guidance on the benefits of shared book reading provided by trained care teams.

For more information about the NICU Bookworm program or to donate books, send an email to Bookworm@cchmc.org.

Click on the link below to watch the video about our NICU Bookworm program.

https://youtu.be/TsG0fnJWuSg