For the past six years, Libby Clemmer has volunteered as a baby cuddler at Rady Children’s Hospital.
She positioned herself as comfortably as she could while wearing a hospital gown. Libby Clemmer has been doing this routine for more than six years at Rady Children’s Hospital.“I am lucky enough to be a cuddler here,” Clemmer said, smiling behind a face mask while holding 3-week-old Luna in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Luna’s mother gave birth to her and her brother Milo at only 28 weeks. Both are now almost 4-weeks-old.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters. “Moms and Dads can’t be here, they cannot be here all the time,” Clemmer explained. “It’s a gift I can give to be able to love.” Research has shown human physical contact like cuddling helps premature babies gain weight, grow faster and even develop more trusting relationships later in life.
Clemmer joined the volunteer corps at Rady Children’s shortly after the death of her husband, Jack, who was a volunteer teacher at the hospital after he retired.
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