Cuddlers

noun

1. Someone or something cuddly, who cuddles.
2. Someone who volunteers or works in a hospital by caring for babies (by showing human touch, giving cuddles etc.)

   "1995, David Walter Adams, Eleanor J. Deveau - Beyond the Innocence of Childhood #*:At the Children's Hospital, an active cuddler's program was developed to provide stimulation for infants whose parents found it difficult to visit on a regualar basis. Cuddlers are recruited from within the hospital and the local community."