Honor Your Baby
Keep Your Baby's Memory Alive
Losing a baby is one of the most heartbreaking and traumatic events a parent can face. Often times parents long for a way to honor and remember their babies. Below are some suggestions on ways to keep
your baby's memory alive.
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Incorporate your baby in family pictures. This can be done with a special bear, piece of clothing, picture frame or even having a shadow edited into the photo.
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Plant a tree or plant in memory of your baby. Create a memorial garden and ask others to paint rocks or stepping stones to remember your baby with you.
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Decorate their grave on special occasions and for the change of seasons.
4.
Order a special piece of remembrance jewelry with your baby's name or birthstone on it.
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Light a candle. This can be done on special occasions like birthdays, holidays and the National Wave of Light, October 15th.
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Make a charitable donation in your baby's name. You can donate to a special non-profit that helps other loss families, a local NICU or birth care center, or another organization close to your heart.
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Participate in a remembrance walk, balloon release, butterfly release or other remembrance events.
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Create a memorial table or shelf at your house. Fill it with ultrasound pictures, memorial jewelry or other items that remind you of your baby.
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Perform random acts of kindness. Create cards to hand out and encourage others to do something kind for others in your baby's memory.
10.
Get a tattoo as a way to have something permanent to honor your baby.
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Hang a stocking for them at Christmas time. Write a letter to your baby to put inside on Christmas morning.
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Talk about them! Share their story with others.