Little Love Foundation: Remembering Baby/Making Keepsakes

Here is a list of ways others have found helpful in remembering their baby and also helped them cope.

Making a Memory box: Include any items purchased for baby, photos, ultrasounds, pressed sympathy flowers, items from hospital, positive pregnancy test, doctors appointment cards, hospital wrist bands, medical papers, gifts given to you for baby, special shirts mother wore during pregnancy.

Scrapbook: Photos of parents during pregnancy, ultrasounds, hospital bands, journal pages from pregnancy...

Celebrate: Plan a family party on babies Angelversary, due date, or other special day. This could include a cake, making a meal of foods craved during pregnancy.
Jewelry: Purchase a piece of jewelry that represents them or has their birth stone or name engraved.

Medical Records: Order your medical records. You may think you have all the information, but many of times parents find out more by reviewing these. Also there is occasionally ultrasound disks or images in the records. When ordering specifically ask if any are on file. They are also helpful if you get pregnant again with a new doctor. You should allow your new doctor to review past pregnancies.

Decorate: display figurines and other special keepsakes that remind you of them. ("willow tree" brand has beautiful ones)

October 15th: Be a part in the light wave around the world, raising awareness for baby loss. We suggest buying a flameless candle and decorating it for your angel baby.

Just for Baby: Get a teddy bear, a decoration, or buy or knit a special blanket for baby. We know its different since you can not give it to them, but it is something that you can do just for them, and something that just about every baby has.

Talk: Speak about your baby. If you feel that others do not understand or your not comfortable talking about you baby with family, Seek a grief counselor or local support group. We also have a list of online Facebook support groups, email for this list.

Take Care of Someone: Every parent prepares to take care of someone else during their pregnancy. If you know you can handle it, it may be helpful to volunteer at a senior center or animal shelter.

Certificate of Life: These are helpful for when your baby was not issued an official birth certificate. We feel every life should be acknowledged, to learn how to receive one of our custom certificates Click Here
Donate: Give your time or money to a cause your passionate about in baby's honor. (Elderly, St. Jude's children's hospital, March of Dimes, or right here at The Little Love Foundation for our care package program)
Little Love Foundation Keepsakes Photo: When you donate in your child's honor, you will receive a photo of the care package donated to a hospital with baby's name on the card.
Hands on Donations: Pack an OCC Shoebox in memory of your baby, this gift will be sent to another country to a child in poverty. The shoeboxes are used as a tool to teach children about Jesus and how they are valuable and loved.
We also strongly urge you to read "Ways to protect your keepsakes", please click to read this list of simple ways to protect keepsakes, as we know these are so special to us. Sadly we have read too many stories about mother losing the only photos they had.

Ways to include your "Little Love" in Holidays and Special Events

Including a special item such as a teddy bear in family photos, to represent them as a member of the family.

Carrying a flower you feel represents your angel baby in your wedding bouquet.

Donate to children in other countries around the holidays, in baby's memory. (We suggest Operation Christmas Child, by Samaritans purse)

Have a ornament made for Christmas.

Look for and photograph things like butterflies, flowers, clouds, sunsets on special occasions that remind you of them.

We would love to learn what you have found helpful in remembering your baby, just let us know through our contact area to the right