Honoring & Remembering your Baby

Enroll your child in Red Bird Ministries’ Memorial Wall or a Garden of Remembrance.

Request a Certificate of Life if your child is not eligible for a birth certificate.

Plant a tree, bush, or flowers in memory of your child. 

Create a small tradition with your spouse to honor and remember your child that is special to you both. 

If you were able to bury your baby’s remains, visit the cemetery to be with your child and pray. 

Make a donation of baby items to your local hospital or crisis pregnancy center.

Donate Christmas gifts or an Easter Basket that you would love to have given your child. 

Include your baby in family photos through an artistic addition or by holding the ultrasound photo or other special baby item. 

Plan something special on your due date to honor and grieve your child.

Make a donation to your parish or other charity in your child’s name.

Write a letter to your baby sharing your love and grief.

Keep a basket of condolence cards you receive to remind yourself that your baby was so loved.

Press and save flowers you received.

Frame ultrasound photos or other photos you have of your child. 

Create a keepsake box with mementos from the hospital (crib card, ID bracelet, hat, blanket, or hand and footprints).

Wear a piece of memorial jewelry with your child’s name or their birthstone.

Create a special quilt with any baby blankets or baby clothes you had purchased.

Have a special candle that you light on your child’s special days. 

Make or buy a special rosary with your child’s name or patron saint on it.

Write about your experience loving and losing your baby.  You never know when someone else may benefit from your experience. 

Have a small plaque or special box made with your child’s name and/or date of your miscarriage.

Find a religious statue or piece of art that makes you think of your baby.  Write his/her name and the date of their loss on the back. 

Buy or make a piece of art with a scripture passage that is meaningful to you regarding your child’s life and death or other sacred images that will help you think of your child.

Purchase a statue or piece of art of Our Lady of Sorrows, the Pieta, an angel, or Jesus holding a small child or baby. 

Attend a Mass of Remembrance and have your child’s name read. 

Purchase a memorial stuffed animal personalized for your child. 

Create or purchase art with your child’s name on it. 

Create or purchase a Christmas ornament or stocking with your child’s name or dates on it.