Celebrating Birthdays When Your Baby Has Died | Episode 012

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This past week we celebrated my son Aaden’s 10th birthday. Knowing exactly how difficult it can be to navigate a birthday after a baby has died I thought it would be helpful to share a few specific ideas about how to do so. Listen in to this week's podcast episode as I share 12 specific ideas for celebrating, as well as a few thoughts from my experience having walked through 10 birthdays without my son here on earth. I hope this episode is helpful to you and makes what could be a difficult day a more joy-filled one.

12 IDEAS FOR CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS WHEN YOUR BABY IS IN HEAVEN

  1. Make or order a special birthday cake or cupcakes.

  2. Visit the cemetery or visit a spot that is special to remembering your baby

  3. Have a release: sky lanterns, butterflies or balloons

  4. Make or buy a personalized piece of jewelry(with baby's name, birthday, foot prints, birthdate, or initials)

  5. Write a letter to your child.

  6. Buy a book that is age appropriate for the age your child would be

  7. Do random acts of kindness.

  8. Plant a garden or a tree.

  9. Create a memory box or a specific way to collect or display your child’s special things.

  10. Get a tattoo of your baby's name, birthdate, handprint or footprints.

  11. Go shopping for age appropriate toys for the age your baby would be turning & donate them to children’s hospital.

  12. “Adopt” a child through sponsorship program with the same birthday as your child.

 
Podcast, Birthdays / AnniversariesAshlee ProffittComment