A Dad's Take On Navigating Life and Parenting A Rainbow Baby After Loss
Dear Poppy Daddy will think of always and love you forever. I will love you forever and always sweetheart. I’m laying here in bed It’s getting late and You are supposed to be here Cuddled up in bed with us I’d enjoy that cuddle a little longer Until I carried you to your bed But... Continue Reading →
Living on a neo-neonatal unit while Poppy fought for her life was hard. Surrounded by premature babies who were slowly getting better, while we waited for any signs or news that Poppy would be ok. A tough place to be but also a safe place to be. Isolated in the hospital, away from the maternity... Continue Reading →
Every so often I’ll have a sleepless night. Not because I just can’t sleep or that Reuben is keeping me awake. I’m just laying there thinking about all the broken dreams and hopes I have for Poppy. Wishing for her to be here with us and not looking down at us from the stars. Just... Continue Reading →
Dear Poppy It feels like you are further away then you’ve been before. Days can go by and I feel you with me, watching over me. I feel close to you. Then days come and the distance between us seems so much bigger than before. Life is so much different this year compared to last... Continue Reading →
Dear Poppy I miss you. Plain and simple. How has it almost been 2 years since we had to say goodbye. So much has happened and so much should have happened. Poppy I wish you were here so much, Daddy misses you every second. I miss your little hands. I miss putting my finger in... Continue Reading →
After Poppy died I always wanted to do something for charity to raise money in her name to give her a legacy to be proud of. I ended up deciding to run. Little did I know how much it would help me with my grieving for Poppy. Along with talking to Emily, running just really... Continue Reading →
June has been The Sands Charity Awareness Month and they launched the Finding The Words Campaign. The aim of this is to break the silence around stillbirth and neonatal death by encouraging everyone to sensitively start a conversation with someone whose baby has died, however long ago. This is such an important campaign as baby loss is... Continue Reading →
In the aftermath of Poppy dying my head spun in a thousand different directions. How will I copy? How will we cope? What do we do now? Now do we move forward with life? I had no idea but opening up and talking was a must. I struggled in the early days but I did... Continue Reading →
Dear Poppy Bear So we’re off to London Town again. We’ve not been since you were growing in Mummy’s tummy. I can’t believe it’s been so long since then. We went down full of hope and excitement for your arrival later that year. While I know it’s going to strange being back there, it is... Continue Reading →
