Mothers who lose a baby grieve and ache to hold their child. I started making memorial reborn babies when I lost my own baby. I create the baby based on photos taken of the child or if there are no photos I can base it on the baby’s siblings photos or the hair and eye color of the parents if there are no other children.
Some of the memorial reborn babies I make I add a tiny bit of the baby’s cremated ashes inside the arms so that when mom is holding the baby and stroking the baby’s arms she is really holding her own child. The baby’s hair can also be incorporated into the doll. We don’t need much. We can use as much of the ashes or hair as you would like.
These babies are made with all of the love in my heart. Knowing the pain of losing a child I know how therapeutic a memorial reborn baby doll can be.
It is a beautiful way to honor the brief time these precious angels spent on earth. (more…)