Honouring Baby Loss Awareness Month: Remembering the Little Lives Lost Too Soon

Honouring Baby Loss Awareness Month: Remembering the Little Lives Lost Too Soon

October is Baby Loss Awareness Month, a time to recognize and honour the lives of babies gone too soon, and to stand beside the families who carry their memories in their hearts every day. Whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant loss, the pain of losing a baby is profound, and often misunderstood or silenced.

This month provides a space for remembrance, connection, and healing and, just as importantly, a platform for raising awareness about the very real experiences of loss that so many endure in silence.

Breaking the Silence Around Baby Loss

Despite how common pregnancy and infant loss are, it's still a topic many find difficult to talk about. Parents often feel isolated in their grief, as society tends to shy away from uncomfortable conversations around death and mourning especially when it involves a baby.

But silence doesn't protect us it isolates us. Baby Loss Awareness Month reminds us that these lives matter, that the grief is real, and that bereaved parents deserve space to mourn, remember, and share their stories without judgment.

From October 9 to 15, communities around the world take part in Baby Loss Awareness Week. It’s a time when families, healthcare professionals, and support organizations come together to, raise awareness of the impact of baby loss, promote better standards of care and support, honour the memories of babies who are no longer with us

The week culminates in International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on October 15. At 7 PM local time, families and supporters around the globe light a candle in what’s known as the Wave of Light a powerful tribute that travels across time zones, keeping the memory of lost babies alive around the world.

If you are someone who has experienced this kind of loss: your grief is valid. Your baby’s life, no matter how brief, had meaning. You are not alone, and you don’t have to walk this path in silence.

This October, we remember the little ones who didn’t get to grow up but who will always be loved. We honour the families whose lives were forever changed. And we stand together — in grief, in love, and in hope, forever.