Violet's Cuddles

Violet's Cuddles Registered in Scotland Violet's Cuddles SC05211. Helping bereaved parents in Dumfries and Galloway.

Today is Trisomy 18 (Edwards' Syndrome) awareness day. Trisomy 18 is a chromosomal abnormality that happens at conceptio...
18/03/2026

Today is Trisomy 18 (Edwards' Syndrome) awareness day. Trisomy 18 is a chromosomal abnormality that happens at conception where a baby will have 3 copies of chromosome 18 instead of the normal 2. There are 3 types of Trisomy 18..

full trisomy 18 – the most common and most serious type
mosaic trisomy 18 – a less common type, which may have less serious symptoms
partial trisomy 18 – a very rare type, which may have less serious symptoms

Babies diagnosed with trisomy 18 are branded not compatible with life.

Today we remember our special wee T18 warrior, who beat so many expectations and made it to 27 weeks gestation, when it had been suggested she would not make it past 15 (we didn't know this until she was born as we didn't receive Violet's formal T18 diagnosis until 21 weeks gestation). We also remember all the other beautiful, very much wanted babies who were delt this cruel hand. If you do anything today, do a little bit of looking into Trisomy 18 and help raise awareness, for all of them. It really could happen to anyone. We have been Violet's voice for almost 7 whole years, and will continue to be her voice for as long as we are able. 💜🩵 ###

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/edwards-syndrome/

Huge congratulations to Gail and JoJo for making it onto Bullseye out of thousands of applications 🎯 We thoroughly enjoy...
09/11/2025

Huge congratulations to Gail and JoJo for making it onto Bullseye out of thousands of applications 🎯

We thoroughly enjoyed watching you both, made our Sunday night less dull 😂

Well done again ladies, and thank you so much for thinking of us 💜 ###

16/10/2025

As the dust settles from we would like to thank everyone involved all over the globe for their efforts in raising awareness and remembering all those babies in heaven. But for so many families it's not just a week, or a candle, it's their reality. That's why continuing to raise awareness and remember our children is so, so important 🕯️🤍

Special thank you to our board member Kiera for creating all the beautiful images for our virtual display 💜 ###

Please join us all at 7pm in lighting a candle for all the precious babies gone far too soon. Here is our virtual displa...
15/10/2025

Please join us all at 7pm in lighting a candle for all the precious babies gone far too soon.

Here is our virtual display for this year. Thank you to all the families that allowed us to remember their little ones.

Thinking of all the little ones and their families.
🕯️💜🩷🩵🕯️

15/10/2025

If you have requested your baby to be included in our virtual baby loss awareness display, these images will go live just before 7pm tonight in time for the international wave of light.
🕯️💜🤍🩷🩵

✨baby loss awareness week✨As October brings we always like to do something to mark this and raise awareness in the com...
01/10/2025

✨baby loss awareness week✨

As October brings we always like to do something to mark this and raise awareness in the community.

For a few years now (since before even becoming a registered charity) we have created window displays to do this. In all honesty, I do not have the physical or emotional space to do so again this year. I'm sorry to those who will be expecting this but it takes a massive emotional toll and it's too much this year, and that's okay. We all need to be gentle on ourselves.

I've decided to do this virtually this year with the hopes that 'normal service' will resume next year.

Sooo.. if you would like your little one included virtually, please send a message or comment ✨💜🩵🩷🤍

A little bunny for baby Ellan 🐰💜Thank you to Ellan's family for allowing us to share these images. Every family that all...
30/08/2025

A little bunny for baby Ellan 🐰💜

Thank you to Ellan's family for allowing us to share these images. Every family that allows us to do this, helps us show what we do for grieving families across d&g.

We hope your forever cuddles bring you some comfort 💜 xx

For baby Emily 💜🪽 xxThank you to Emily's family for allowing us to share these images. We hope your forever cuddles help...
27/08/2025

For baby Emily 💜🪽 xx

Thank you to Emily's family for allowing us to share these images.

We hope your forever cuddles help bring you some comfort 💜

Tomorrow is back to school day for our region. Yet another milestone to hurt bereaved parents hearts. I'm not able to do...
20/08/2025

Tomorrow is back to school day for our region. Yet another milestone to hurt bereaved parents hearts. I'm not able to do "back to school prep" for Violet. So tonight we are parenting her the only way we can, making bears ready to go to their families.

Whilst we get Violet's little sister all ready for Primary 1, we will be existing between grief and joy, remembering in the quiet of it all the little girl who should be bursting through those school doors all ready for Primary 2.

Reach out for support, be gentle on yourself and take a break from social media if that's what is best for you.

💜 ###

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