Here’s What A Purple Butterfly On A Baby’s Crib Actually Means

To further spread Skye’s legacy, and help parents cope with the unique experience of infant loss in multiple pregnancies, Smith started the Skye High Foundation. They have raised almost $6,000 to create purple butterfly stickers and cot cards for NICU bassinets, as well as purple butterfly blankets for surviving babies, as a way to remember the siblings with whom they shared a womb, Smith told Finley’s Footprints.

While she was initially only planning to distribute stickers at Kingston Hospital where her babies were born, media attention around the purple butterfly stickers has led to their use in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, and The Netherlands, according to Nationwide Children’s. Her simple solution also inspired the Purple Butterfly Project, an organization which helps health care providers support families through loss in multiple pregnancies.

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