Today, we're celebrating Colorado Gives Foundation Day and Maddux Achilles Haggard, who was born on February 4, 2005 to Mike and Cheryl Haggard. ❤️ Born with myotubular myopathy, which prevented him from breathing, swallowing, or moving on his own, his parents made the excruciating decision to remove him from life support on his 6th day of life. Before they removed life support, Cheryl knew she wanted professional images of Maddux that she could hang on her wall alongside the portraits of her other children. She called photographer Sandy Puc’ to take black and white portraits of them cradling their son, and those tender photographs documenting Maddux’s eternal connection with his parents inspired Cheryl Haggard and Sandy Puc’ to create Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep in 2005 as a nonprofit organization. Please consider donating to Colorado Gives in honor of Maddux and all of the babies gone too soon. https://lnkd.in/gRd_HtWn #Colorado #ColoradoGives #ColoradoGivesDay #NILMDTS #PregnancyLoss #PregnancyAndInfantLoss #Infantloss #Grief #NonProfit #RemembrancePortraits #Photography
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Photography
Providing the gift of remembrance portraits to parents experiencing the death of a baby.
About us
NILMDTS offers the gift of healing, hope and honor to parents experiencing the death of a baby through the overwhelming power of remembrance portraits. Professional-level photographers volunteer their time to conduct an intimate portrait session, capturing the only moments parents spend with their babies. Parents are gifted with delicately retouched heirloom black and white portraits free of charge. These priceless images serve as an important step in the healing recovery for bereaved families. NILMDTS remembrance photography validates the existence and presence of these precious babies by honoring their legacy. NILMDTS recruits, trains, and mobilizes professional quality photographers around the world. Through NILMDTS, medical personnel are given a meaningful option to offer bereaved parents by creating remembrance portraiture for their babies. Through further engagement in the organization, such as the NILMDTS Remembrance Walk and online support, families become a part of a compassionate and supportive community. Parents gain a sense of inclusiveness, alleviating the alienation and perception of being alone in their pregnancy or infant loss journey.
- Website
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https://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org
External link for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
- Industry
- Photography
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2005
- Specialties
- photography, digital retouching, grief support, remembrance walks, volunteers, pregnancy loss, infant loss, stillbirth, and patient care
Locations
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P.O. Box 621669
Littleton, CO 80162, US
Employees at Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Updates
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Tomorrow night we will honor our amazing volunteers with our annual End of Year Celebration and award ceremony. The work that each of our volunteers do, day after day, doesn't go unnoticed. Our families are eternally grateful for each volunteer that is a part of their family receiving the NILMDTS gift of photos. Stay tuned later in January to learn more about the volunteers who were nominated and win awards at tomorrow night's celebration. #nilmdts #nilmdtsvolunteers #volunteer
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These precious portraits help families feel connected, bringing comfort and healing when they need it most. We are committed to continue offering families enduring loss the gift of remembrance, making an impact in ways words can't fully express. 💙 #NILMDTS #PregnancyLoss #PregnancyAndInfantLoss #Infantloss #Grief #NonProfit
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Minnesota will always hold a special place in our ❤️! It was in Minnesota that we had the honor of serving our first family outside of Colorado. On August 25, 2005, we photographed precious Baby Chase. Today, on GiveMN's Give to the Max Day, we are raising funds to honor the thousands of Minnesotan families we’ve served and to support those who will need us in the coming year. Will you join us in this mission? https://lnkd.in/gurKJKTp ❤️ Read Baby Chase's story here: https://lnkd.in/gSrhrDiS #GTMD24 #GiveToTheMaxDay #GiveToTheMax #Minnesota #GiveMN #NonProfit #PregnancyLoss #InfantLoss #BabyLoss #Grief #Bereavement #Remembrance #Photography
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This week, we’re launching our Year-End Appeal. Reflecting on the impact we’ve made this year—and throughout our history—is bittersweet, knowing how many families have been touched by pregnancy and infant loss. ❤️ If you have experienced this loss, please consider supporting families like yours, who have endured the heartache of saying goodbye too soon. ❤️ For those who haven’t personally experienced such loss, we ask you to consider donating in honor of the 1 in 4 colleagues at your workplace who have navigated this journey, often in silence. Your support can bring both awareness and comfort. https://lnkd.in/gKG9KFc7 #pregnancyandinfantloss #pregnancyloss #infantloss #grief #nonprofit
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October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, designated by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to recognize the profound losses so many parents face, often with little support. Reagan shared, "When a child loses his parent, they are called an orphan. When a spouse loses her or his partner, they are called a widow or widower. When parents lose their child, there isn't a word to describe them. This month recognizes the loss so many parents experience across the United States and around the world. It is also meant to inform and provide resources for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, stillbirths, birth defects, SIDS, and other causes." At NILMDTS, we commemorate this month with an October calendar that shares daily acts families can take to honor their babies. 💙 But, it will take all of us, all year long, to break the silence surrounding pregnancy and infant loss. These conversations need to happen, especially in workplaces, so that we can provide the necessary support for those grieving. 🗓️ https://lnkd.in/g-bgu5Zh #NILMDTS #PregnancyAndInfantLoss #October #Bereavement #Grief #NonProfit #RemembrancePhotography
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Our hearts are with Anna today as she remembers and honors baby Nelle. ❤️ This is a heartbreaking reminder that pregnancy and infant loss affect every facet of your life, including work. 🦋 In honor of each baby gone too soon, and through our mission to provide bereaved parents with portraits of their most cherished moments, we will continue raising awareness of the unspoken realities of this unimaginable loss.
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It's my daughter Nelle's birthday today. She was stillborn in 2015. I will *always* post something on LinkedIn on her birthday, because we don't talk about pregnancy loss enough. How I walked into my doctor appointment that day and heard the words, "I'm sorry, there is no heartbeat." How a stillbirth is a *birth.* I was admitted to Labor and Delivery. But when my daughter was born, I didn't hear a baby cry. I only heard my sobs. How parental leave rarely covers pregnancy loss. I was lucky: my employer let me take several weeks off. But I know other women who have gone back to work mere days after a stillbirth. How I still cry, every year, on her birthday. As a family, we get a cake for her. I will always wonder who she would have been.
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Today is a launch day at NILMDTS! We're honored that our annual commemorative ornaments hold a special place in many families' homes and hearts! ❤️ If you have experienced loss or have a colleague or friend who has, please consider sharing this post or gifting them a sweet keepsake. https://lnkd.in/g7NChra2 #nilmdts #nonprofit #remembrancephotography
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Today is Book Lovers Day! Our newest board member, Terrell Hatzilias, PhD, recently published her book, Still His Mama. Read more about it below! Still His Mama draws both on the author's personal experience as a bereaved mother and her professional experience as a neuroscientist and medical writer to explore the world of baby loss and its subsequent heartbreak. Through the fictionalized lens of letters between bereaved mothers as well as a scientific analysis of stillbirth and grief, the author explores topics ranging from stillbirth prevention to relationships after burying a child. To learn more and purchase the book, visit https://lnkd.in/gYj6F5mS Happy reading💗📚✨ #nilmdts #nowilaymedowntosleep #pregnancyandinfantloss #babyloss #pregnancyloss #infantloss
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Today marks an exciting milestone at Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep! 💙 We are honored to introduce the Remembrance Network, our new donor recognition system designed to celebrate and honor the significant contributions of our major supporters and bring donors closer to our mission and the families we serve. We continually strive to deepen our appreciation for our donors' incredible generosity, and we are grateful to our dedicated team for their thoughtful planning and hard work in bringing this initiative to life! https://lnkd.in/gE8yGdUx #NonProfit #DonorRecognition #Photography #PregnancyLoss #InfantLoss
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