Dead Baby
My step son and his girlfriend's first child was still born. Very sad (but maybe if she hadn't smoked throughout the pregnancy...)

Last Christmas we received a nice photo of the two lovely living grandchildren plus a nice shot of the dead one all dressed up in it's finest clothes.

Mrs V & I were a bit wierded out by this and the photo is currently residing at the back of the wardrobe.
( Vambo, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:15, 12 replies)

Whoa.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:20, closed)

Apparently
this was very common in victorian times. If a child died then a photo would be taken of it dressed up in a family setting.

Very very creepy though. I'd be seriously weirded out by that...

ETA You get a click for being the first post to make me shudder.
(robbersdog, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:25, closed)

Links to Pictures Of Dead Victorian Babies & Their Families
acidcow.com/pics/1453-the-migration-of-pictures-after-death-26-pics.html
(cungyman, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 20:24, closed)

Our dead baby photo is similar to the first shot, but far more scary as the eyes resemble the "X" type eyes of cartoons of dead people.
( Vambo, Sun 10 Apr 2011, 19:26, closed)

I'm confused.
So the first child was stillborn and then - I'm assuming - a couple of years later two others come along... and it's only then that the photo of the dead one gets sent out?

I could just about get my head around a photo of the dead one on the fist Christmas after - a sort of mourning-gone-weird-but-not-by-too-much affair... but to save longer? That's mighty strange.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:28, closed)

Yes the first child was still born and then two healthy ones popped out in quick succession.

It was only last Christmas (2010) that we were presented with a photo frame containing three photos of both the living and dead kids. The still born child arrived around 4 years ago.
( Vambo, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:44, closed)

They probably feel that the first child is as much a part of the family as the others
so didn't want to miss him or her out.

Sending the photo out is a bit creepy, though.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 8:36, closed)

Wowsers.
That's quite saddenning.
( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:29, closed)

Well.
That'll teach your future children to look for their Christmas presents.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:32, closed)

I had exactly the same thing from a friend
Except their baby was still alive in the pic.
(The Archduke of South London I'm in your Girlfriend eating her organs, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:43, closed)

mint
(Clit Ninja is having a white space party!, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 15:48, closed)

The very last one
breaks my heart.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Thu 14 Apr 2011, 7:06, closed)