Would you or would you not have a funeral for a toddler should they pass for whatever reason?
I was kinda shocked that my husband thought I was a monster for thinking it’s unnecessary.
The way I see it, you can’t be attached to the child until they’re old enough to display personality, which comes way later than the toddler stage; I just can’t see myself having any attachment before their personality develops. If this happened to me, I’d just chalk it up to a ~2 year time loss and go for another pregnancy. Thoughts?
If that’s how you feel, then that’s how you feel. I’m gonna hazard a guess that the vast majority of people, especially pregnant/miscarriage/parents do not feel this way.
This exactly. Everyone is free to grieve in their own way, but i would say for most expecting parents, the attachment starts way before the child is born.
That’s wild to me, but I guess understandable since there are pro life people out there.
I’m as pro-choice as anyone, but when a child is wanted and expected, you start imagining their future long before they’re born.
I think this is a very valid answer as to why someone would hold a funeral for a toddler. Funerals are for the living, and it makes perfect sense a parent might want to mourn the future their child never got to have.