Rainbow babies are little miracles that come into a family after the parents experienced the loss of a child they loved, the way a rainbow might appear after a heavy storm. A rainbow baby brings joy and hope back into the hearts of loved ones who had to endure the worst kind of suffering. That alone is worth celebrating as loudly and colorfully as possible, but having a child after losing one for many parents means facing incredibly difficult emotions other than grief, including anger, guilt, and fear.
Overcoming all of those feelings takes an incredible amount of courage. All of that personal work and the birth of a beautiful rainbow baby is definitely something worth commemorating. Many parents get tattoos in honor of their children, including tattoos that memorialize miscarriages, but rainbow baby tattoos have extra significance, as they celebrate a new member of the family, while honoring the memory of the child who is gone.These rainbow baby tattoos do both, either by using all of the colors of the rainbow, including angel wings, or tiny hands and feet. Some are more subtle and private, incorporating the words family or flowers as a way to honor their experience, but all of them are personal and moving and full of love.
The Whole Family
A beautiful way to remember that though one part of the family is not here, their soul is still soaring.
Feathers Appear When Angels Are Near
Feathers symbolize an angelic presence, and this one also incorporates the symbol for infinity, offering eternal hope.
Family Tree
A family tree, bursting with all of the colors of the rainbow and rooted in love.
Rainbow After the Storm
Rainbow babies come after a dark journey. This tattoo symbolizes all that pain transforming into a miraculous rainbow.
An Angel & A Rainbow
This small tattoo honors the angel who has departed and the baby who brought back hope.
Rainbow Footprints
Tiny footprints that light up the world with joy.
Baby Elephants
Elephants represent gentleness, patience, and strength, all qualities the parents of rainbow babies have had to rely on to get them through.
There Will Always Be Two
This tattoo acknowledges that a mom will always be connected to all of her children.
A Baby Carriage Full of Hope
This nostalgic, vintage carriage is uplifted by hope and full of possibility.
Heartbeat
This tattoo copies the lines of a heartbeat monitor and incorporates a heart and a cherished name.
What's Most Important
This delicate tattoo of an infinity symbol made up with flowers is a reminder that as a family grows, it creates more beauty in this world.
Nourishing New Life
There is so much tenderness in this tattoo of a new mom feeding her rainbow baby.
The Tiniest Hand Print
This newborn hand print is too adorable, and the splashes of color surrounding it make this tattoo feel even more personal and celebratory.
Foot Prints
One for each tiny soul that left its footprints on their mother's heart.
Siblings
This tattoo is incredibly emotional and beautiful and celebrates the bond that siblings have, even if they can't be together.
Wrapped Up in a Rainbow
An embrace full of love and joy.
A Heart in Bloom
The colorful heart in this tattoo envelops both mom and her rainbow baby and it feels like they're both protected by love.
Two Hearts
This small watercolor tattoo is subtle in its meaning, but the two flowering heart outlines can represent the child lost and the rainbow baby.
Captured Joy
This silhouette of a mother and child is full of movement and happiness. It feels like an intimate moment captured by a camera.
An Offering of Love
This mama bird coming back to feed her baby is bringing with her bundles of flowers and sparkling stars, offering her little one everything that is beautiful and good.
