A Nottinghamshire couple whose daughter died at 30 days old have raised enough money to help every premature baby born in the city for an entire year. Leanne and Ryan, from Kirkby-in-Ashfield , lost their daughter Rosie in March after she was born early at 24 weeks. The couple have since raised more than £10,000 to buy hundreds of 'Miniboos', which are small cloth comforters provided to premature and ill babies.
They say this will mean every baby cared for at the city's neonatal intensive care units (NICU) over the next year will receive one. "We wanted to do something special for her in her name, we want to carry on Rosie's legacy," said Leanne, 37. "We want parents to have the same level of comfort that we had.
" Get the latest news straight to your phone by joining us on WhatsA p p The civil servant said the Miniboos help parents bond with their baby and can hide intrusive wires while laid in their cot. "It can be intimidating looking at a new born who's so fragile with wires coming out of them," she said. "As soon as we had one it was a game-changer.
.. it provided us with a lot of comfort.
" Rosie was born at King's Mill Hospital on February 15, and was described as a "miracle" by her parents, who had been trying for a baby for 10 years and had just started a first round of IVF. However, weighing only 1lb 7oz (652g), Rosie's parents were told to "expect the worse". She was transferred to the NICU at City Hospital, where she fought through issues such as sepsis, a bleed on .
