Tom-octopus

If you look carefully inside every SuperDinky item you will find a tiny friendly octopus hiding.

Why?

When my son was born early (31 weeks), he was given a tiny crocheted octopus to stop him pulling out his monitoring wires and cannulas. During the period when my son remained in hospital and I had been discharged, I imagined this friendly octopus was a little friend who kept my tiny baby company overnight. This gave me comfort during seperation anxiety and the octopus became a symbol of our prematurity journey. When Beth and I started SuperDinky we wanted a smiley octopus buddy to keep your dinky one’s company too.

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Tom

Our octopus is very special. We have named him Tom in deep loving memory of a very special little boy, who is always loved and always missed. Tom died suddenly aged 20 months (not premature birth related). Beth's first daughter Abi also spent many years in and out of hospital as a baby and small child following gastro surgery aged 10 weeks. Tom (& Abi) are the reason Beth became a nurse.

In his loving memory we commit to supporting premature parents on their journey, raising money to help fund prematurity support and research, and to donating end of life outfits to neonatal units for babies who don’t come home.