# New Baby Girl for Couple Who Lost Baby to Whooping Cough

- Link: https://stayathomemum.com.au/news-opinion/general/new-baby-girl-for-couple-who-lost-baby-to-whooping-cough/
- Published: 2016-08-08T17:23:33+10:00
- Author: Clare Whitfield

## News just in:

## The parents of baby Riley Hughes who tragically lost his life due to whooping cough�at only four weeks old have welcomed a new baby daughter!

The Hughes family are delighted at the arrival of their third child and ‘Precious
Rainbow Baby’.

Mr Hughes advised on his ‘Light for Riley’ [Facebook Pag](https://www.facebook.com/lightforriley/?fref=ts)
e that:

> “Both mum and bubs are doing very well considering the emotional challenges faced
> after the loss of our brave boy.”

Ms Hughes publically advised that she had her whooping cough vaccination booster
during the third trimester of her pregnancy.

The free booster provides the very best defence against whooping cough in newborns,
and was rolled out as a result of the Riley’s death.

Riley Hughes was only four weeks old when he died as a result of whooping cough 
in a Perth Hospital in March 2015. �Anti-vaxxers attacked the Hughes family publicly
with what Stay at Home Mum refuses to publish due to the disgraceful nature of their
words and actions.

## We here at Stay at Home Mum wish the Hughes family a huge congratulations!!!!

No name has yet been published publicly.

[Source: Daily Telegraph](http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fourweekold-baby-riley-hughes-has-died-in-perth-hospital-of-whooping-cough/news-story/f9b68cd9d26fc04a7cb920f941eb0528)

 

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 Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical
home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney,
she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school 
age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience
in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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