The little girl , Little Eloise Lampton who was born healthily but died 24 days later after becoming infected with the herpes virus, after she was kissed by a mystery person with cold sores.
Her devastated parents, Sarah Pugh, and Douglas Lampton, don't even know who unknowingly passed the infection onto their newborn daughter.
Ms Pugh said: "I was devastated to know she was born healthily and then this happened.
Sarah Pugh and Douglas Lampton with newborn Eloise Lampton.
"They thought it could have come from me, but I didn't test positive to the disease.
"It was passed on through a cold sore.
"It could have been from anyone."
Eloise was born by cesarean section on November 1 and went home with her parents, who have three other children.
But a week later she started to lose weight and became very ill.
She went into hospital and doctors put her on life support as doctors tried to find out what was causing her illness.
But she lost her hard-fought battle when she contracted a blood infection and later died in the arms of her devastated parents.
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