A COUPLE whose triplets were born two months premature – each weighing little more than a bag of sugar – are supporting other parents whose babies need neonatal care.

Matthew and Sarah Ramsden’s tiny daughters – Grace, Josie and Scarlett (pictured) – spent five weeks in neonatal units before they were allowed home.

Grace became seriously ill at three weeks, and it was touch and go as she battled to survive.

But now all three girls are fighting fit and their parents have become Airedale Hospital’s first Bliss Champions.

They will offer peer support to parents of babies in the neonatal unit and raise awareness of the Bliss charity, which works to provide care and help for premature and sick babies and their families.

The couple have been involved with the organisation, helping to raise thousands of pounds for the cause, since their daughters were born two-and-a-half years ago.