What does it mean when you dream about headless babies?

It is certainly not a pleasant dream, but considering recent events- the Newtown massacre, surely it is based on reality. Death of children can and does happen, and not just from accidents.

While your dream probably draws the image of dead children from horrible real life tragedies, these images are also symbols that relate to your own individual thoughts and feelings. Children can represent innocence, vulnerability, priceless treasure, or potential for the future. Dreaming of dead children is a metaphor about the loss of that innocence or potential that will never be realized. However the symbol might reflect your own situation, it carries a sense of incomprehensible tragedy.

Children can also represent ideas and creations. Your pet projects, your hopes, and your dreams can be your "children." It is common to refer to projects at work as someone's "brainchild." However, you may give up on your projects, and never reach your goals. Just like babies can be aborted or miscarried, so can ideas, inventions, and projects, figuratively speaking.