Toddler Roman Warwick's brothers and sisters keep asking their parents where he is.
Tragically, they won't ever see their "beautiful, adventurous and kind-hearted" little mate again.
The two-year-old died in his cot when flames engulfed his family's southeast Queensland home on Thursday afternoon.
Parents Belinda and Jared Warwick lost their son and all their possessions in the inferno, which destroyed their Beenleigh house.
It was also Roman's birthday, and investigators are reportedly looking into the awful possibility the blaze was accidentally started by one of his siblings playing with matches left out to light the candles on his birthday cake.
Ms Warwick says Roman's five brothers and sisters still don't understand what happened.
"He was just a beautiful little boy with curly hair," Mrs Warwick said.
"The other little ones aren't coping very well.
"The youngest ones are asking where Roman is."
She wishes she had a time machine to go back and save her son, who was asleep in a back room of the home and couldn't be reached when the fire broke out.
Mr Warwick desperately tried to save Roman, crying "my baby" as he was held back from the inferno by police and firefighters.
"We've lost our baby boy," he grieved on Friday.
"He didn't deserve this."
The community has rallied around the family, who had only been living in Queensland for four months.
Louie Naumovski, from the Logan Housefire Support Network, said the family had been homeless in NSW and had moved to the state for a fresh start.
"The mother was doing the best she possibly could. They were trying to build their lives up together," he told ABC Radio.
Mr Naumovski said offers of assistance were flowing in, including accommodation, but more donations were needed to help the family.
The toddler's body has now been removed from the charred home and people have left bunches of flowers leaning against a nearby tree.
Fire investigators are working with the Queensland Police Service to compile a report for the Coroner.
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