Baby

Famous quotes containing the word baby:

    “The myths about what we’re supposed to feel as new mothers run strong and deep. . . . While joy and elation are surely present after a new baby has entered our lives, it is also within the realm of possibility that other feelings might crop up: neediness, fear, ambivalence, anger.”
    —Sally Placksin (20th century)

    “A baby is God’s way of saying the world should go on.”
    —Doris Smith. quoted in What Is a Baby?, By Richard and Helen Exley.

    “Babies control and bring up their families as much as they are controlled by them; in fact ... the family brings up baby by being brought up by him.”
    —Erik H. Erikson (1904–1994)