Baby Quotes that New Parents Can Relate To
March 25, 2023 5:00 AM EST
There are many emotions and feelings that you experience as a new parent that only other parents can understand.
As a new parent, you’ll certainly relate to the following baby quotes.
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According to a survey by OnePoll, 82% of new parents said that their baby’s smile was the most significant source of their happiness.
Share your favorite baby quotes that remind you of those heartwarming moments.
How does it feel to be a new parent?
There is nothing else that can change your life the same way that a new baby can.
You will experience a love that you never experienced before and also a sense of responsibility that surpasses anything else.
Nothing will compare to your new little bundle of joy.
But with that sweet baby comes sleepless nights, exhaustion, and spit-up.
Thankfully the great experiences far outweigh all of those.
The baby quotes below encapsulate some things you can expect as a new parent.
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Baby quotes that show a parent’s love
The American Psychological Association reports that having a baby can improve overall life satisfaction, leading to greater happiness and feelings of purpose.
Share some baby quotes that remind you of the joys of parenthood.
1. “Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.” – Harold Hulbert
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2. “And she loved a little boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself.” – Shel Silverstein
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3. “We never know the love of a parent until we become parents ourselves.” – Henry Ward Beecher
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4. “Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.” – Ricki Lake
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5. “Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.” – Tina Fey
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6. “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” – Leo Burke
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7. “There’s no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.” – Jill Churchill
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8. “Children make you want to start life over.” – Muhammad Ali
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9. “A tiny daughter gives parents a life in a climate of perpetual wonder.” – Pierre Doucet
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10. “A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” – Victor Hugo
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Baby quotes about motherhood
A study by the University of California, Riverside, found that the simple act of holding a baby can increase feelings of happiness and reduce stress levels.
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11. “Perfection only exists in babies and pastries.” — Gayle Wray
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12. “Make no mistake about why these babies are here—they are here to replace us.” — Jerry Seinfeld
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13. “A baby is born with a need to be loved—and never outgrows it.” — Frank A. Clark
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14. “A new baby is like the beginning of all things-wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” —Eda J. Le Shan
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15. “Babies love fat.” ― Kathryn Stockett
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16. “A baby’s cry is precisely as serious as it sounds.” ― Jean Liedloff
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17. “Newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas.” ― Jodi Picoult
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18. “Never give a lousy person the opportunity to create lousy babies.” ― Roberto Hogue
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19. “The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”
― Johnny Depp
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20. “Babies are such a nice way to start people.” – Don Herold
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21. “Every child begins the world again.” – Henry David Thoreau
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22. “Babies are bits of stardust, blown from the hand of God.” – Larry Barretto
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23. “Babies are always more trouble than you thought – and more wonderful.” – Charles Osgood
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24. “A mother continues to labor long after the baby is born.” – Lisa Jo Baker
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25. “Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.” – Lin Yutang
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Baby quotes about the wonderful changes babies bring
According to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 90% of new parents say that they feel unprepared for the challenges of parenthood.
This suggests that new parents may benefit from reading and sharing baby quotes that offer encouragement and support.
26. “A baby fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – Anonymous
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27. “A daughter is one of the best gifts this world has to give.” – Laurel Atherton
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28. “A perfect example of minority rule is a baby in the house.” – Milwaukee Journal
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29. “There are words in the soul of a newborn baby, wanting and waiting to be written.” – Toba Beta
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30. “Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.” – Roland Leonhardt
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Baby quotes about the wonder of a new baby
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the birth rate in the United States in 2020 was 55.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44, representing a decrease of 4% from 2019.
This shows that fewer babies were born in the US in 2020 than in the previous year, possibly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
31. “I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the morning and coos or laughs because it sees the sun shining on its cradle.” – Vincent Van Gogh
32. “Whether your pregnancy was meticulously planned, medically coaxed, or happened by surprise, one thing is certain – your life will never be the same.” – Catherine Jones
33. “Having my baby fall asleep in my arms takes away all of my worries and stresses. A sense of complete and total peace comes over me.” – Maria Jose Ovalle
34. “Nothing compares to becoming aware of the massive face of the universe hidden in a newborn’s stare.” – Curtis Tyrone Jones
35. “When we encourage new parents to ‘treasure these moments because they don’t last forever,’ we need to remember to also reassure them that they will survive these moments because they don’t last forever.” – L.R. Knost
36. “A baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.” – Tanya Masse
37. “To be a mother of a son is one of the most important things you can do to change the world. Raise them to respect women, raise them to stand up for others, raise them to be kind.” – Shannon L. Alder
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38. “There are no words that can describe the euphoria you feel when your baby recognizes you for the first time and smiles.” – Jared Padalecki
39. “I know now why God gave us babies. They require constant attention, of course. They make messes and disturb the peace, but their cuteness and smiles are something the only reminder of God we have in the house.” – Ann Rinaldi
40. “For me, this baby was the most precious thing I had ever had. He was my treasure, my joy, my world, my everything now.” – Preeti Shenoy
41. “You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.” – Lish McBride
42. “A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years and in your heart till the day you die.” – Mary Mason
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Baby quotes about the challenges of a new baby
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, preterm birth rates in the United States have been decreasing since 2007, but they still remain high. In 2019, about 1 in 10 babies in the US were born prematurely.
This emphasizes the need for continued efforts to prevent preterm birth and ensure the best possible outcomes for babies.
43. “Motherhood: the only place you can experience heaven and hell at the same time.” – Anonymous
44. “A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.” – Anonymous
45. “The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.” – Olivia Wilde
46. “Sleep is like the unicorn—it is rumored to exist, but I doubt I will see any.” – Unknown
47. “Making the decision to have a children is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.” – Elizabeth Stone
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48. “What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.” – Benjamin Spock
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49. “If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time – you’re the grandma.” – Theresa Bloomingdale
50. “Rigid plans work best if you’re building a skyscraper; with something as mysteriously human as giving birth, it’s best, both literally and figuratively, to keep your knees bent.” – Mark Sloan
Heartwarming baby quotes
51. “It’s a good thing babies don’t give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.” – Anita Diamant
52. “The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
53. “I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time.” – Nicholas Sparks
54. “When he finally was placed into my arms, I looked into his precious eyes and felt an overwhelming, unconditional love….I never felt so complete and empowered in my life.” – Gisele Bündchen
55. “It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.” – Johnny Depp
56. “A baby is a wishing well. Everyone puts their hopes, their fears, their pasts, their two cents in.” – Elizabeth Bard
57. “It’s hard to feel like much is wrong in the world when you’re looking into the eyes of a happy baby.” – Lisa Wingate
58. “There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place.” – Virginia Kelley
59. “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
60. “A mother’s joy begins when new life is stirring inside…when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone.” – Unknown
Baby quotes that are full of wisdom
61. “Just as there is no warning for childbirth, there is no preparation for the sight of a first child. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment, or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.” – Anita Diamant
62. “A first child is your own best foot forward, and how you do cheer those little feet as they strike out. You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world. But the last one: the baby who trails her scent like a flag of surrender through your life when there will be no more coming after–oh, that’ s love by a different name.” ― Barbara Kingsolver
63. “Don’t stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign universe.” ― Peggy O’Mara
64. “The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain’t like he knows the cure for cancer and just ain’t spitting it out.” ― Justin Halpern
65. “If you were to open up a baby’s head – and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should – you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland.” ― Dave Barry
66. “Giving birth is an ecstatic jubilant adventure not available to males. It is a woman’s crowning creative experience of a lifetime.” – John Stevenson
67. “It’s important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It’s not only life of babies, but it’s life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.” ― George W. Bush
68. “Heaven on earth is looking at my little boy. The minute he was born, I knew if I never did anything other than being a mom, I’d be fine.” – Jenny McCarthy
69. “All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood –– all of them are true.” – Penelope Cruz
70. “I like to think of motherhood as a great big adventure. You set off on a journey, you don’t really know how to navigate things, and you don’t exactly know where you’re going or how you’re going to get there.” – Cynthia Rowley
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71. “I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.” — Robert Orben
72. “When your first baby drops her pacifier, you sterilize it. When your second baby drops her pacifier, you tell the dog: ‘Fetch!’.” — Bruce Lansky
73. “Before I got married I had six theories about raising children. Now, I have six children and no theories.” — John Wilmot
74. “Loving a baby is a circular business, a kind of feedback loop. The more you give the more you get and the more you get the more you feel like giving.” — Penelope Leach
75. “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
76. “A happy baby has shining eyes. It walks open-hearted into the world and spreads magic.” — Sigrid Leo
77. “When the baby is born, all that pain (that was endured) vanishes in an instant. Love for that tiny baby makes one forget the pain, the fear.” – Hope Bradford
78. “The biggest surprise, which is also the best, is that I didn’t know I would love motherhood as much as I do.” – Deborah Norville
79. “Before you were born I carried you under my heart. From the moment you arrived in this world until the moment I leave it, I will always carry you in my heart.” – Mandy Harrison
80. “You may hate being pregnant, but the minute the baby is born, she is God’s precious child, given to you as a gift.” – Sandra Dallas
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81. “There are places in the heart you don’t even know exist until you love a child.” — Anne Lamott
82. “Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.” — Tina Brown
83. “Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” — Charles Dickens
84. “You’ll never understand life until it grows inside of you.” — Sandra C. Kassis
85. “Angels couldn’t be everywhere, so they made babies to replace them.”
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86. “A baby is a dancing joy of life.” — Debasish Mridha
87. “Babies talk to us in the language of love, which we can only understand if we listen with love.”― ApolloM
88. “With every newborn baby a little sun rises.” — Irmgard Erath
89. “There are hard days in motherhood. But looking at your sleeping baby reminds you why it’s all worth it.” — Kara Ferwerda
90. “Babies are born as angels.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita
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91. “I understood once I held a baby in my arms, why some people… keep having them.” — Spalding Gray
92. “My baby has made me a better person.” — Lucy Atkins
93. “When a mother or father sees their new baby they see a tiny bundle of joy, they see perfection, and they feel love like they have never experienced before.” — Kate Summers
94. “Whilst challenging, you will find caring for your baby one of the best experiences of your life.” — Gina Ford
95. “Whenever you hold your baby for the first time, it will be one of the most special moments of your lives.” — Hetty Van De Rijt
96. “Do you sometimes feel excited but also a little nervous about taking care of your new baby? Then you are like most parents.” — Marcos Schneider
97. “This is your baby, and there exists a unique bond between you as mother and child.” — Midwife Cath
98. “There is no baby that is not beautiful in the eyes of their parents and grandparents.” — Catherine Pulsifer
99. “My daughter, my baby where did the years go. Seems like yesterday I was watching you grow.” — Catherine Pulsifer
100. “As a baby, everything is brand new to you. Some things will excite you whilst others will scare you.” — Zak Khan
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101. “The rain was uninhibitedly untamed; and so was my new born baby daughter; kicking left; right and center; in her diminutively blessed cradle.” ― Nikhil Parekh
102. “Enchanting as that baby-laugh, all dimples and glitter— so strangely arch and innocent.” ― Margaret Fuller
103. “Still, my heart was bursting with excitement, knowing every love, every soul is unique, and I would soon lock eyes with my amazing baby girl.” ― Hoda Kotb
104. “Don’t forget that compared to a grown up person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old.” ― May Sarton
105. “You see your baby lying in front of you and you realize that it is now your responsibility to raise this beautiful little wonder and to equip your kid with everything it needs for life.” ― Steve Mueller
106. “A baby is as pure as an angel and as fresh as a blooming flower.” ― Debashis Mridha
107. “A mother’s heart is a baby’s most beautiful dwelling.” ― Ed Dussault
108. “Keeping a baby requires a good deal of time, effort, time, thought and equipment, so unless you are prepared for this, we recommend that you start with a hamster, whose wants are far simpler.” ― Elinor Goulding Smith
109. “The superstition of not physically preparing one’s home for a new baby, of not having a baby shower until after the baby is born.” ― Douglas Weber
110. “Babies cry at birth because it is the first time they experience separation from love.” ― Kamand Kojouri
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Enjoy each moment
It’s hard to enjoy the rough days when the little one is fussy or you feel like you can’t keep up with everything you need to do, however, those moments will pass faster than you can imagine.
Before you know it, your little one will be not so little and you will be wondering where the time has gone.
It’s easy to feel up-tight as a new parent.
But remember to relax and trust your intuition because it goes a long way.
Take time to enjoy these early days with your little one because they go fast.
And don’t worry, you will come through stronger on the other side.
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