Oh, the sweet love of a baby born. And the occasional insanity. And regular hilarity. Read the inspiring, funny, and touching words of parents who have come before you.
1. Elizabeth Stone
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"Making the decision to have a child—it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body."
2. Brad Pitt
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"Getting a burp out of your little thing is probably the greatest satisfaction I've come across. It's truly one of life's most satisfying moments."
3. Matthew Broderick
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"Having a baby changes the way you view your in-laws. I love it when they come to visit now. They can hold the baby and I can go out."
4. Kate Douglas Wiggin
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"Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever-fresh and radiant possibility."
5. Susan Sarandon
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"Children reinvent your world for you."
6. Fran Lebowitz
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"Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky."
7. Mary Mason
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"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."
8. Terri Guillemets
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"It was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into."
9. Sandra C. Kassis
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"You never understand life until it grows inside of you."
10. Penelope Leach
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"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."
11. John Wilmot
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"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
12. Eda J. Le Shan
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"A new baby is like the beginning of all things—wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities."
13. Milwaukee Journal
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"A perfect example of minority rule is a baby in the house."
14. Winnie the Pooh
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"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."