60+ Sweet New Baby Quotes and Sayings
Welcome your little one into your home with these beautiful baby quotes.
Welcoming a new baby into your family is one of the most exciting moments you can celebrate. While people check in on your baby status—When’s she coming? Are you at the hospital yet? When are you picking him up?—you may be freaking out a bit. A new baby may sound daunting, but remember, it’s also exciting!
Whether you’re the one welcoming a new baby, or you’re sharing your excitement for a family member or friends’ new addition, here are some sweet, new baby quotes and sayings to help you share your congratulations and best wishes for the new baby girl or new baby boy.
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Is there anything more intoxicating than the smell of a newborn baby’s head? There’s so much to be excited about when welcoming a new baby into your home, and these new baby quotes put it best:
- “For all the things my hands have held the best by far is you.” —Unknown
- “Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.” —Tina Brown
- “Children have neither past nor future. They enjoy the present, which very few of us do.” —Jean De La Bruyere
- “All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood—all of them are true. And all of them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.” —Penelope Cruz
- “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
- “Babies smile in their sleep because they’re listening to the whispering of angels.” —Unknown
- “The days are long, but the years are short.” —Gretchen Rubin
- “Sometimes the littlest things take up the most room in your heart.” —Winnie the Pooh
- “Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth.” —Roland Leonhardt
- “The amazing thing about becoming a parent is that you will never again be your own first priority.” —Olivia Wilde
- “I love you forever. I’ll like you for always. As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.” —Robert Munsch
- “All kids need is a little help, a little hope, and somebody who believes in them.” —Magic Johnson
- “Every child begins the world again.” —Henry David Thoreau
Between the midnight feedings and diaper blowouts, you may need some levity when you’re neck-deep in newborn territory. Here are some comedic quotes that all new parents can relate to:
- “I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.” —Robert Orben
- “Before I got married I had six theories about raising children. Now, I have six children and no theories.” —John Wilmot
- “A toddler can do more in one unsupervised moment than most people can do all day.”—Unknown
- “A baby makes love stronger, the days shorter, the nights longer, savings smaller, and a home happier.” —Unknown
- “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” —Franklin P. Jones
- “The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.” -—Dave Barry
- “The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.” —Johnny Depp
When you look at your baby boy and imagine all the things he can grow up to be, all the life he’ll experience, it puts everything into perspective. If you’ve welcomed a bouncing baby boy into your family, these baby boy quotes will mean the world to you:
- "You are loved for the boy you are, the man you will become, and the precious son you will always be." —Unknown
- “A baby boy arrives, and just like that, everything changes. The world gets bigger, hearts grow fuller, and life means more because he’s in it.” —Unknown
- “Son, you’ll outgrow my lap but never my heart.” —Unknown
- “A baby boy has a special way of bringing out the man in his father and the little boy in his grandfather.” —Tanya Masse
- “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” —Sophocles
- “A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” —Irish proverb
- ”Mother is her son’s first god. She must teach him the most important lesson of all – how to love.” —T. F. Hodge
- “A baby boy may leave smudges in the house and also on your heart.” —Unknown
- “Sometimes when I need a miracle, I look into my son’s eyes, and realize I have already created one.” —Unknown
- “There has never been, nor there will ever be, anything quite special as the love between a mother and her baby son.” —Unknown
When you hold your newborn baby girl for the first time, you may hear the sounds of Louis Armstrong crooning, “What a wonderful world,” as it feels like your heart is exploding with love. It’s hard to put that love into words, but these baby girl quotes certainly come close:
- “A daughter is one of the best gifts this world has to give.” —Laurel Atherton
- “There’s no better feeling than making your little girls laugh.” —Jerry O’Connell
- “Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will move mountains.” —Unknown
- “A mother’s and daughter’s love is never separated.” —Viola Shipman
- “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” —Signe Hammer
- “Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of.” —Bethany Hamilton
- “She is everything that is perfect, wrapped in a tiny bundle.” —Unknown
- “A baby girl always leaves a bit of sparkle and a bit of rainbow wherever she goes.” —Unknown
- “Baby girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses tied with sashes and futures tied with dreams.” —Unknown
- “A baby girl would dance her way into your heart, whirling on the tips of angel wings, scattering gold dust and kisses in your path.” —Unknown
- “A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.” —George Eliot
Becoming a parent is an experience you can’t quite explain, but it’s life-altering. When you try to explain the feeling to family and friends, these newborn quotes may sum up what you’re trying to say:
- “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
- “Still the most magical day of my life was the day I became a mom.” —Linda Becker
- “Babies are amazing. They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.” —Julia Roberts
- “It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.” —Deepak Chopra
- “When they finally place the baby in your arms and you notice that smile, you suddenly feel a surge of overwhelming, unconditional love that you never felt before.” —Unknown
- “A new baby marks the beginnings of all things – wonder, hope, and a beautiful dream of possibilities.” —Unknown
- “Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.” —Unknown
- “Having a baby is like having a bit of heaven right here on earth.” —Unknown
- “In the eyes of a baby…there is joy, there is laughter… there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future.” —Unknown
- “You can outgrow a mother’s lap, but never her heart.” —Unknown
When you have a newborn baby, your world revolves around them. In the spirit of spending all your time and energy on the new member of your family, these short and sweet baby quotes are a great way to explain that amazing rush of emotion you’re now experiencing:
- "A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on." —Carl Sandburg
- "A baby fills a place in your heart you never knew was empty." —Unknown
- "Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last." —Charles Dickens
- "With every newborn baby, a little sun rises." —Irmgard Erath
- "Babies are the buds of life, ready to bloom like a fresh flower to refresh humanity." —Debasish Mridha
- "A baby’s giggle is the sweetest sound of all." —Unknown
- "Happiness is homemade, and so are babies." —Unknown
- "There is no sweeter innocence than a sleeping baby." —Unknown
- "A baby’s tiny feet leave the biggest footprints on our hearts." —Unknown
- "A newborn baby is like the beginning of all things—wonder, hope, and a dream of possibilities." —Eda J. Le Shan
Whether you’re waiting for your new bundle of joy to arrive or you’ve already jumped headfirst into 2 AM lullabies and nursery rhymes, there’s one truth: Welcoming a new baby into your home changes your life—for the better. They grow so fast, and new parents want to capture it all.
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