“You were a terrible baby, do you know that? Bawling all the time, never sleeping. And one night you just wouldn't shut up, screaming like a dying pig. I walked over to your crib, I looked down at you. I wanted to strangle you. And you looked up at me and you stopped screaming. You smiled at me. Don't die so far from the sea.” KnowsWantedNightDiesSleepSeaDyingBabyTerribleDo You KnowPigsShut UpOne NightNever Sleep Author:Yara
“I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand hole; I had to flick the mouth down to get words out.” DreamHandsBabyTerribleMouthsHolesPregnantWere Pregnant Author:Nina Conti
“I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it.” PeopleLightCan DoBabyTerribleTreatsGiantsCartoon Author:Zach Galifianakis
“Life is a series of baby steps along the way and if you add up these tiny little steps you take toward your goal, whatever it is, whether it's giving up something, a terrible addiction or trying to work your way through an illness. When you total up those baby steps you'd be amazed over the course of 10 years, the strides you've taken.” IfsWayGivingTryingYearsLittlesLife IsCoursesGoalStepsTakenBabyTerribleGiving UpAddSeriesAddictionIllnessTinyAmazedStrideBaby Steps Author:Hoda Kotb
“Everyone knows now how early a fetus becomes a baby. Women who have been pregnant have seen their babies on ultrasounds. They know that there is a terrible truth to those horrific pictures the anti-choice fanatics hold up in front of abortion clinics.” KnowsHas BeensChoicesFrontsBabyTerribleAbortionPregnantFanaticsHorrificClinicFetusUltrasounds Author:Ayelet Waldman
“That's the point. Every kind of animal thinks its own kind of animal is wonderful. So people getting married think they're wonderful, and that they're going to have a baby-- that's wonderful, when actually they're as ugly as rhinoceroses. Just because we think we're so wonderful doesn't mean we really are. We could be really terrible animals and just never admit it because it would hurt so much.” PeopleThinkingKindMeanHurtAnimalWonderfulBabyTerribleMarriedUglyGetting MarriedHurt So Much Book:Hocus Pocus Source: Hocus Pocus
“Out there people are working and arguing and laughing, living their beautiful, terrible lives, falling in love and having babies and being bored out of their skulls and feeling depressed, then being consoled by some little thing like watching the patterns the light makes through the leaves of trees, casting shadows on the sidewalks. I remember the line from that poem now. Downward to darkness, on extended wings.” PeopleLittlesFeelingsLightBeautifulRememberFallLinesDarknessLaughingTreeBabyTerribleShadowWingsFalling In LovePatternsArguingBoredLittle ThingsCastingSkullsSidewalkHaving A BabyBeing BoredFeeling Depressed Author:Kim Addonizio
“Me, Polly Garter, under the washing line, giving the breast in the garden to my bonny new baby. Nothing grows in our garden, only washing. And babies. And where's their fathers live, my love? Over the hills and far away. You're looking up at me now. I know what you're thinking, you poor little milky creature. You're thinking, you're no better than you should be, Polly, and that's good enough for me. Oh, isn't life a terrible thing, thank God?” ThinkingKnowsGivingShouldLittlesEnoughFatherGrowsLinesPoorBabyTerribleCreaturesGardenHillsBreastsGood EnoughThank GodFar AwayTerrible ThingsWashingBetter Than YouNew BabyGarters Author:Dylan Thomas
“The best parenting advice I ever got was from a labor nurse who told me the following: 1. After your baby gets here, the dog will just be a dog. 2. The terrible twos last through age three. 3. Never ask your child an open-ended question, such as "Do you want to go to bed now?" You won't want to hear the answer, believe me. "Do you want me to carry you upstairs, or do you want to walk upstairs to go to bed?" That way, you get the outcome you want and they feel empowered.” WayWantFeelsBelieveChildrenAgeLastsThreeAsksParentAnswersWalksAdviceDogBabyTerribleBedLaborFollowingYour ChildrenOutcomesNurseWant MeBelieve In MeEmpoweredYou Want MeUpstairsDo You Want Me Author:Jodi Picoult