Morena Baccarin Quotes

I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.

Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.

I raised four kids in six years.

Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

I love my kids, they are amazing children, but they drive me bananas sometimes. And sometimes, I want to sell them on eBay... but I'm not going to.

I'll start with one healthy kid, but I'd like to have a few naturally and adopt.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

I've always wanted two kids. I've always wanted a girl and a boy.

I don't want to be an old dad.

When you have one kid, you feel like you can jet set around, and you can throw him on the hip, and you get your life done. You don't realize how easy one is until you have two. Now I'm really a mom. Oh, I am a mom now! This is for serious - I am responsible for two people now.

I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

I grew up with a big family. I want that. I want to have my own family.

I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.

I'd love to adopt, but having a daughter, Daisy, who's in the middle of her teens, I'm now thinking: Is this a time to start all over again or is this a time to realise those child-rearing years are over?

We go to college, live together or marry, and have kids - often with little more thought to the daily routines of raising children than our grandparents gave them, when women by and large stayed at home.

Do your kids a favor - don't have any.

I want at least five kids. I want twins.

Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone.

I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.

Having children is messy and easy to judge.

It goes without saying that the first few months after my son was born were the toughest of my life.

There is immense pressure of being caught in the rat race. At such times, I'm glad I have just one child.

I encourage women who are starting families to think about the five-year horizon. The first few years of parenthood are really hard, but if you stick it out, it gets easier.