Jane Green Quotes

Babies did not attract me, and I was altogether without the maternal sense so highly developed in small and adolescent girls.

I didn't have any problem bonding with Honey, but I was plagued with insecurities about my ability to bring up my baby.

I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

I've noticed that since I've been pregnant I see babies everywhere. I love talking to them. I never used to really like kids that much. I guess it comes out of you naturally.

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

Babies make you do things for them. They get you up and they get you moving.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

I feel like I'm meant to be a mom.

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

I think I would probably have been a good mother.

When you become a mother, it's a common thing that you just want to put every ounce of your being into your child, which is a very beautiful experience.

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

When you're pregnant or living with an infant, there's a kind of sacredness around your body that affects everything you do.

I love nursing my babies. It's such a special bond for me.

I was always meant to be a mom. As soon as I had my kids, it just felt so natural.

I really want to take time and be in the moment with my kid for at least the first year. I know she's not going to remember that, but it's really for the family chemistry.

There's no substitute for the experience of childbearing or child rearing.

I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as it took a new car to lose that scent, or a brand-new house to gather dust. Maybe that was the process more commonly described as bonding: the act of learning your child as well as you know yourself.

When you hold a child to your breast to nurse, the curve of the little head echoes exactly the curve of the breast it suckles, as though this new person truly mirrors the flesh from which it sprang.

An innocent little human being was solely dependent on me! I took all the CPR and breastfeeding classes and learned quite a bit.

What instruction the baby brings to the mother!

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.

In May 2006, I had our son, Calder. I spent the next couple of years learning how to be a mom.

I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.