Jessica Raine Quotes

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything.

This baby comes out of you and there's no handbook. They hand you this child and say, 'Don't kill it. Feed it, clothe it and shelter it.' I never knew what that kind of love was. I remember looking at my daughter for the first time and wondering if that's the way my father looked at me.

I love that time when all you want to do is cocoon with your baby in your own little world, when you carry them around all the time in a little pouch or sling.

About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.

I was surprised by how much I like being a father; surprised at what a decent father I am, because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dump my selfishness.

It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.

When I was young, I thought I wouldn't be a good mother. Now I think I would be, but I'm too long in the tooth.

The only thing that I can do is know that I have great confidence in raising children and being a great mother.

Through every moment on stage for the first time, I felt like I was finally right where I belonged.

Everything that went on in my life... it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by that I mean my son and to have that relationship with my son to give me that quiet confidence that I needed as a mother and as a woman. Now with Brooklyn, I am just so at ease; I am so comfortable.

All of a sudden, you have this newborn you have no training for. It's frightening.

I've always wanted to be a dad. I just can't wait to have a little rug rat running around. I used to want five or six kids, but maybe I've become too self-absorbed over the years. I think two would be perfect.

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

I do want to have kids. Every time I see a little kid, I get excited, and I want to spend time with them.

Because I've been so bad at looking after myself, how would I ever look after a kid? But the old cliche applied: they handed her to me, and my world turned upside down - and I realised I was now going to be vulnerable in more ways than I expected.

I know I'm a really good mother. I know it. I'm a really good mother.

I don't have a fear of becoming a parent, but I do have a fear of taking care of a newborn because they are so tiny and vulnerable.

Having a child takes you back to all those parts of your own childhood that you had hidden away.

I'm a father myself for the first time in my life, and I had very very loving parents.

I think me having kids is helpful. It opens up a new little area of your heart.

I didn't know if I'd be good with children. Actually talking with them, I mean. But I am good with them.

I grew up with babies, so babies have never been particularly intimidating to me.

After having a real baby, I was sitting on a doughnut for a month.

When you hold a baby in your arms, you don't want to put it in a basket right away. You want to keep the baby close.