Sadie Frost Quotes

You're freaked out that you're going to be having a child, and once you're looking after your daughter, it's the most beautiful thing in the world.

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

I knew that I always wanted a family, but I can honestly say that it's nothing like I imagined it would be.

When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years.

I became an adult before I had a kid, which I highly recommend. I just like to throw her around. She's a really good snuggler, and she likes to give kisses and hugs.

I'm the oldest of six children and I had my own first baby when I was 23. So I've always been interested in babies, and I had lots of opportunities to watch them.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

I'm glad I had a daughter first because with a boy you have to teach him stuff and it's just a little different. Having Melody has changed the way I see things. It's just a heavenly blessing.

Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Your child becomes the centre of your world.

I would definitely love 20 more sons. The mother-son connection is pretty incredible.

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

As every parent knows, not every moment is going to be super exciting.

With young kids (I have four including the newborn) times passes weirdly for me.

Raising children changes everything. It's a complete cliché to say that, but it's really true.

Being a mother and wife are big roles.

Beforehand you think, 'Oh, changing nappies - I'm going to be up; I need to get sleep for training.' But when it happens, when you're there, as soon as you hear a wiggle or a cough or something, you're up straight away. It doesn't bother you.

Having a baby will put your marriage through the ringer, and if you're lucky, you'll come out the other end stronger for it.

I always wanted children but I was scared. Being responsible for a baby is such a big thing so I was nervous!

Now that I'm a parent, I know that my parents were incredibly brave.

Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

However global I strove to become in my thinking over the past twenty years, my sons kept me rooted to an utterly pedestrian view,intimately involved with the most inspiring and fractious passages in human development. However unconsciously by now, motherhood informs every thought I have, influencing everything I do. More than any other part of my life, being a mother taught me what it means to be human.

If they would all sleep all the time she wouldn't mind being their mother.

There is no experience like having children...If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.