Baby Quotes by Magda Gerber

I wish children could grow according to their natural pace: sleep when sleepy, wake up when rested, eat when hungry, cry when upset, play…

— Magda Gerber

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to…

— Magda Gerber

An infant always learns. The less we interfere with the natural process of learning, the more we can observe how much infants learn all…

— Magda Gerber

By closely supervising our infants, by allowing them to do what they are capable of, by restraining ourselves from rescuing them too often, by…

— Magda Gerber

What infants need is the opportunity and time to take in and figure out the world around them.

— Magda Gerber

All children accomplish milestones in their own way, in their own time.

— Magda Gerber

Every baby moves with more ease and efficiency if allowed to do it at his own time and in his own way, without our…

— Magda Gerber

When you approach your baby with an attitude of respect, you let him know what you intend to do and give him a chance…

— Magda Gerber

When you hold an infant, hold him not just with your body, but with your mind and heart.

— Magda Gerber

Much harm has been done in the name of love, but no harm can be done in the name of respect.

— Magda Gerber

Remember, nobody can make another person fall asleep. How to relax and let sleep come is a skill your child, like everybody else, must…

— Magda Gerber

The more we do, the busier we are, the less we really pay attention.

— Magda Gerber

“If one were to list all the cruelties and maltreatments, both physical and emotional, that parents and adults inflict on children under the guise…

— Magda Gerber

We not only respect babies, we demonstrate our respect every time we interact with them. Respecting a child means treating even the youngest infant…

— Magda Gerber

Allow the child to be authentic, to move, to feel the way they move, appreciating them for what they are.

— Magda Gerber