A desire for a child; innocent or infantile aspect of the Self calling for attention/recognition; acknowledgment of a needy inner child; an expression of infantile desires you are not quite ready to abandon; concern about, caring for, or protecting someone younger, less competent, or less mature that you; new possibilities; a new project; a psychological or spiritual birth of any kind, now ready to be nurtured. Dream interpretation of baby can suggest feelings of vulnerability or a wish to return to a totally card -for state; therefore, a wish to escape responsibilities perceived burdens. Are you feeling as experienced or lost as a babe in the woods?

It may reflect a recent separation and suggest a longing for, or wish to still be connected with, that situation or person. A pregnant woman who sees her baby already born, or even several years old, may be attempting to skip the anxiety of labor and the adjustments of parenting a newborn.

See birth, child, children.