Infants
A newborn infant often touches fresh beginnings and pleasant surprise — new life heralding something tender drawing near. The dream may ask what is just being born in your circumstances, what pleasant turn is approaching, and whether the vulnerable new thing in your care promises a fortunate escape or a fragile hope to protect.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for infants, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of seeing a newly born infant, denotes pleasant surprises are nearing you. For a young woman to dream she has an infant, foretells she will be accused of indulgence in immoral pastime. To see an infant swimming, portends a fortunate escape from some entanglement.
Fontaine, 1862
(See Child.) Dreaming of a young infant is an excellent omen, as it foretells joy and gladness, good luck, and success generally. Lovers who dream such a dream may be sure of a happy and thrifty marriage. To a business man this dream predicts a new and successful enterprise.