Her father had died when she was but a babe.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
After a long sleep, into which the mother falls after her first joy, she awakes, turns over, drinks some ice-water, eats a little half-cooked meat, and then, shaking the frozen breath from the covers, she wraps herself and her babe snugly in furs.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
You can't be such an innocent babe as to suppose people don't talk about you.
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke