Aunt Barbara was a great annoyance, and she complained to Eunice and Mrs. Jones, and Melinda, who had returned from Washington, that she was spoiling Ethelyn, Babying her so, and making her think herself so much weaker than she was.
"Ethelyn's Mistake"
Mary Jane Holmes
And then just before I left-we came away mighty unexpectedly-Katy Stutz-" "Katy Stutz-" "Yes, came to sew for a family I had boarding with me, and she said she heard you had left him for good and that your parents took sides with your husband and had him in their home, occupying your very room, and that your mother was as fussy over him as she ever was over you, Babying him to death.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
Well, I don't care-Mother hangs around Babying me as if I were six years old!
"Chicken Little Jane"
Lily Munsell Ritchie