1. treated someone with excessive care or attention, as if they were helpless
Usage: past tense of ‘baby’

Examples

• She babied her youngest son well into his teenage years.
• The coach refused to baby the new players during training.
• He felt babied by his overprotective parents.
• The teacher babied the struggling students instead of challenging them.
• After the injury, she was babied by her entire family.
• They babied their first child but were more relaxed with the second.