When you write romances often times you have to 'go there' and have a baby pop up. The baby factor is almost a niche of its own in the romance genre. So how do you create an ambiance for that character? Do you bother? Is the baby just a crutch, or tool so to speak to move the story forward? I think that's cheating a bit. At the least it is necessary to treat them as a secondary character and give them the same types of backgrounds. Even down to their 'space'. Especially now with all of the delux nursery options from beautiful stylized baby bedding to wall coverings it is possible to give the baby character a real character of his/her own.
I almost prefer baby characters to be in the toddler age at least because they you can give them lines. We all know children can say the darndest things and using those types of things can really help explore the situations in a fun way.
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