I don’t know this woman. What was her context for calling a baby an it? That sounds cruel but I don’t know the context. For instance, I had a classic British child care book once in which Penelope Leach, the author, decided to call babies “it” in there instead of picking a gender.
context, courtesy of Michelle Malkin
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/06/pds-alert-media-women-attacking-baby-trig-again/