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Does gollum eat a baby in the books? I don't think he does in the movies. I don't remember that from the books either, but there is more description of what got him kicked out of the town there. I thought he was just stealing stuff and becoming more and more creepy.
There is evidence in the Hobbit that he eats young orcs. While your orcs do not imply that they are babies, there is another hint in the Books:
I guess with a little bit of imagination, it’s not that unlikely that he had eaten the babies of the woodmen of Mirkwood.
On top of this, he had a discussion with Sam about the best way to cook rabbits, and Gollum said:
So he likes his rabbits young! Which seems to be a preference of him.
But he definitely wanted to eat Bilbo. :D
I mean, there's not much imagination required here. They're not talking about Gollum slipping through windows to find cradles to sleep in.
I'll take your word for it, GOLLUM!