I've never held a baby before and don't intend to. I am usually very polite to parents though and usually try to say something nice about the baby. Most of them look like little aliens to me but there are some that I think are cute. I would never tell someone that the baby was cute or whatever just to appease them. I only save that for when the baby/child truly is cute.

I don't "hate" kids and I'm lucky that most of my friends' children are of the intelligent and polite variety. It's hard being around a brat.