Well, unless you're lucky with good children (like +20% attack, +30% Mana, +20% Mana, +20% Rage, +20% Intellect, +10% Leadership, +5% Leadership, +5 Intellect) - preferably the better 4 of those 8 - items will do way better than babies
Generally, Neoka is one of the wives that can have one of the best children, but unless you manage to get the best out of her - like +30% mana, +20% mana, +5 intellect/+20% Intellect (depending on your overall intellect) and +20% rage, for example.