An Explanation Of The Baker's Moments In The Woods

The baker’s wife appears to be consumed by her desire to have a child and would stop at nothing to get what she wants. At some point, she explains to her husband that his love to her can only be proven by him pursuing the same thing she is after, a child. In her song, “Moments in the Woods”, she tells the audience about her thought process in regards to what just happened, her interaction with the prince:
Was it wrong?
Am I mad?
Is that all?
Does he miss me?
Was he suddenly
Getting bored with me?
Wake up! Stop dreaming.
Stop prancing about the woods.
It's not besseming.
What is it about the woods?
Back to life, back to sense,
Back to child, back to husband,
You can't live in the woods.
There are vows, there are ties,
There are needs, there are standards,
Is it always "or"?
Is it never "and"?
That's what woods are for:
For those moments in the woods...
She goes on describing how what she had with the prince was “grand” and what she has with the baker as “plain”. She wanders to herself if having both and being able to isolate them, she will be able to find balance and essentially happiness.
Oh. if life were made of moments,
Even now and then a bad one-!
But if life were only moments,
Then you'd never know you had one.
The baker’s wife appears to be having a philosophical moment, she is wondering how someone would not be affected if life was made of separate independent moments. For example, if one just had a bad moment, one would not be phased by that because the moment is already over. Then she goes on to explain the satisfaction that comes from having these moments interconnected. The value of what is left in one’s mind is what makes that moment meaningful.

First a Witch, then a child,
Then a Prince, then a moment-
Who can live in the woods?
And to get what you wish,
Only just for a moment-
These are dangerous woods...
Let the moment go...
Don't forget it for a moment, though.
Just remembering you've had and