Simply this. It is fair to say if your seeing babies, there aremoms and dads around as well, and you have an infestation at hand.Raid is an on contact killer and will kill what you spray. So willa shoe. Your must use a product with a strong residual and aninsect growth regulator to stop the cycle of birth, However, firstyou need to Google (depending on the type of Roach) ie., "GermanCockroach Biology". To eradicate Roaches, you need to understandthem. What is their life cycle, where do they hide, etc. Goodluck.