Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Reading To Your Child Before Birth

By Garcelina Duvantes


It's still not broadly recognized that babies ought to be read to even prior to being born, reading to your unborn infant is really a fantastic concept. Keep in mind that your infant will start to hear sounds in the environment from 18 to 20 weeks. So it's a great concept to begin reading around this time, this will calm your infant from inside the womb.

This really is also an excellent bonding exercise for mom and baby . This exercise isn't just excellent for mom, it can also be excellent for dad as well, it assists dad to make a connection prior to birth. Babies are able to hear their mothers voice prior to birth so envision the emotional safety immediately produced when each parent begins reading to the child from it is inside the womb simply because now in addition, it can now recognize dad's voice.

You can read one book at first and let the baby become familiar with that, then you can expand your library to include more books. Mom and dad's voice is usually instantly recognizable at birth and especially mom's voice which is preferred above all others.

A story that has been read to a baby from in the womb will calm the baby when he or she gets fussy when born.So go ahead and visit your local bookstore, you can choose newly written books or classics, keep it short and simple, these are the best books to choose.

If you want more motivation to go out and do this, consider this, researchers in Amsterdam found out that babies whose mothers watched a certain soap opera each day which had a theme song, would instantly recognize the music and respond to it when they were born. There is no doubt about it, babies really do hear from they are in the womb and we can choose some of the things they hear, such as the stories and the music they hear.

Don't forget to play music to your baby as the songs they hear will also comfort them outside of the womb, some people swear that classical music is the best music and that it makes babies smarter but researchers are yet to give a definitive answer on this, however there can be no doubt that music is essential to a babies development and should be an important part of what your child hears, so even if you don't play anything be sure to sing a lot, if you can manage it, your baby will be the better for it.




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