Introducing Your Baby To Books While In The Womb Isn't As Stupid As It Sounds

By: Terry Ross
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:22:44
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When the suggestion is first made to new mothers to be that they should talk and read books to their babies while they are still in the womb it often appears a ridiculous suggestion to make.

However, introducing your baby to books and chatting to them before they are born isn’t as stupid as it sounds. Babies do start to learn language while they are still in the womb.

While in the womb, a baby learns to identify with his mother, recognise her voice and associate it with being safe and warm and by the time a baby is born he will have already taken his first steps towards learning language. A baby will have listened to his mother’s voice and learnt from the books she had read and will already be well aware of what his mother sounds like from the day he enters the world.

A newborn baby will pay more attention to voice than any other sound. He will love to hear his mother’s voice and cherish the attention that comes from his mother reading books to him every day.

It’s never too soon to start reading books to your baby and introducing your baby to baby books. The sooner you start reading the quicker your baby will learn and the sooner you introduce your baby to baby books the quicker your baby will associate objects to words.

Your baby will generally utter his first words around five – six months of age. Just simple one syllable words but words that will have a very special meaning in your baby’s life which is why a baby’s first words are so often mama or dada.

Once your baby has uttered his first words others will quickly follow with your baby learning a handful of words every month. If you read books to your baby from before he is even born and use baby books to help your baby associate objects with words from a very early age the quicker your baby will learn his first words and learn to communicate.

If you want to give your baby a good start in life make sure you always respond to your baby when he starts to communicate, talk to your baby as you go about your daily chores, read books to your baby, spend time with your baby showing him pictures in simple baby books and telling him what the pictures are, repeat the same words and show him the same baby books over and over again.

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