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Talking to your baby (pregnant tummy)

21 replies

hallett · 03/06/2008 15:15

I've been chattering away to my tummy - i'm 21 weeks now and have been feeling the baby move for the last couple of weeks.

Is anyone else doing the same thing? Some friends think i'm a bit mad.

What sort of things do you talk about?

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nickytwotimes · 03/06/2008 15:16

Talking is fine. Just don't play music to him/her, lol!

JamesAndTheGiantBanana · 03/06/2008 15:20

Babycentre says that at 21 weeks: "Your baby can now hear your conversations. If you talk, read, or sing to your baby, expect her to hear you. Some studies have found that newborns will suck more vigorously when read to from a book they heard frequently in utero. If you want to try, pick a book now and read it out loud. Make sure you won't mind reading it over and over once the baby is here. It may be your baby's favourite bedtime story for a long time after birth"

And anyway it's a great way to bond with your baby, stuff anyone who thinks you're mad, they can hear you and will recognise and take comfort from your voice. I didn't really talk to mine til the end, when it was more "ow, stop headbutting me!"

MrsTittleMouse · 03/06/2008 15:24

I talk too, and this is our second, so not even PFB stuff. Not all the time, mind you, just in the evening after dinner when she starts to get lively.

mum2b1 · 03/06/2008 16:14

Of course you should talk to your little one.
My husband reads to my bump every night before bed! very sweet!
Baby moves around lots so we take that to mean he/she is happy to hear Daddy's voice.
when they come out they will be more likely to recognise you and your partners voices if they heard them all the time in the womb...

cyteen · 03/06/2008 16:16

A friend of mine is apparently hard at work singing Spurs songs to his wife's tummy Poor little bugger, indoctrinated even in the womb.

belgo · 03/06/2008 16:17

I did this loads with my first baby! And then not at all with my next two babies - well with this baby I try and remember to say hello occassionally

RhinestoneCowgirl · 03/06/2008 16:18

DH has started giving my belly a manly pat of an evening and having a bit of a chat... I'm only 11 weeks pg and it's DC2.

It's a nice thing to do tho, we did it with DS as well. Remember that it doesn't have to be special stuff, and that they will hear your voice as you talk at work, to DH/DP, with friends etc.

When your baby is newborn they will turn their head towards the sound of your voice as they already recognise it

Feeling all weepy at thought now...

cyteen · 03/06/2008 16:19

My baby will be well attuned to the sound of my cackling laugh

helpafriend · 03/06/2008 16:19

i think people her play music are a bit bizaare tbh.

belgo · 03/06/2008 16:21

and those bells that pregnant women wear dangling over their bumps are creepy - imagine having a bell tingling next to you constantly - the baby will be born with tinitus

calsworld · 03/06/2008 16:21

DH read DS a book when still a bump, he's 18 months now and loves them still, Room on the Broom is a firm favourite!

bohemianbint · 03/06/2008 16:23

I think I did last time - this time the baby just hears me shouting at DS1 all the time!

(I do have a creepy bell to make up for lack of meaningful interaction though!)

madamez · 03/06/2008 16:26

I talked to my bump on and off, mostly nonsense. And I played certian CDs constantly, and sang one song in particular 'to' the bump: once or twice when he (DS as he now is) was a bit quiet I used to sing the song and rub my tummy, which would always generate a flurry of kicks. When he was a baby he loved having the song sung to him - he's less keen on it now because he likes to assert his own taste (he's 3.7)

addictedtoharibo · 03/06/2008 19:13

I think my poor baby will have had enough of my voice - Im a lecturer so she must listen to me for hours a day. Swear her first words will be "FFS will you just reference your work!"

I do talk to her very absent mindedly though - although I also used to talk to the dog but will chat to her about anything. Not sure I would have the patience to sing or read to her though.

dgomez · 04/06/2008 15:55

Sorry I am curious, I dont' live in the Uk and never heard of the bells around your bump, what are they? Why do you use them? Thanks

belgo · 04/06/2008 16:56

dgomez - some pregnant women wear a bell at the end of a long necklace so that the bell is just over their bump. I don't know exactly what the point it, I assume it's to make people realise that they are pregnant, and not just fat

bohemianbint · 04/06/2008 18:22

They're called bolas:

"A beautiful pendant from mexico for pregnant women to wear. The magical and soothing sounds of the bola relaxes the baby during pregnancy right up to birth.

All the bolas make a special chime as the woman walks or moves. This sound is heard by the baby from around 20 weeks in the womb. By regularly wearing the bola low on the belly, the baby will recognise and be soothed by the sound. The bola's chimes will continue to comfort the baby after birth too."

bikerunski · 05/06/2008 13:01

I've started listening to Classic FM for bump. Then I come over all "real life" and realise that we have never had any geniuses, muscial or otherwise, in the family and put on Planet Rock instead!

Convinced actually that the baby will be born recognising Terry Wogan's voice rather than mine.

kayzisexpecting · 05/06/2008 13:41

Its meant to be good to play music to your baby through the bump as it relaxes them and lowers their blood pressure. It also increases their brain activity.

Holly29 · 05/06/2008 14:06

My view on this is a bit like my view on life in general - if you've got the opportunity, seize it! How much longer will you be pg for - not long. Can your baby hear you? Probably. So go for it! My DH used to speak to our DS in utero - "Oi, stop kicking your mummy!". I maintain that he loves the Sex Pistols because we played them a lot when I was pg.

mel2005 · 05/06/2008 16:02

i made a baby CD of music i used to play to my bumps every day. i used to have huge headphones in used to put around my bump in both pregnancies. both my children recognise the CD when i put it on and it calms them down. it was mainly classical music. it was great at getting them to sleep.
i also played them the beatles and U2 which they also love now.
i used to go to alot of auctions when pregnant with my first and he used to fall asleep in the baby carrier whenever we went into an auction room when he was born. they can be very noisy places. i didnt go so much when pregnant with my second baby and she never liked the auctions as a baby.
also i used to sing twinke twinkle little star to my little boy before bed when i was pregnant with my second and she now loves the song and it was the only song she could sing from start to finish.

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