Reading to Your Baby - Before He or She is Born!

Did you know that reading to your baby before he or she is born can help your baby bond with you and actually can produce benefits for you as a mother.

It is surprising, but recent studies have shown that a baby is listening in to you from 24 weeks of age and on until birth!  It is most likely because of this fact, that a baby can recognize your voice after birth.

If you begin reading to your baby now, there are some benefits not only for your baby, but also for you.  Certain calming chemicals are released when a mother relaxes and focuses on her baby,
like when you read a story to your unborn child.  This in turn, allows the baby to also relax and share this bonding moment with you.

Another benefit for you is the fact that if a baby is read the same story again and again, he or she will come to recognize the story and settle down when it is read. 

And still yet another (really great) benefit comes for you after the birth of her child.  Studies have shown that if you read the same book after your baby is born, your baby will still have the same comforting and calming response to the story.  So, in other words, if you’re baby is crying and needs to be calmed down or needs to take a nap - read your book and see what happens!  (Boy, I wish I would have known this as a new mom).

For even a greater benefit, be sure to play either Vivaldi or Mozart when you are reading to your unborn baby.  The music of these composers seems to be most calming for babies.  One study, mentions that the music of Brahms and Beethoven ‘drove the babies to distraction’.

Be sure to give reading a try - especially if you’re a mom for the first time or if you feel a little distant from your baby.  Reading can make a great bond with your baby - before and after birth!

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