Now that I'm at the stage of my pregnancy where they say the baby's perception of sound is developed enough to hear its surrounding, I've been trying to talk to the baby more and also playing some music for her.
It was weird at first, babbling to something that can't answer you. But I also used to talk to my dogs in a human way, so I got more comfortable after awhile.
They say that if you talk to your baby in utero, they can instinctively recognize mama's voice after birth.
I keep encouraging my husband to do the same but he just can't wrap his mind around talking to a belly.
How does/has your husband handle the thought of welcoming a new baby? Do you talk to your belly?
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I talked to my son all the time, as did my nephew. It was so cute to see him recognize my nephew's voice and respond to him positively after I was born. My husband didn't want to talk to the baby either. I am sure John recognized his voice, but it wasn't as obvious as it was with my own voice or my nephew's voice.
The only time I really ever talked to my belly was in the bath or shower. I guess because it was the only time I felt like it was really just me and the baby?
My fiance didn't really buy into the idea of talking to my belly. At night I would encourage him to but he told me he didn't know what to say and I could tell it made him really uncomfortable.
But our son totally knows our voices. Hours after birth my mom was holding him and he turned to face me when I started talking. So I'm pretty sure that me just talking normally while pregnant was enough for him to know it was me. :)
Your baby recognizes your voice whether you actually talk directly at her or not - you talk to other people on a daily basis, right? So she hears that all the time. Just pointing that out.
By the same token, if you talk with your husband every day, she'll recognize his voice as well (to a lesser extent of course, there's no one she'll identify better than you no matter what). My boyfriend at the time of my pregnancy didn't do any talking to my belly, but my daughter responded to his voice after she was born because I spent just about every day with him, so she was used to hearing his voice.
I personally had long conversations with my belly all the time. It was never weird to me, I talked to her from the weekend I found out I was pregnant. It got me plenty of looks out in public, particularly before I started showing. I'd be at the store and I'd ask her for her opinion on what I was buying and make small talk with her and people never failed to give me that concerned "You poor crazy girl" look. I think it was easy for me though because of my mental illness, I'm used to talking to anything and everything including things that aren't really there lmao so I'm definitely used to those looks. :P I have no idea what any of my friends or family did, we never talked about talking to the baby.
Yeah, I talked to the belly. Both of them. My husband was a bit weirded out doing it the first time, but this second pregnancy has become easier for him. Maybe it also has to do with the fact that our first pregnancy was a girl and now we're having a boy. Maybe the gender makes it easier for them?
i talked to my belly all the time and so did my mom. my husband didnt do it as much. he thought it was a little to wierd but he would do it from time to time
My hubby still can't wrap his mind around saying more then "good morning" "good night" and "i love you" anything more just confuses him.
I don't blame him.
I used to talk to my baby in utero all the time, especially when my due
date came and went. I would beg: "Please come out! I'll give you a
lollipop." Trust me. etc and etc,,,,,
Talking to Your Belly. Now that I'm at the stage of my pregnancy where they say the baby's perception of sound is developed enough to hear its surrounding.
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