Introducing Your Baby To Books While In
The Womb Isn't As Stupid As It Sounds
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Terry_Ross]Terry
Ross
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.
