Reading to babies while still in the womb

I have heard stories about it, but as for factual results, I haven't seen any. With both of my girls I would sing to them as well as read out loud while they were in my belly. But to me, they are average children.

i believe it has some efeects. my mom told me that when i was at her womb, she reads a lot unlike when she was preganant with my two bros. now, among the 3 of us, i'm just the one who's into reading...

I swear by this. I read to my first in the womb constantly, and she is a voracious reader. She also developed a huge vocabulary very quickly. I got pregnant right away for my second one while she was still a baby and I didn't really have time to read to the second one in the womb (as I was really overstressed, overworked and overwhelmed) and she HATES to read. She's in high school and tries to make me read her assignments to her because she's hating to read them to herself. She had her own little language when she was small and it took us forever to get to speak so we could understand her. I don't know if there is a real connection to reading in the womb or how it works scientifically, but I have seen it work in my own in-home "experiment," so I swear by it.

I know that while I was pregnant I put head phones on my belly and played all kinds of music for my daughter and now she is 1 and loves music. My doctor told me that talking to your belly, reading to it, and playing music were not only good ways to help stimulate the baby but also help then to soothe them. My daughter is very bright, and I dont just say that because she is my child. She seems to excel when give toys that promote musical play, and is already speaking so i dont know if it has anything to do with the muisc but I would like to think so. I 've heard that children who are in the school band are statistically better at math, becuase they read music.

I read to all of my kids while I was pregnant. I don't know if it helped their reading skills any, but they started speaking early.

I read to my son when he was in the womb, he's only 6 weeks old now so I don't know how it effected him. What i do know is that a baby recognizes voices like their moms of coarse and their dads. Another thing is that my son is and always has been very alert and people tell me that it was unusual for hi to be as alert as he was.

I don't think there's any doubt unborn babies can hear and respond to sounds. We always talked to our children before they were born, so that they knew who we were when they arrived (!) I'm sure that unborn babies, like born babies respond more when people connect to them than when they ignore them. It's a longstanding fact that babies ignored by their mothers after their born suffer in more ways than emotional ones.

I know that they do recognize the sounds after they are born. When my 1st son was born he was very used to the sound of our Rotts bark, he would sleep right through it. But if any other dog barked it would scare him and he'd wake up. I think the point of reading to them is just for them to get used to your voice.

well its very healthy action for the upcoming baby. in this way u can definitely improve the baby's cognitive skills and studies have proven that it should be done in a moderate amont

They say that listening to music and being read to helps them educationally as they grow. Not sure how this study was done or proven. I did it though with my pregnancies because whatever scientific beliefs there are it was bonding time with my children in creation.

I read to my baby while she was in the womb & it's her favorite book now. So, I definately think they hear the sound of your voice when you read it. It's an amazing miracle.