Stupid Question, but here goes ...

dkga1026 Posted: Jul 23, 2003 02:34 PM

Stupid Question, but here goes ...

Did/Do you talk to your 'baby' while PG and if so, how does the baby know you are talking to him/her and not to someone else in the room?

IrishTracy Posted: Jul 23, 2003 02:37 PM

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I always talked to my belly!!! I would rub it when I talked to my baby.

bearsbabe_113 Posted: Jul 23, 2003 02:40 PM

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I'm always talking to Baby Bear Cub!! And I'm always rubbing my belly. And it never fails, but every time the Cub starts kicking or my belly starts doing the wave and I tell people to feel or look, he/she stops. So I poke him/her a bit to get him/her to do it again, but I get yelled at for doing that!!!

Joe has been giving the Cub some talkings to lately, I don't think this kid is listening to him though! I'm telling ya, stubborn like his/her daddy!!!!

jenny11.9 Posted: Jul 23, 2003 02:44 PM

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My girl name is Lola May...when I am shopping, or going for a manicure, or putting on body lotion...something girlie, I sing to her - Her name was Lola...she was a showgirl...

But I do talk to it all the time when I am alone!

michele31 Posted: Jul 23, 2003 02:58 PM

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Scott reads books to the baby almost every night. I read and talk to the baby all day long.

HeatherandNick Posted: Jul 23, 2003 03:05 PM

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always, always, always!!!

phyl Posted: Jul 23, 2003 03:48 PM

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very rarely and everyone kept telling me to do it.. guess i was too supersticious

Lee Posted: Jul 24, 2003 10:13 AM

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Always, all the time! The first time I drove somewhere and wasn't pregnant anymore and the baby wasn't with me - I felt so alone!! I sang songs, and talked all the time. DH would talk to my belly too!! Plus, I could never seem to keep my hands off!!

kptoys Posted: Jul 24, 2003 10:49 AM

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I always talked to my baby. I used to read to her Baby Oh Baby the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuess (sp?). I dont think the baby knows anything different but I knew I was talking to my baby.

christine1221 Posted: Jul 24, 2003 11:07 AM

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Karen! I love that book! We read it as much as possible b/f bed.

Demetra .... this is not a stupid question at all!!! I was reading just recently that after about 20 weeks the baby has hearing and will tune in to and be soothed by your voice. He/She hears it all day, and this helps the baby bond with you when the he/she is born! Its so exciting to know that they already know you by the sound of your voice. DH should also spend some time talking to your belly (if he's not already! :) ) to enhance his bond with the baby.

If he doesn't already have it, get the book ... The expectant Father. vinnie has it & he reads it faithfully.

NIHA Posted: Jul 24, 2003 11:18 AM

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I know at first it seems silly, but the more you do it, the more you will like talking to your belly! I did it all the time after about 5 or 6 months. I just said whatever, like 'we love', 'can't wait to meet you', told her what we were doing that day.
I think the main thing is that when you talk to the baby directly (and not to someone else) your voice has a higher pitch which they respond to more. Also, talking in general, whether it's reading, talking on the phone or to the baby in the womb are just ways for your baby to become more familiar with the sound of your voice.