I read to my child every night while they were in the womb and when they came out my reading voice was like drugs it would knock them out so quickly if they were sleepy!
Neither abort the future slave.
I really don’t believe either of those things will do anything at all.
The content likely doesn’t matter, but I read it helps the baby recognize the parent’s voices, and it can also help them get a head start on recognizing the phenomes of your language.
If it’s a recording of someone else it sure as hell won’t. Might have some effect on replay, but won’t be making baby any more familiar with the parents.
So my baby will think Mike Duncan is his father because of all the History of Rome podcast is being played to him
Why would you do this when you could just as easily have them listen to WeFunk! Radio, the funkiest internet radio around, for free?
Just talk to the baby and play them calm music. The type may matter but what is most important is you interact in some way.
A kid in the womb is better off listening to old people’s regrets and dying wishes so they can handle dying of old age better when the time comes
baby is inundated with ‘back in my day’, [redacted] ruined everything, complaints about life sucking ass, etc
9 months pass
baby pops out
immediately uses all their strength to jump to the nearest window ledge and yeet
I really hope kids in the womb today get the chance to die of old age.
It’s mostly about the sound of your voice. My eldest got Vonnegut and Law & Order. So much of the latter that both before and after birth the “dun dun” sound from the show noticeably calmed her down.
You’ve shared the real life hack.
My kid was born with a love for the opening theme to “Star Trek: Enterprise”, because we were bringe watching it while the kid was in the womb.
Playing “Faith of the Heart” came in handy when the kid started teething.
Neither will harm or effect your baby in any measurable way.
What will effect them measurably negatively is having obsessive parents who min/max every decision rather than being happy and enjoying their child.
Happiness comes from acceptance, not obsession.
I think people are downvoting you because “effect” is in there twice.
The first one is right.
Neither one is right. Effect is typically a noun. Affect is a verb.
You’re not wrong.
I wish I could see the edit timestamps on Lemmy, because I’m sure that comment was different.
The stupid thing is, I’d originally written the comment with quotes to point it out, then chopped it back because I realised that I was massively overexplaining it. Those quotes would have been handy now!
I’ll strike my comment out so it’s not misleading, but I’ll leave it up so this still makes sense.
On the Voyager app you can see that it wasn’t edited at all.
Boost shows that it was edited :|
In any case, it’s not outside the realm of possibility that I made a mistake in my original reply! :)
Happiness comes from acceptance, not obsession.
Reading to a baby is about exposing them to different words and patterns than what you get from normal speech.
If you want my advice, talk to them constantly as if you are the narrator, and smile and make eye contact at every opportunity.
Not sure if this applies before birth. It couldnt hurt, so I suggest reading whatever you like to read. And make sure its something that the mother wants to hear, assuming you arent her.
If you want my advice, talk to them constantly as if you are the narrator, and smile and make eye contact at every opportunity.
This is great advice.
I’ve always done this, and my kids all started talking surprisingly early.
But my motive is just that it calms them.
Some baby fussiness comes from insecurity, and I find that a running narration makes them more relaxed about being set down and returned to - that kind of thing.
Basically they get the same comfort from my narration as I get from leaving the TV running when I’m alone in the house.
I don’t know (or worry about) if it really makes any serious long term difference - but it was occasionally convenient as heck when they could tell me what they wanted a bit earlier than I (or anyone) expected them to.
With my last kid, I felt more brave and also mixed in some singing, and think they are more musically inclined because of it.
Im 100% sure it makes a difference.
Both of my kids were communicating with body language by like 3 weeks. For example I could say “do you want a bottle?” And they would get all excited, or not, if they werent hungry. And I noticed with both kids the first thing they figured out was how to return a smile. Strangers get a kick out of it when an infant looks them in the eye and smiles.
Part of this is that you have to pay attention to them and respond. The feedback is what helps them learn fast, which they cant get from TV.
(I dint have anything anything against TV, just saying its not a substitute for human interaction)
They are 4 and 7 now and both have always had a surprisingly large vocabulary and speak clearly for their age.
Not sure if this applies before birth.
Please demonstrate the prenatal eye contact, I dare you.
Hold my beer, I’m going in
Heavy metal, obviously.
Kids don’t live in wombs
Not with that attitude.
I don’t think we’re at that stage. People are still debating whether or not that kid is a kid or not.
My wife had a favourite song when she was pregnant and it was very useful for calming after the birth. It was quite a chill tune.
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Music of any type would be infinitely more impactful than random words.
It doesn’t matter. A baby doesn’t understand what you read to it. It only hears you voice and regocnizes it once they’re born. But it’llhear your voice in the belly regardless. Every time you say anyyhing, the baby hears your voice. Reading a book to a belly is mostly for the parents-to-be
