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Music for Baby in Womb: Should You Play It?

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Medically reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, Ph. D., MSN, R.N., IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT — By April Newton on November 12, 2018

Music might soothe baby’s soul, even before birth. But don’t go putting earphones on your belly just yet. Mom’s voice may be all a baby needs to hear.

Your tiny companion is listening to your voice long before you see each other. Developing babies likely start hearing sounds in the second trimester, but they really begin to respond to various noises during the final trimester.

Mom’s voice, in particular, is conducted through her own body. As you talk, sing, or read aloud, your voice vibrates and amplifies inside of your body. It’s an effective system, which doctors say is much more efficient than putting earphones or buds on the belly.

Babies actually do learn in the womb, a 2013 study found. But the researchers are quick to point out that “learning” really means the babies develop familiarity with something.

The researchers noticed that babies who heard a song repeatedly while in the womb seemed to calm when the same song was played after they were born.

But several professionals caution that you don’t need to run out and buy learning CDs and belly buds to teach your child multiple languages in utero. The pros say brain development happens mostly outside of the womb, after your baby is born. That means you can save the serious lessons until later.

But does all of this mean you shouldn’t bother to play Mozart or listen to Marsalis before baby is born? Not at all.

Any healthy activity that you enjoy or find relaxing while you are pregnant will have a positive effect on your baby. Further, if you sing along while you listen, your baby hears your voice and develops familiarity with what you sound like and with the melodies you enjoy.

Is any particular music better for baby? Doctors say simple tunes are best, but nearly anything you enjoy is just fine. The key is to listen because you like it.

If you’re stumped for good tunes, there are a number of playlists on music websites that people have curated just for pregnancy. Some focus on music for meditation, some focus on positive pop music. The options are endless.

For some soothing music you and your babe-to-be will both love, tune into our womb-friendly playlist on Spotify:

It’s important to remember that a womb is a noisy place. Your stomach gurgles, your heart beats, your lungs fill with air. On top of that, your voice is amplified by the vibration of your bones as the sound travels through your body.

While pregnant, you should try to keep the volume of outside sounds around 50 to 60 decibels, or about the same loudness of a normal conversation. That means you definitely don’t want to use headphones on the belly.

Doctors say that the sound from earphones will be very loud by the time it reaches baby in your belly, which is something you want to avoid.

You can attend the occasional concert while you are pregnant or sit in a loud movie theater once in a while. But regular exposure to high-volume noises is something nearly all professionals warn against. Avoid very loud concerts after 18 weeks.

All the warnings aside, sing, dance, and enjoy your musical pregnancy — your baby will enjoy it, too!

Last medically reviewed on November 12, 2018

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Research shows that babies can hear sound in the womb as early as week 18. By weeks 25-26, they're developed enough to react to it. While there is no steadfast proof that it affects your baby's cognitive development, it's fun to know they can hear your voice. So, talk to them, read to them, heck, play a little music! No need to put headphones on your belly though, that's probably a bit too close for comfort, just throw on some music that you'll both enjoy! Here are some fun ideas that are "age" appropriate:
"Capri" by Colbie Caillat
"Your Song" by Elton John
"I Will" or "Hey Jude" or "In My Life" by The Beatles (And so many more!)
"Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley
"Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Front (Yes, really!)
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
"You Are My Sunshine" by Morgane and Chris Stapleton
"Happy" by Pharrell Williams (Put a little pep in your step!)
"Better Together" by Jack Johnson
"Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder
"Lullaby for Wyatt" by Sheryl Crow
"What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
"Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon
"Slow Down" by Nichole Nordeman (Hurry, grab a tissue!)
No matter what, have fun, play your favorite jams and don't forget to sing along, it's soothing!
Rockabye Baby is an incredible collection of popular songs by classic artists transformed into relaxing lullaby tracks. It's amazing. Spotify and Pandora even have online streaming options dedicated to inspiring womb wiggles, just do a little station search.
So, how loud is too loud? Don't crank it like you're reliving your clubbing days, instead think spa atmosphere. Nice and calm. Trust me, you don't need to overstimulate that precious little baby, there will be plenty of that happening once he or she breaks out of there.
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Games with a baby during pregnancy - 5 answers you are aware of any really sensible professional literature on this topic - write :) it will be very useful).

A book is like a book, it seemed to me more academic (and I don't really like such ones, they are dryish and superficial in my opinion) - a manual for students in universities, well, that is, everything is rather generalized, like in any textbook.

Now I am reading a chapter about the development of the child's psyche during fetal development, about how the state of the mother, her attitude towards the child during pregnancy affects its development.

So, there is a chapter about "Perinatal education" - I almost fell off my chair when I saw it... Phew, already in the stomach they are trying to develop and educate.

So far, everything is standard there - listening to classical music, experiencing positive emotions (because endorphin hormones have a positive effect on the development of the child's nervous system, and stress hormones, on the contrary, negatively).

And imagine - there they offer to "play" with a baby in the tummy :))) ) I don’t know if this is useful or not (the authors of course claim that it is very useful ....) but what is cute and pleasant is for sure :)))

Modern parents are involved in teaching their future newborns through games, using for example finger massages, light tapping, which are called "push games".

This perinatal training stimulates and enhances the child's motor abilities, visual skills, intelligence, emotional expression and early speech in later years.

Perinatally stimulated children at the age of three years showed the level of intelligence by 38% higher, memory by 47%, rational activity - by 81%, social intelligence - 2 times higher compared to children with whom mothers did not were doing.

(but here my opinion is that children are so developed, this is not due to the fact that parents were engaged during pregnancy, but probably because of the parents themselves ... if they already began to "develop" the child during pregnancy, imagine what happened after childbirth up to three years ... so I would argue here ...).

I searched the Internet for games, tried to play for fun.... and almost died (in a positive sense) from the sensations.... it's so cute!!!!! I urge you to try it at least once too... it's insanely nice to play with a baby :))))

Here are the games I found so far:

Barely, Barely, Barely
The carousels are spinning
( slowly stroke your stomach clockwise )

And then, then, then, run
all run ( move your fingers quickly over your belly in a clockwise direction )

Hush-hush, don't rush
Stop the carousel
( fingers walk along your stomach in a clockwise direction )

One-two, One-two
Game over!
( circular movement of the hand clockwise ).

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Like this week
Two black grouse flew in
( circular movements on the stomach clockwise )

Walked and pinched
( lightly pinch the skin on the stomach clockwise)

Walked and pecked
( tap your fingers )

Sat and sat
( a few light pats )

And flew back
( circular movements clockwise )

Will arrive at the end of the week
Our lovely grouse
( strokes from top to bottom )

We will wait for the grouse -

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Top with the foot, top with another

( we tap on the stomach with our fingers )

That's how big it is
( stroke the stomach from top to bottom themselves )0017 Legs straight to mom!
( with fingers we walk along the stomach, in the last words we stroke the stomach ).

Here is what is written on this site (link):

The expectant mother, of course, wants to be “in touch” with her child all the time, to have a “dialogue” with him, and there is a way of such communication! It's called haptonomy, or prenatal learning. This method consists in the fact that the mother carefully monitors her condition (physical, emotional) and the motor activity of the child - and comes up with ways to encourage the baby to respond to her movements (for example, in the middle of pregnancy, the fetus already clearly responds to the touch of the mother’s hands to the stomach).

"After a few weeks of "learning", if the pregnant woman rhythmically taps or pats in a certain place of the abdomen, then the child responds with a movement that is directed directly to the mother's hand. he is very spoiled, this will help to calm him down.With the help of the haptonomy method, the mother learns to accurately distinguish the nature of the movements of the fetus and confidently determine its emotional state.Communication with the help of her hands, the mother can supplement with funny poems and nursery rhymes, because the baby hears his mother’s voice and reacts vividly to her intonation.It turns out that a mother can start playing with her child even before he is born!0003
I tried to play with my daughter in the stomach when she was awake and active :))) As I already wrote, it's very nice and pleasant :))) I decided to play every day not for development of course, but for the buzz. ...

As for the development of the child, with my first daughter, of course, I was inspired by this idea (even as a result, I became an early development teacher and led the "Mom and Baby" groups for 4 years ... and I'll tell you a long time :)))

But I came to this conclusion - it is important not to pull the child by the ears and develop with all his might, but just love to help him discover those talents that he already has by nature and believe me, there are plenty of them :))) Create a normal environment for development, full of love, support, adequate training and development according to age (at the same time, I don’t mean anything “supernatural” by development) and all the talents of the child will reveal themselves ....

What do you think about such games with a baby in the tummy??? Your opinion is interesting :))))

How to communicate with a child during pregnancy

When expecting a baby, future parents often wonder if it is necessary to communicate with a child while he is still in the tummy, does it make any sense at all? Our perinatal psychologist Oksana Brezhneva explains why it is necessary and how best to do it.

Why should I communicate with my baby during pregnancy?

From about 8-10 weeks, the child's sense organs are actively developing, and he is able to respond to your touch, warmth, pain, vibration.

By 18-20 weeks, he already has character traits, and facial expressions are able to convey emotions. Brain activity develops quite actively, the baby hears and perceives what is happening in the outside world.

By the 24th week, the vestibular apparatus is well developed and the baby is able to control his movements, takes a comfortable position, expresses dissatisfaction and experiences positive emotions.

There is no doubt! The kid, developing, feels everything and is waiting for your communication with him!

With regular communication with the child throughout the pregnancy (which proceeded as comfortably as possible for the mother, without stress and worries), emotionally healthy, calm, balanced children are born. Sometimes children themselves can ask for attention from their parents, wanting to be talked to and caressed, while becoming more active and mobile. Studies confirm that children with whom their parents talked in the womb, after birth, react more actively to the voices of their parents, cry less, calm down faster, and begin to develop earlier.

How to communicate with the baby?

To establish contact with the baby in the mother's tummy - observe his activity, remembering at what time of the day he is more mobile. At such moments, talk with the baby, tell him about what you like, about what beauty awaits him in this World. Mom can tell what kind of dad the baby has and how he loves him and takes care of him, and dad can tell about mom, because the child hears the voices of his parents in different ways (mother's vibrations from the inside, and dad's vibrations from the outside). Conversations with the baby in the womb should be very tender and sincere.

Choose a way to address your little one so that he knows and gets used to the fact that this is how you talk to him. It is recommended to communicate with the baby for at least 15 minutes daily.
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