Do you and/or SO talk to baby?

peggels24 · October 2014

Last night I was walking around the house and realized that I had been talking non-stop to the baby - telling her what I was doing and what "we" were going to do next. I don't know when I started doing it but I found myself doing it again a few minutes ago when she was moving about - as if I was trying to soothe her.

DH talks to the baby at night before we go to sleep - he'll lean over and talk to my belly. She's normally active at that time but her kicks definitely increase when his voice is so close to her.

What about you? Do you talk (or sing) to the baby? Does SO? Do you play music for the baby?

YaMrWhite · October 2014

No and if my husband ever tries, I'm gonna smack him. I think it's weird to talk to my belly and I'm glad he hasn't tried.

MusicFanatic · October 2014

Yesterday I said "yo Zoe, chill on the hiccups".. but she doesn't listen

I stay stuff like that. "quit kicking so hard!".

H has played music for her. His guitar. I think he feels she'll develop her love of music like us if he starts right from the beginning. He says "it soothes her" (how he knows this, I don't know). But I think it's incredibly cute. He'll say random things to her.. like "I can't wait to see you". Little stuff like that

Madsmouthful · October 2014

I read somewhere that you and your partner should try to talk to the baby, because it will recognize the voices once out and will be soothed by them. DH did it the day we read that and don't think he has since (he's not a huge fan of talking to a belly)... Gotta get him back on that... Don't want to be the only one that can soothe him/her

UberBiz · October 2014

Madsmouthful said:

I read somewhere that you and your partner should try to talk to the baby, because it will recognize the voices once out and will be soothed by them. DH did it the day we read that and don't think he has since (he's not a huge fan of talking to a belly)... Gotta get him back on that... Don't want to be the only one that can soothe him/her

If that's the case, then I would figure that just talking to each other normally, the baby will "hear" the voices, since I don't think they have any recognition of who the voices are particularly addressing. kwim? I think talking directly to the belly in a conversational way is kinda weird, but like other PP's have said, sometimes I'll be like, "Hey what the heck are you doing in there?" or "aww you've got the hiccups." But not like, full-blown conversations.

LaBellaVida · October 2014

I don't really 'talk' to him. If he's moving allot I'll say something. ... But I talk all day.... so I'm not worried about him not knowing my voice, or my husband's voice.

My husband doesn't talk to my belly, and I'm OK with that.

CanukMam · October 2014

nah, maybe because this is my second kid, but we are not making a big deal out of this pregnancy. We talk to each other and DS1 all day, we don't talk to the belly.

Josie400 · October 2014

I feel like I talk out loud to the baby quite a bit when I'm home alone. If I wasn't talking to the baby I'd be talking to the dogs. Being the only person home is lonely and boring.

H sometimes does. Either way the baby is hearing his voice, he doesn't need to be talking into my belly.

YaMrWhite · October 2014

UberBiz said:

Madsmouthful said:

I read somewhere that you and your partner should try to talk to the baby, because it will recognize the voices once out and will be soothed by them. DH did it the day we read that and don't think he has since (he's not a huge fan of talking to a belly)... Gotta get him back on that... Don't want to be the only one that can soothe him/her

If that's the case, then I would figure that just talking to each other normally, the baby will "hear" the voices, since I don't think they have any recognition of who the voices are particularly addressing. kwim? I think talking directly to the belly in a conversational way is kinda weird, but like other PP's have said, sometimes I'll be like, "Hey what the heck are you doing in there?" or "aww you've got the hiccups." But not like, full-blown conversations.

Yes to this! Just talking normally, baby will begin to recognize your voice.

peggels24 · October 2014

Josie400 said:

I feel like I talk out loud to the baby quite a bit when I'm home alone. If I wasn't talking to the baby I'd be talking to the dogs. Being the only person home is lonely and boring. H sometimes does. Either way the baby is hearing his voice, he doesn't need to be talking into my belly.

This could be the reason that I found myself talking out loud to the baby last night - DH is away until Wednesday and the house was super quiet as I was getting ready for bed!

Madsmouthful · October 2014

That makes sense

Smelh324 · October 2014

We talk to the baby all the time. Maybe its because we are first timers ha. But DH will kneel down by the baby and tell her a story at night sometimes. I also find myself talking to her about her squirming or kicks. Or just random details about what we're doing. Its a nice bonding experience for us. It's fun when I say something to her and she starts to kick! Then I assume she's actually listening

its just fun, why not.

Trek3 · October 2014

I do a little bit (Hi Baby! if I get a big kick or squirm, but not that much).

DH not at all, he waits until baby is out :P

Her two big sisters talk the most, they sing baby songs and say Hi and tell her to come out.

Pips09 · October 2014

We do randomly. Its more that we are encouraging our daughter to talk to him, as part of trying to get her to understand.

TXUltraRunner · October 2014

I think I told it to "stop being a little shit" one night when it was keeping me up. Other than that, no I don't talk to it. DH doesnt really either. He's always rubbing my belly but the most he's ever said is "hey baby" to it.

LadyXaverian · October 2014

No, my husband doesn't talk to her at all. It's just not something he is comfortable with. If I ask him to, he is so awkward lol.

I don't really talk to her, either, but if she moves around a lot, I might "play" with her a bit. With my older daughter, around this time, I started singing to her at night, too, so I will probably start doing that again.

Nora loves to talk to baby sister, though. Sometimes she talks gibberish to her. Sometimes she tells her stories. Sometimes she just blows raspberries on my belly and laughs like crazy. :P

FitmomJess · October 2014

No, I did with my first pregnancy though. I read books to my belly back then.........lol.

luckylady18 · October 2014

I usually start talking to her a bit when she's very active - like "hey baby girl! There you are!" DH will talk to her before bed once in a while which is cute - but just for a second. Say hi and that he's excited to meet her.

I talk to my dog ALL the time when I'm home alone so I'm glad at least the baby hears my voice a lot in that respect.

Kind of unrelated, when I get really stressed or annoyed lately I've been putting the classical music Pandora station on....I am hoping that as it calms me, she hears it, and it can be a tool I use to calm her down after she's born. If I use it now as a calming mechanism I'm hoping it'll work for her too!

aremac · October 2014

When I'm working from home I talk to the baby alll the time - it's nice to have a co-worker. She's super good about reminding me to take lunch.

H talks to the belly a few times a day. The other day when I dropped him off at work he turned around to say I love you and it came out pretty loud and the baby kicked! It was probably a coincidence but I cried, because hormones.

Its our first, so we may be a little more belly - obsessed than we would be with subsequent babies.

pleirey · October 2014

I talk to Baby Girl a lot when she kicks too hard or hurts my insides, but other than that I don't really talk to her.

FI talks to her every night. Tells her he can't wait to hold her and snuggle her and spoil her. She'll be his first baby, so I totally get to watch him go through all the first time dad emotions and such. It's absolutely amazing. Makes me love him more and more. :-D

DS talks to her a lot too. For a little while, DS (5 y/o) would run up to give me a hug and then kiss my belly, but he hasn't done it in several weeks. Totally caught me off guard the first time so I had to ask him why he kissed my belly. He replied all matter of fact "I was giving my sister a kiss goodnight, mom. Duh!"

AlfiesMOM · October 2014

I talk to him a lot! My DH has never really done that!

melmarie4 · October 2014

My DH and I don't really talk to my belly. I feel like him just hearing our voices when we're talking to each other is probably enough. I might say hi baby when he starts kicking or my DH might stay stop hurting mommy, but that's about it. I might start playing music for him to see if he'll respond.

Aillise · October 2014

I'll say things like I'm a plural. I will say "let's go get something to eat". And "We have to go pick up your brother". . Or sometimes I directly talk to my belly and say things like, "I'm trying to sleep please don't kick me so much". And because I'm making her a blanket I have said "this is for you". But i def don't talk to my belly all the time. And no one else does.

tdegarmo1 · October 2014

I do

After the first movement each morning I wish him a "buenos días" and at night I go to sleep with my hand on my belly telling him "buenas noches. Es la hora de dormir."

southernyankeegirl · October 2014

Usually just something like, "Ouch, Ryan, stop kicking my cervix!"

DH will occasionally whisper to my belly. But mostly he just wants everyone to leave Ryan alone - he gets annoyed when anyone pokes at my belly to get our little guy to move. "Hey, leave him alone! He's busy growing big and strong." I think it's sweet how protective he is already!

I did have one day where I was feeling particularly sentimental and was home alone and spent a good 10 minutes talking to my belly and telling him how awesome his Daddy is, and how excited we are to meet him, and how much we love him.

ncampese · October 2014

I talk to him when I'm home alone especially if it feels like he's having a dance party on my bits. My husband will sometimes say hi but that's about it.

bouguerba · October 2014

I talk to her on the car ride to school because she loves to kick my seatbelt like crazy but calms down when I talk to her or listen to Drake (no idea why it's so funny though). I talk to her a lot when I'm doing hw and driving mostly. My H rubs my belly a lot and always asks what she's doing in there (so cute!). I heard if you play a song repeatedly that when they come out that song soothes them quicker but I guess that's something we will have to test!

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