{"id":27575,"date":"2023-05-04T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.mom.com\/momlife\/books-to-read-to-your-baby-in-the-womb"},"modified":"2024-11-13T18:09:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T23:09:58","slug":"books-to-read-to-your-baby-in-the-womb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mom.com\/pregnancy\/books-to-read-to-your-baby-in-the-womb","title":{"rendered":"Books to Read to Your Baby in the Womb"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>The minute you find out you&rsquo;re expecting, you probably have visions of relaxing in a comfy spot with your hand on your belly, <a href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/kids\/what-is-gentle-parenting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">connecting with your baby<\/a>, as the baby books advise. You may have also read in those same books that talking to or reading aloud to your unborn baby has significant benefits, and it&rsquo;s true. There are valid reasons why you should read to your baby in the womb.<\/p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s ample evidence that fetuses are picking up information from the outside world. They&rsquo;re especially receptive to sounds from the mother&rsquo;s body and the external environment.&rdquo; Rick Gilmore, associate professor of psychology at<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/research\/story\/probing-question-can-babies-learn-utero\/\"> Penn State<\/a>, explained on the university&rsquo;s website.<\/p><p>With so many engaging, classic children&rsquo;s books on the market though, choosing the right books to read to your baby in the womb can be difficult. We&rsquo;ve compiled several titles you may not have previously considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The minute you find out you&rsquo;re expecting, you probably have visions of relaxing in a comfy spot with your hand on your belly, connecting with your baby, as the baby books advise. You may have also read in those same books that talking to or reading aloud to your unborn baby has significant benefits, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":205541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,12],"tags":[214,223,4092],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[],"series":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Books to Read to Your Baby in the Womb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are valid reasons why you should read to your baby in the womb, so we\u2019ve compiled several titles you may not have previously considered.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mom.com\/pregnancy\/books-to-read-to-your-baby-in-the-womb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Books to Read to Your Baby in the Womb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#039;s always womb for books! 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