Starting around the early 20 something week of pregnancy, my wife started talking to her belly out loud. She wasn’t going nuts, but who knows for sure. She was speaking to our baby. She claims the baby can hear spoken language at that development stage.

Upon some googling, I found out that millions of other pregnant American women speak to their bellies regularly. Some couples even play classical music for the belly to jump start their child’s development.

For whatever reason, it’s mostly a national phenomenon. Women in other countries do not speak to their bellies. They start speaking to the baby only after the baby is out of the belly. That would explain why we are the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. We have a few months head start. Now stop reading and go talk to the belly.

Wise Man Tip: To better communicate with your unborn child, plug a microphone in the belly button and speak slowly.

Comment posted by Mother Approves Blog » Archive » Carnival Of Family Life
at 9/17/2007 2:03:45 PM

[…] seems to have figured out where our nation gets it’s smarts, check out Belly Talk posted at Man and his Baby. […]

Comment posted by Listen to your unborn baby!
at 9/22/2007 3:26:02 PM

[…] a earlier post I wrote about Belly Talk, which involves a person talking to the unborn child in the belly. Yesterday, while looking for […]

Comment posted by Rob at Kintropy
at 9/23/2007 5:51:00 PM

Maybe if we played punk music instead of classical, our kids would gravitate to classical as they get older just to be a little “alternative?”

Comment posted by Man
at 9/23/2007 9:10:26 PM

Anyone willing to try that on their kid?

Comment posted by Smartin
at 9/24/2007 3:05:58 PM

you should talk to the baby in multiple languages

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