Babies begin to learn about the world they live in while they are in the womb. Their prenatal experiences can shape their expectations about life outside the womb, and prepare them for life after birth.
"Sensory Development in Utero"
Use all five senses to connect with your baby and create a nurturing environment for both of you. Babies are also eagerly sensing the world around them, starting from a very early gestational age.
Touch is the first of the senses to develop with development starting at around 8 weeks. Before your baby can smell, taste, see or hear, he/she has already developed another sense: touch. the sense of touch is one of baby’s earliest tools to learn about the world around....which is why it’s so important for a baby’s sense of touch to be fully developed by the time he/she is born.
Your baby is surrounded by amniotic fluid & sense of smell is already up and running well before birth. Smells and tastes are carried by the mother’s amniotic fluid, which foetuses absorb through increased breathing, swallowing and mouthing motions as the pregnancy advances. Your baby can detect odours that pass through into the womb and dissolve in the amniotic fluid, but they do this using the sense of taste rather than smell....Your baby is swallowing amniotic fluid all the time – it’s rather like salt water...If you eat garlic or strong spices regularly in pregnancy, the flavour works its way through into the amniotic fluid. Your baby gets used to the flavours of your normal diet. After the birth, your breastmilk will have a familiar taste for your baby, and will prefer your milk after you’ve been eating your favourite foods. Babies who experience a nutritious, well-balanced diet before birth are likely to be more accepting of a variety of food after birth.
If you would like your baby to love fruits and vegetables when he/she grows up, you can begin introducing different kinds of fruits and vegetables during pregnancy. By tasting the mother’s diet, your baby begins to learn about the culture they will be born into. It is likely that during the last weeks of pregnancy, your baby can taste strong-flavoured foods that you eat. So babies prefer familiar tastes and smells so you can take this opportunity to give your baby as many healthy taste and smell experiences as possible by eating healthily.
"Do you know babies’ sense of smell also develops in the womb"
Do you know a pregnant mother's diet not only sensitizes the fetus to those smells and flavors, but physically changes the brain directly impacting what the infant eats and drinks in the future.....If she eats healthy food, the child will prefer healthy food.
What an expectant mother chooses to eat and drink has long-term effects for better or worse on her baby's sensory anatomy as well his or her odor memory and food preferences in the future.
Although it is dark inside the womb, human skin does allow light to pass through and provide some illumination for the developing fetus. According to research the uterus can be a surprisingly luminous place and their eyes are sensitive to bright light, so they're more likely to open their eyes in low light.
If a pregnant woman rubs her belly, her fetus can feel the vibrations. And babies engage in lots of self-touch, especially during the third trimester, when their skin may become more sensitive to stimulation. After birth, babies continue to explore the world through touch, and it's clear that touch is a powerful social and emotional signal.
Touch stimulation is relaxing and reassuring for your baby inside the womb. Babies will often respond to touch stimulation by touching the wall of the uterus, changing their positions, kicking or pushing back. Early touch aids babies’ mental and physical growth.
Classical, culturl music and other instrumental music can be relaxing to listen to during pregnancy and throughout the first few years of your baby’s life. You can combine touch and sound stimulation by patting your belly in beat with the music.
Newborns also prefer their mother’s language compared to another language. Reading, talking and singing to your baby will enabl to know his/her parents before birth. It encourages the cognitive development of your baby, and also bonding with your baby.
All through pregnancy, right up to the day of the birth, you’re building a relationship with your baby. Your baby will know your moods, your habits and your voice intimately by the time they’re born.
If you foster calm and peace in your baby’s environment even before he/she is born, the effects can last through the birth, the newborn weeks, the first year, and on into childhood. A magical beginning.
Overall results suggest that maternal touch of the abdomen was a powerful stimulus, producing a range of fetal behavioural responses.
Loving, consistent, positive relationships help build healthy brains and protect your baby’s brain from the negative effects of stress... You can bond with, and teach your baby about the world he lives in by stimulating his senses during pregnancy. Prenatal sensory experiences help to shape your baby’s brain.
The third trimester is the best time to stimulate baby’s senses. Fetus is able to detect stimuli in utero and form memories of them.
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