Parents should read to their babies even while in the womb. There have been many studies that show the benefits of reading to newborns.
Kelsey would read books to Samaiyah while she was carrying her. By reading to the baby while in the womb, the baby learns your voice and it becomes a comfort to listen to you. If you read a book many times to a baby in the womb after birth this story can be used to calm your baby and put them to sleep.
Samaiyah will sit and watch you as you read to her and it seems to calm her. I think she likes to hear a voice talking to her. I can read things that would be boring to most but she just likes to listen to me and watch me.
It won't be long before she will be sitting with me at the computer and learning with software for kids. I plan on starting her out learning about the world around her with online resources. National Geographic, Encyclopedia Britannica, all kinds of things like that.
