During the 6th and 7th month of pregnancy, I always kept fetal/prenatal education in my mind.
During these two months, important work continues to taking place in the baby’s brain. Beginning the 6th month, her brain continues to grow, eventually it will contain some 100 billion never cells. These nerve cells connect to one another, guided by special substances in the brain, and they will eventually make more connections than there stars in the sky.
In the 7th month, her brain’s sections begin to take on their lifelong roles, such as memory and speech. (from American Baby’s As Your Baby Grows, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007)
Her hearing also continues to develop. By the end of second trimester or the beginning of the third, the ability to hear is quite well developed in the fetus, which means she is able to hear most external sounds or noises.
During this perid, I paid great attention to fetal movements, doing my best to understand the message sent by my baby via her movements. To me, this is so far the only way my baby communicates with me, telling me her needs, likes and dislikes.
Fetal movements also tell me the pattern of her daily activity and rest. According to her pattern, I adjust my timing to interact/communicate with her, since I don’t want my stimulations to hamper her developments.
Like I always believe (see Fetal/prenatal education in 4th month), the essence of prenatal/fetal education is not to “educate”, but rather to “interact”, or “make contact”. There is plenty of time for teaching facts or imparting information later.
Right now the most important thing is providing the best prenatal environment to help her to grow, nurture her brain development, and build parent-baby bonding, all of which are extremely important to her future personality, psychological development, intellectual and behavioral development.
Related posts:
Fetal/prenatal education in 4th month
Singing to baby
Fetal/prenatal education in 5th month
Maternal emotions & fetal movements
Connecting to my baby
Pre- and perinatal education
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Fetal Education, From Lina, Pregnancy | Lina | 
March 26, 2008 8:05 am | 
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