Two parts answer the following question and reply to a fellow student post ! Req

Two parts answer the following question and reply to a fellow student post ! Required reading chapter 10
Eliot, L. (2000). What’s going on in there?: How the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life. Bantam Books.
Part one Does the information in Chapter 10 make you think differently about how to interact with a pregnant mother and her developing fetus?  Is there anything you might do differently, because of information in this chapter?  What would that be, and why?
Part two reply to student post
Chapter 10 of “What’s Going On In There,” highlights the importance of hearing for newborns. Infants thrive from listening to all the sounds surrounding them, especially in the womb. Babies need language stimulation which can be supported by talking and singing. According to Eliot (2000), “Lower-frequency tones cross better than high tones, much as a bass beat penetrates apartment walls better than the higher, melodic notes from the music at a neighbor’s party. . . male voices from the outside world tend to penetrate the uterus better than female voices. One important exception is the mother’s own voice . . .” (p. 238). This shows how important it is to talk to babies in the womb. The fetus will be able to recognize his or her mother’s voice after birth since the voice is part of the mother’s body. After reading this chapter, I would tell an expecting mother to ensure having frequent conversations with their fetus or singing to him or her while in the womb. I would also tell her to make sure to have the fetus’ father talk and sing to their baby during the entire pregnancy, especially the last two months. The chapter mentions how fetuses can distinguish better low tones than high tones, which prevents the baby from recognizing their father’s voice. However, when the baby is born, he or she will be more familiar with the father’s voice after being exposed to it more frequently during the last two months in the womb. I would also let the expecting mother know to try their best to breastfeed their baby for as long as possible because breast milk helps prevent ear infections for the baby. Also, if mothers smoke, they need to stop smoking to help prevent ear infections. When infants experience frequent ear infections, it slows down their language development due to their ears always experiencing hearing problems which causes children to have a hard time understanding language. This chapter provided me with new knowledge of the importance of a baby’s auditory skills. Now, I better understand why it is also important to postpone registering babies for daycare as long as possible since it reduces their risks of getting ear infections due to all the germs that babies are exposed to while in daycare.
Reference:
Eliot, L. (2000). What’s going on in there?: How the brain and mind develop in the first five years of life. Bantam Books.