The Bonding Fix

WHEN YOU’RE PREGNANT

1 Sing Along

Singing can help your baby feel closer to you. Babies start to pick up sound at 16 weeks and the ear fully develops at 24 weeks. “If you talk and sing to your baby as a bump, he’ll recognise your voice once he’s out of the womb and he’ll be more likely to respond to you,” says UK-based GP Philippa Kaye, author of Your Pregnancy Week by Week. “Research also shows playing classical music will soothe him.” Now, where’s that Mozart CD?

2 Take the plunge