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Annie Hamilton is a world primed and ready to response to words and songs that they’ve heard
paediatric speech ommunicate with you. ‘After all, by the time in the womb than to other words and sounds,
and language your baby is born she’s already been listening suggesting that they have a memory of them.
therapist; to you for about five months,’ says Annie Once your baby is born, the sound of you
babytothree.com Hamilton, a paediatric speech and language speaking will not only help her feel settled and
therapist. ‘Hearing starts to develop at 18 safe, it will form the basis of her communication
weeks, so when you talk and sing during skills, which just
pregnancy, you’re helping your baby continue to
tune in to the foundation stones grow and
of speech: the sounds and rhythms grow…

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