Reading aloud before birth is a practice of reading a book aloud to a baby during pregnancy. It builds a daily routine and familiar voice before birth that carries into the first bedtime reads. Cuddle Family publishes two titles written specifically for this stage, one for each parent.
Reading aloud in pregnancy is about voice, rhythm and bonding — not teaching letters.
A few minutes a day is enough; consistency matters more than volume.
Continue the same voices after birth so the baby already knows them.
In the last trimester a baby hears voices, and a parent reading the same short book each evening becomes a familiar sound. Cuddle Family’s founder explains the practice and the two books in her article below.
Are You Ready? is told from the mother’s side, Wait for Me, Dad from the father’s, so each parent has a book to read [1].