Do you read to your baby?
For both of Annabelle’s baby showers, guests brought their favorite storybook instead of a card. I remember carefully writing the name of each guest on the book’s inside cover, so she would always know where the book came from.
I LOVE reading, so naturally I couldn’t wait to open up one of Annabelle’s new books and get lost inside the story. When she was teeny tiny, she had no clue what was going on, so she sat while I read to her. But then, one day, she yelled when I opened the book. She cried and slapped the pages away. Honestly, Annabelle has never enjoyed reading until recently.
Annabelle always had better things to do, like push her baby in the stroller or throw her toys away in our garbage can. She would rather dance to her favorite song or try to climb on top of the toilet. I always thought it was funny when people posted statuses or pictures of them reading to their kids because mine didn’t have the patience to listen to a story.
Annabelle’s First Recognition of Reading Time
About a week ago, Annabelle said, “book” and pointed to the glider in her room. We rocked and read “Pajama Time!” She laughed and pointed at the pictures. She danced when I read, “Pajammie to the right, pajammie to the left.” When the book was over, she said, “More! More!” I literally read her the book SIX times, and had to stop on more than few pages to repeat the lines while she clapped and laughed.
How does your baby like you to read? My toddler likes me to read fast and she doesn’t care for long books. She hates when I turn the pages slowly, and often wants me to read the same few pages over and over again. I can’t believe how particular she is at the young age of 15 months, haha.
Sometimes my toddler likes to look at the book by herself. This melts my heart.
I caught her perusing Clifford the Big Red Dog at baby school last week and snapped a mental image. Then, last night, she asked for a book, so she could read while eating her peanut butter. 
Does your toddler like books?
OMG my baby LOVES books, especially “Pajama Time!” She has always preferred reading to crawling or walking. She loves her books and wants to read them all over and over again.
If Vic had his way, we would read all day long. He has so many books and he loves to go to his room, pick one out, bring it to me, literally put the book in my hand (it’s so cute) and then plop down on my lap to read. “Little Blue Truck” is probably his favorite. My husband and I joke that we could do a dramatic monologue on the spot to “Little Blue Truck.”
She really is adorable. I don’t have a child yet, but when I do, I would surely read to him/her everyday. I would just love for my future children to love reading books as I do.
Hannah just got into books in the last month or so. I’ve caught her “Reading” on her own. We started Leah around the same age and at 4, she loves reading books with us at night. Hannah reads about 2 books with all of us before going to bed and then I read another 3 with Leah that are more “her age”.
Just in the past few weeks I’ve noticed a huge change in Hannah’s vocabulary!
jamma jamma jamma jamma PJ!
my daughter is the same age as yours, and loves to read too! i fear we don’t read to her enough because her two year old brother is always getting the attention, but i think she’s definitely really in to reading. she particularly loves Elmo/Seasame Street books. they’re nice and bright, i guess?
At 9 months, Rhys has now reached that point of wanting to do something else rather than sit and listen to a story book.