https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:18:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016548 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:29:40 +0000 Smurfette 1016548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: we have I love you through and through. That is one book she has actually sat and let us read! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016544 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:27:33 +0000 Cherrybee 1016544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I've got some "baby sees" board books for E, the picture books designed so that babies can see them. I show her the pictures during her awake time and her face is a picture - she looks like she's thinking "woah, that's heavy man!". We've got a house full of baby and childrens books, I can't wait to start reading to her properly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016512 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:18:37 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1016512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading to Dylan since we was jury born, but I don't use it as part of our bedtime routine yet. I just read to him when he's in the right mood. We read Brown Bear most often. But also All the Thinks you can Think by Dr. Seuss and high contrast book with animals. I also have a really cute one called I Love You Through and Through.</p> <p>(He's about 7 months now and we can read as many as three books at a time. I stop as soon as he fusses.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016446 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:57:16 +0000 T-Mom 1016446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My kids love books, especially my DS. He also loves Sandra Boynton and can recite them by memory. My DD loves books as well, but since she's learning to read right now, they are a little frustrating at times for her as well. I'm trying to make sure she gets read to as well as trying to get her to read on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016098 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:31:43 +0000 bunnylove08 1016098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love prefers books over toys. We have a FP activity table and it has a computer, calculator, book and piano and when we gave it to her the first thing she did was go to the book and flip the pages. </p> <p>She prefers to "read" the books on her own. She takes such good care of her books and she is only 10 months old. I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016085 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:29:07 +0000 Ree723 1016085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I are total bookworms so it is no surprise we have a bookworm LO. When she was two months old, I laid down on the floor next to her and started reading her some baby books (reading before then had been one of us reading aloud to her whatever book we were reading at the time). She laid on the ground staring at the books and listening intently for 45 minutes before she started squirming! We started reading every day and she would always last 45 minutes to an hour before she was done. She's always had a great attention span, but an hour for for a baby, even after becoming mobile, was pretty amazing in my completely unbiased opinion! :-)</p> <p>Now, at 13.5 months, she loves books and magazines. She spends the vast majority of her playtime going through her books, turning the pages one by one (gently too!), staring at the pictures, sometimes laughing, and just looking for all the world as though she is actually reading her book. I still read aloud to her all the time but it is more here and there rather than a big chunk of reading time. I think if we took away LO's books, she would have absolutely no idea what to do with herself! She is seriously obsessed with books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1016014 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:13:12 +0000 cascademom 1016014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: My LO gets bored when it's bedtime to read. He stares at his crib longingly. Since I have a fair amount of his books memorized, I keep reading. He also likes to take one usually put on the side of my lap and hold it. It helps the reading go along. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015997 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:10:48 +0000 cascademom 1015997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: My mom, their grandma, buys them lots of books. They're almost 6 years old and still not big readers from what I can see. I've though I don't do much reading now, I'm determined to read, read, read to LO and future sibling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015994 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:10:32 +0000 Smurfette 1015994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: She is so funny. Last night I was trying to read and I was holding the book out farther and she just kept moving her upper body lower and lower trying to get it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015990 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:09:08 +0000 mrs. wagon 1015990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both Wagon Sr. and I were total bookworms (those kids in the restaurant reading a book, reading the back of the cereal box every single morning, etc) so I don't stress too much about getting our kids to read, since I'm pretty sure it's in their blood ;) </p> <p>When I was a SAHM with Wagon Jr. it was difficult to get him to sit still and read a book! But he goes back and forth. Now that he's older he'll read with us or he'll say "no no no" and take the book and "read" it the way he thinks it should go. He loves his bedtime books and these days he's been asking for books about superheroes... I guess it's time to start with comics soon..&gt;!!</p> <p>LMW is still in the phase of destroying books, or ingesting them, if she's on her own. But she loves sitting and looking through a book together. Most of the time I'm holding the pages away from her so she won't totally destroy the book. But she loves to scratch at the pictures (we love those touch-and-feel books) and she repeats after me when I'm like "awww, look at the puppy" she goes "ohhhh, awww" ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015985 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:08:34 +0000 Adira 1015985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sammyfab: Thanks so much for the book recommendations!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015955 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:03:38 +0000 MsLipGloss 1015955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: hahaha - and awwww. She'll come around. :) LO now spends more time examining pages (and what's behind the flaps!) than she does trying to eat the books. It wasn't long ago that that ratio was totally reversed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015943 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:01:16 +0000 Sammyfab 1015943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Eric Carle and Dr. Seuss are popular with my LO. We have a lot of old school Dr. Seuss books from DH's childhood that are less wordy and basically short little tongue twisters that are really fun to read. A favourite of my LO's though is Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb.</p> <p>We have a Brown Bear, Brown Bear box set that my LO likes a lot. He's learned a lot of animal sounds and hand movements from those books. 'From Head to Toe' is a great one too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015888 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:49:40 +0000 regberadaisy 1015888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cascademom: my bro &amp; SIL are NOT readers. So they never read to her (her being my niece) or bought her books. But in the last 2 years she has really taken up reading! She's 9. So it really warms my heart being a reader. I'm enjoying finding some of my favorite books from that age to get her. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015884 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:48:25 +0000 Boogs 1015884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so true. I think my LO loves books as much as he does because I've read to him every single day for at least naps and bedtime since he was small. I think a lot of it has to do with creating good habits in our routine, and my LO really enjoys having some sort of routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015883 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:48:14 +0000 rachiecakes 1015883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J loves books! He loves pointing out the pictures and saying the things he knows from them.<br /> I need to get him more books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015874 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:47:06 +0000 cascademom 1015874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been reading to him since he was first born. We really got into as part of the bedtime routine. Part of the reason was that my brother doesn't do it with his LOs. I'm determined to have a reader. LO loves to play with his books lately. He enjoys throwing them around and has started to page through them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015847 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:37:31 +0000 autumnlove 1015847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I love reading to to her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015803 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:26:28 +0000 regberadaisy 1015803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: haha DH tries to do it. But I think he doesn't go high pitch enough. hahah I like seriously enunciate and pitch each.word differently. haha</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: how old is he? I feel like it wasn't until 12ish months that she started taking a huge interest in being read to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015796 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:25:38 +0000 Adira 1015796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: Thanks so much for the recommendations!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015783 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:22:45 +0000 lovehoneybee 1015783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so jealous of all these little readers!</p> <p>E doesn't tolerate being read to. He didn't mind it when he was little little but as soon as he could reach up and grab the book away he would (and it would usually go into his mouth). Now I'm lucky if I get through a few pages before he's taken it away from me. He doesn't chew on it as much, he's started just playing with it, but he still doesn't want me to read it, doesn't matter what the book is. </p> <p>It's really disheartening for me because DH and I are both big book nerds. I'm hoping that playing with the book is a step in the right direction, and I keep trying anyway... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015776 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:21:48 +0000 teamjse 1015776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo loves to read, sometimes we find him flipping through his books by himself. However, he's crazy for story time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015773 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:20:15 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1015773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: Yup totally agree! making the book fun and having different voices for different characters makes the book a hit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015762 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:18:12 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1015762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: oh just saw your request for book recs -</p> <p>well I know some people say they're annoying but most of J's favorite books are by Sandra Boynton - Let's Dance little bookie, the bedtime book and the bellybutton book are his faves!</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sandra-Boynton/e/B000AP9SWQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1376497080&#038;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Sandra-Boynton/e/B000AP9SWQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1376497080&#038;sr=1-1</a></p> <p>He likes interaction too - so the vroom vroom lift the flap noise book is a favorite, and so is a pop up monster trucks book he has (found it second hand for $1 so I don't care that he ripped all the pop ups out lol!). </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Noisy-Peekaboo-Vroom-DK-Publishing/dp/0756642981/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497055&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=vroom+vroom" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Noisy-Peekaboo-Vroom-DK-Publishing/dp/0756642981/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497055&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=vroom+vroom</a></p> <p>Baby books he likes is Babies Around the World and Good morning baby/Good night baby</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Global-Babies-Fund-Children/dp/1580891748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497034&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=babies+around+the+world" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Global-Babies-Fund-Children/dp/1580891748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497034&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=babies+around+the+world</a><br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Soft---Touch-Books/dp/1564585298/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497015&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=good+morning+baby" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Good-Morning-Soft---Touch-Books/dp/1564585298/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1376497015&#038;sr=1-2&#038;keywords=good+morning+baby</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents/page/2#post-1015735 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:08:35 +0000 regberadaisy 1015735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Pen: and tone makes a big difference too!</p> <p>I notice LO likes it better when I read to her. haha Because I make my pitch go all over the place and I'm super dramatic about it. haha And the interactive flip books are nice because then I will also interact with her after a particularly exciting scene. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents#post-1015728 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:06:56 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1015728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: we do have daily story time (it's not at the same time every day as I don't want it to seem forced) but at his age his attention span for books is pretty short. I think a key is to not forcing it... I have nannyed some kids whose mothers MAKE them read and they hate it as a result. I think that's so sad! A little here and there works well for us. We also make it exciting by being interactive with his books. For example: we read the book Lets Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton and instead of just reading it - I have him do the exact same dance as the characters in the book and he LOVES IT. He asks us to read it over and over cause he loves the movement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents#post-1015727 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:06:21 +0000 regberadaisy 1015727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: haha I'm training her to be a foodie so I wouldn't mind if she wanted to go to the culinary institute in lieu of college. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents#post-1015724 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:04:10 +0000 plantains 1015724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: maybe we have budding mini-chefs on our hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents#post-1015712 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:59:57 +0000 regberadaisy 1015712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: haha we have a small paperback cookbook like 3x6 maybe all about chicken. She LOVES playing with that cookbook for some reason. she always pulls the same one off and walks around with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/children-are-made-readers-on-the-laps-of-their-parents#post-1015702 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 10:58:02 +0000 Adira 1015702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: We started implementing a bedtime routine with reading around 3-4 months. </p>