https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 04:11:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767924 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:50:33 +0000 Anagram 767924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably only let LO chew board books (this is all in theory though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767778 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:09:11 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 767778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only board books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767761 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:25 +0000 Lindsay05 767761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have but we put a stop to it when she gnaws a hole through the book. Yeah, maybe we let it go to far.. ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767753 Wed, 08 May 2013 13:04:49 +0000 LuLu Mom 767753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She puts everything in her mouth (7 months) and I try to stop her, it's all part of learning though. I have definetely been keeping the nicer books up and away for now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767574 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:03:13 +0000 sera_87 767574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just make sure he has board books. Oddly enough it's the ONLY thing he doesn't put in his mouth. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767482 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:24:42 +0000 Freckles 767482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let her chew on it. She stopped chewing books around the 11 month mark. She's finally better about "reading" the books than eating them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767476 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:23:37 +0000 mediagirl 767476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let her because she never really chewed on them that long. At this age, we're working on not chewing on them while we're reading, "Books are for reading, M, not dessert." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767467 Wed, 08 May 2013 11:20:55 +0000 kiddosc 767467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just don't really let him have books with paper pages yet. He has lots of board books that he can chew on flip the pages. He's too rough with the other books and ruins them quickly, even if we are holding them and reading them to him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767411 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:59:28 +0000 MamaMoose 767411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah I would definitely much rather risk book chomping that to discourage access from books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767407 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:58:23 +0000 sorrycharlie 767407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just let her chew on them :) she usually loses interest in chewing pretty quickly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767403 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:57:54 +0000 meredithNYC 767403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I hate it, but I let it happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-let-your-lo-chew-on-books#post-767400 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:57:13 +0000 immabeetoo 767400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 5.5 months so everything goes immediately into his chompers. I've stopped letting him gnaw on my fingers since I figure he'll be getting teeth soon, but am unsure of what to do with books.</p> <p>I know it's a developmental thing and part of learning/growing - and we have lots of board books &amp; a few 'indestructible' books that I could let him go to town on. But do I put nicer books up where he can't get at them once he is more mobile and stop him from touching those?</p> <p>I hate to feel like I'm interrupting access to books in any way shape or form... but I have to draw a line somewhere right?? How do you handle it? </p>