https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 05:05:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2213339 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:44:09 +0000 lovehoneybee 2213339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Overall, yes, but it really depends on the book, how many times I've read it already, and how willing E is to actually let me read it (sometimes he just wants to flip through pages, or gets stuck on one page....that frustrates me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2213335 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:42:12 +0000 .twist. 2213335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: me too, actually. I'm terrible at playing with toys. I have no imagination for it. hahaha That's dad's job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2213328 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 09:40:04 +0000 dc yoga bee 2213328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it. She just made a connection to her first book last night! I think it's the high contrast that got her to focus! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2213137 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:25:39 +0000 DillonLion 2213137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hate it! Ha. I have no shame. I do it anyway, of course, since it is so important. I find it annoying to be constantly distracted and interrupted. The only time we read is right before bed since we aren't together any other time of the day and by that point I am exhausted and anxious to relax after our usual long days. We usually read one book of her choosing and then the exact same book every night as part of our bedtime ritual.</p> <p>I do like reading chapter books out loud to DH, so maybe once she is older this will become more enjoyable for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2213100 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:59:01 +0000 Alivoo01 2213100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! Looking forward to when we can read chapter books together and discuss them like I do now with my cousins. Hope DS is a bookworm like his momma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212987 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 05:17:50 +0000 honeybear 2212987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: I think you've mentioned that she's into princesses before, are the boring/badly written ones the princess books? My LO is a boy, but we just started George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin, which features a princess and good writing/storytelling. We picked it up on the recommendations of Lewis and Chesterton, so I figured it would be! ;) </p> <p>Graphic novels have been a big hit with my son too, but he loves Tintin, and I find the stories to be a tad too "boy" (for lack of a better word...) for me. Fortunately, the format lends itself to me handing them to him and telling him to "read" them himself, which he happily does! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212978 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:13:38 +0000 BabyMats 2212978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love reading books to him, especially when he gets excited about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212960 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 02:31:42 +0000 lamariniere 2212960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it. I would rather read books to them than play toys with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212942 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:39:09 +0000 Cherrybee 2212942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it! We are just reading simple picture books now but I have bought a whole shelf full of chapter books already for when she is older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212867 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:23:09 +0000 autumnlove 2212867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212842 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:47:23 +0000 Miss Flamingo 2212842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a teacher so I generally love reading aloud to my kids (my own daughter and my students). But my daughter is 14 months and isn't always good at sitting through the whole story, but j can't wait until she can. I also really hope that someday she and I can read Harry Potter together! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212806 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:10:20 +0000 jhd 2212806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! But he also loves it so that makes it fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212800 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:04:06 +0000 Mae 2212800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now it is painful. LO does not want me to read to her. So if I try to hold her and do it she either melts off my lap and runs away, head butts me in the chin, or whines until I set her down. Once she's off my lap she tries to pry the book out of my hands and eat it. She's basically a tiny goat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212797 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 21:01:32 +0000 kjpugs 2212797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on the books! There are some books I HATE reading and try to hide haha. One of them is the Gorilla zoo book where he escapes when the zookeeper is closing up, and lets all the animals out. She loves that one but there are so few words it's hard to engage her! I love the mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear... and also I love My Mom Loves Me... I love most llama llama books but they really phoned it in on Llama Llama Zippity Zoom and I hate reading that one too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212785 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:52:52 +0000 .twist. 2212785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212746 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:31:58 +0000 mrsrugbee 2212746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get bored by toddler books. DD makes me read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" a dozen times a day. I can't wait for fairy tails. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212658 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:21:07 +0000 mrbee 2212658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: We go through a lot of books! Sometimes I won't like a book but my daughter will love it - so I just try to slog through.</p> <p>Lately we've been reading graphic novels, and it's been a lot easier for me! I think I am just easily bored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212638 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:54:58 +0000 honeybear 2212638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Love it! </p> <p>Why are you reading boring books? I'm candid with LO if we get into a book and find that it's lousy. We quit and find something else. I tell him why I think it's not very good, too. No need to waste our time with drivel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212604 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:14:27 +0000 birdofafeather 2212604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>it definitely depends on the book for me and my mood! sometimes i pick one up and i'm like, oh crud, there are way more words in here than i signed up for! </p> <p>i think it will be easier when she can interact with the book/story a bit more! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212579 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:45:55 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2212579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-like-reading-books-to-your-kids#post-2212578 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:44:04 +0000 mrbee 2212578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Short version: I loved reading picture books to the kids, but don't love reading chapter books (especially if they're badly written!).</p> <p>Longer version: I love reading simple and short books to the kids, and for years that's all we read. But lately I've found that reading long books to the kids can be really boring for me, mostly because a lot of them are badly written! And if the book is really well written, I want to stop reading out loud and just read ahead on my own. #worstdadever</p> <p>Basically I'm a terrible reader of chapter books. Mrs. Bee is so much better at reading long boring chapter books to the kids! I can only do a few chapters at a time, and then I have to take a break. I've been trying to force it though, because I know how important reading is for the kids.</p> <p>Do you like reading books to your kids? </p>