https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:40:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929336 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:27:51 +0000 fancyfunction 1929336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's almost 2 and we've let her read both for quite a while. I just watch her with the paper ones b/c she will occasionally try to rip a page. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929290 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:13:40 +0000 JerricaBenton 1929290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always had regular books but I only started letting LO look at them alone at maybe 18 months. At 20 months she is rarely rough with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929286 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:12:59 +0000 mediagirl 1929286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're moving more towards regular books recently. All books we buy from 2 on up will be regular books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929274 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:07:14 +0000 cascademom 1929274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still using board books at 2 years old plus. We have one book that my brother left at our house when his boys were three years old. LO loves it, but still doesn't handle the pages well. My mom gave us a stack of her books from school. I won't use those regularly until he can handle regular pages better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929271 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:05:17 +0000 Bao 1929271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: Flap books are the worst! I swear half of our flaps are missing lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929270 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:04:39 +0000 autumnlove 1929270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started buying regular books when LO 1 was 14 months old. We hide the paperbacks and flap books from LO 2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-go-from-board-books-to-paper-books#post-1929266 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:03:03 +0000 Bao 1929266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I typically buy the girls board books whenever possible, but I will occasionally buy paper books and let my oldest LO look at them if I'm around and can make sure she doesn't tear them apart. I'm curious what a good age is where I can skip the board books altogether and get regular books. </p> <p>When did you start transitioning from board books to paper books? If you have not done so already, what age do you think is old enough to know to be gentle with books? </p>