https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:10:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-he-stop-doing-this#post-786521 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:25:36 +0000 mrbee 786521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BelugaBean: Just recently! Here's a video where she first started opening the doors and saying, "Noo..." </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3ttI2QKbI" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF3ttI2QKbI</a></p> <p>She engaged with the books you can touch (with textures) a lot earlier though... for a long time, those were the only books she would "read"! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-he-stop-doing-this#post-786462 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:11:19 +0000 BelugaBean 786462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: When did she start feeling the books and opening the little doors? I've tried those too and get generally the same response.</p> <p>I will say that she's started to look through books on her own but when I try to read them, she tries to eat them or pull the pages out. Even when I try to read what she's flipping through, she does this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-he-stop-doing-this#post-786448 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:08:37 +0000 mrbee 786448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: Mrs. Twine wrote a great post on getting your reluctant reader to make it through a book!</p> <p><a href="http://www.hellobee.com/2013/04/09/reading-is-the-new-black/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hellobee.com/2013/04/09/reading-is-the-new-black/</a></p> <p>Olive does this too, and she has responded really well to Touch and Feel books... and the ones where you open paper doors on the pages. She's 19 months, and finally will sit through a book if we're lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-he-stop-doing-this#post-786442 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:07:34 +0000 BelugaBean 786442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: My LO does this too. We've gotten through half a book a day for the past few days. She's been doing this for months now and I have to actually hide some books because she chewed them before and I'm afraid she's going to chew pieces off. She also sticks everything in her mouth. We got her a toy where she can hit the pegs through the holes and she just chews on the hammer. </p> <p>I assume it's just teething mixed with curiosity for my LO but if nothing else, you're not alone.</p> <p>Edit: We even got her the big ballapalooza thing and she just chews on the balls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-will-he-stop-doing-this#post-786430 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:23 +0000 lovehoneybee 786430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anytime I try to read to him he yanks the book out of my hand and starts chewing. Within a page or two, without fail. The only time I get through a whole book is if I'm holding it up over my head, and then he's climbing on me trying to get it. I've tried giving him a toy or another book to chew on, but the only one he wants to chew on is the one I'm trying to read from. </p> <p>He's 9 months old, and it seems that tons of babies his age and younger will allow themselves to be read to, if not actively enjoy it. </p> <p>And toys! The only interest in any toy he's ever had is how fast he can put it in his mouth! Even the water table...those poor boats are always in his mouth. I got some wonderful pictures of him laughing at me bouncing it, but he started out trying to eat the ball. </p> <p>What am I doing wrong? I feel like these are things he should sort of be doing? I understand lots of older babies still taste things, but that's ALL he does, and I'm starting to worry that something's not connecting and have no idea what to do about it.</p> <p>Case in point: </p> [attach=1866/13/mmwkyb.447x600.image.jpg]