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We read 2 to my 3.5 year old, if he cooperates fully with everything during bedtime he can occasionally earn a third. More often, he loses one book privilege so we only read one. I love to read to him but he has really mastered the art of stalling during bedtime and with him being interested in longer books (I'd happily read 10+ board books!) limiting him to two books feels like the only way to keep things moving.

We don't have a set number. It depends on the length of the book and what time it is. If there is extra time I'll keep reading but if we got a late start then he might only get 2.

We read 3, they vary in length and sometimes the longer ones we skip parts, luckily she doesn't know yet!

We vary the number but LO is too young to really notice, I think (23 months). Some nights it is 2, some nights it is 3 or 4.

Usually 2, or the same book twice if that's what he decides on but sometimes we do 3. For naps I sometimes cut it to only 1 book, or 1 read through and hem hasn't complained about that yet. Varying seems to work and is handy when we are tight on time! I enjoy book time though which is why I usually cave and read more .

@travellingbee: This is exactly how we handle it too. The more tired he already seems the less (and shorter) books he gets.

I've never committed to a number of books, or a length of time reading at night. We tend to average 20 minutes at bedtime, but I'm not religious about that because sometimes I'm tired! LO has sometimes asked for more when I'm ready to stop reading, but he mostly knows that when I say we're done, we're done. Is setting a strict number as part of bedtime a recommendation by a sleep expert? I'm interested in how the majority here decided to do things this way.

We read 2, and there's no budging off of that number. He'll always ask for more no matter what, but when we tell him "this is the last time" or "only 2 books" then he knows we mean it and he can't negotiate more. The more consistent we were about it, the better he was about not asking or whining for more.

We always read 3 - I put out a few to pick from, he picks 2, and then we read Goodnight Dragons as a last one (although if he gets bored of this one I'm open to changing it up). I feel like it's good to be consistent so he understands what to expect, but he's only 20 months so he may have no idea.

We don't do a set number. He will get 1-2 while drinking hisa milk then gets ready for bed. We put on his music which lasts 10 minutes and read whatever books he wants for just that amount of time. When the music turns off we finish the book and it's lights out. I find it helps to have the music so he has a cue when reading time is done. Makes for a very easy transition.