How to Read to a Baby/Infant?

Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every day (2
times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme books and the
Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the book and
eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not eating." But, she
isn't getting it.

Morgan just becomes frustrated if I don't give it to her. So, I've tried
giving her a plastic ring to hold while I read.

Nothing works.

How do YOU do it??

~Carol Ann

Carol Ann wrote:
Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every
day (2 times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme
books and the Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the
book and eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not
eating." But, she isn't getting it.

Morgan just becomes frustrated if I don't give it to her. So, I've
tried giving her a plastic ring to hold while I read.

Nothing works.

How do YOU do it??

Let her have one book while you read another. Read to her while she is
playing on the floor or in the tub. Actually reading the book is pretty
frustrating sometimes. Flipping the pages at random and talking about the
pictures is more enjoyable. It drove me nuts to do that so my dh mostly
took care of that strategy ;-). He was good at it. Those things worked for
us and I didn't read if they didn't seem to want me to. During phases they
didn't want to be read to I spent more time singing nursery rhymes and hand
games like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Itsy Bitsy Spider, etc.

--
Nikki

I think handling the book is part of the reading experience for babies.
We read very short board books to our one year old still. We like to
point out pictures (of animals mostly) and say, "A cow, Mooooo, etc.) I
think you just keep at it and eventually she will outgrow the oral part
and listen.
good luck
Susan

Carol Ann wrote:
Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every day
(2 times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme books
and the Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the book
and eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not eating."
But, she isn't getting it.

Morgan just becomes frustrated if I don't give it to her. So, I've
tried giving her a plastic ring to hold while I read.

Nothing works.

How do YOU do it??

~Carol Ann

"Carol Ann" wrote

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab
the book and
eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not
eating." But, she
isn't getting it.

Some of my son's best-loved books are dog-eared and full of teeth
marks. If she wants to chew on the book, let her, and read
another one to her while she chews on the first one. Putting
things in the mouth is one of a baby's best ways of exploring.

Of course, you want to make sure that she has the nice chunky
board books to chew on, and in a little while she'll be turning
the pages on her own. One of my favourite photos of DS is when he
was about a year old, lying on the floor reading Sandra Boynton's
"Horns to Toes and In Between" (upside down ).


Christina
mom to DS, almost three
and Version 2.0, edd late April 05

One of my favourite photos of DS is when he
was about a year old, lying on the floor reading Sandra Boynton's
"Horns to Toes and In Between" (upside down ).


We love all the Sandra Boynton books. DD#1 still laughs at the Barnyard
Dance and he's 2.5.
Susan

Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every day (2
times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme books and
the Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the book
and eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not eating." But,
she isn't getting it.

Morgan just becomes frustrated if I don't give it to her. So, I've tried
giving her a plastic ring to hold while I read.

Nothing works.

How do YOU do it??

cheat and use the leappad... then they can touch as much as they like

In article ftjdd.271525$MQ5.65132@attbi_s52, Carol Ann says...
Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every day (2
times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme books and the
Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the book and
eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not eating." But, she
isn't getting it.

We read and eat, and pause, and turn the pages backwards and forwards.
I just make up the story as he chooses the pages - it's a bit of fun
Mind you, the story gets pretty convoluted - but at his age ( 6mths ), I
don't think he minds

Just have fun - go with it - it's your tonal intonations coupled with
the pictures and being together that counts.

In article , Nikki says...
Carol Ann wrote:
Morgan is nearly 7 months old. I swear I try to read to her every
day (2 times). We have a few Dr. Seuss books and a few Nursery Rhyme
books and the Einstein plastic book about Mimi.

What is the proper procedure for reading? Morgan wants to grab the
book and eat it. I keep telling her, "Books are for reading not
eating." But, she isn't getting it.

Morgan just becomes frustrated if I don't give it to her. So, I've
tried giving her a plastic ring to hold while I read.

Nothing works.

How do YOU do it??

Let her have one book while you read another. Read to her while she is
playing on the floor or in the tub. Actually reading the book is pretty
frustrating sometimes. Flipping the pages at random and talking about the
pictures is more enjoyable.

That's what I do

I didn't read to Taylor until she was at least 12 months old, BUT I did have
TONS of books around, and she has always loved to pull them out and flip
through the pages. Then I started to point our shapes, animals, colors,
etc, and name things. She would bring me her big book of "things" and we'd
do "data entry" where she'd point to something and I'd name it. I'd point
to things she already knew, like orange juice, or cow, or kitty cat, etc.
We do now read books, but at this point her favorites are still basic ABC
books, some of which don't have words. We also love the Boynton books
(Hippo's Go Berserk is a particular favorite -- it has numbers on each
page!), plus How to Be a Cow, and How to Be a Pig. I have a stack of books
in the car, along with other toys, and she loves to "read" while we drive.
She points things out and tells me what she sees. One of her first 3 word
sentences was "read the book." Heck, her first command was "thank you"
while handing you a book, which meant, "you can now read to me."

At Gymboree we just moved her up to the next age level, where they do story
time to open up the session. By the second session she was sitting in front
of the teacher, eyes glued on her while she read the book. This girl loves
her books!

I think I need to check out story time at our local library!
--

Jamie
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Addison Grace, 9/30/04

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Oh yeah, and at this age, I think eating the board books is par for the
course. I don't encourage destroying books, but pages do get torn or
colored on. It's a part of life. You do the best you can. And as they get
older, you can stress more and more how to respect a book.
--

Jamie
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Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03
Addison Grace, 9/30/04

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