reading to the baby (X-posted)

My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

Thanks.

Izabella does the same thing, so we went out and bought books make out of
say cotton or some other kinda material, cloth books and so on. They are
great!!!

--
Laura, TTC #2
Mommy to Izabella **Feb 10th, 2003**
And 2 felines *Ashes(3) & George (5)*
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/i/izabellawelburn/

"ted" wrote in message
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My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

Thanks.

ted wrote in message
om...
My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

Read to her while she's eating finger food.
Debbie

"ted" skrev i en meddelelse
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My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!


Give her one cardboard book while you read another. Cardboard is a healthy
and nutritious part of any baby's diet :-)

Tine, Denmark

Give her a book to chew as u read to her.

"ted" wrote in message
om...
My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

Thanks.

"Tine Andersen" wrote in message
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"ted" skrev i en meddelelse
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My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!


Give her one cardboard book while you read another. Cardboard is a healthy
and nutritious part of any baby's diet :-)

Lots of fiber

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(ted) wrote:

My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

Thanks.



If you want her to 'love books' then don't read to her at 8 months --
instead make books something wonderful -- that means durable books with
pictures that you can look at with her and point out things -- I
wouldn't let her have the books to chew on -- but tough books that can
take a chew or two are not a bad idea

nothing will turn them off books faster than Mom forcibly reading to
them when they aren't interested

as she gets a little older and is interested in pictures start with that
-- then converse with her about what she is seeing -- have her point at
pictures etc etc -- and slowly progress to reading that she responds to

you may not get to stories till she is close to three [kids vary quite a
bit here] but she will have learned to associate Mom and the books with
fun and love and interesting things

"Jenn" skrev i en meddelelse
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In article ,
(ted) wrote:


If you want her to 'love books' then don't read to her at 8 months --
instead make books something wonderful -- that means durable books with
pictures that you can look at with her and point out things -- I
wouldn't let her have the books to chew on -- but tough books that can
take a chew or two are not a bad idea

nothing will turn them off books faster than Mom forcibly reading to
them when they aren't interested

as she gets a little older and is interested in pictures start with that
-- then converse with her about what she is seeing -- have her point at
pictures etc etc -- and slowly progress to reading that she responds to

you may not get to stories till she is close to three [kids vary quite a
bit here] but she will have learned to associate Mom and the books with
fun and love and interesting things

But stick with the reading - every day. My 11 yo - fully capable of reading
herself - still insists that we read every evening before bedtime. Harry
Potter at the moment - came out in Danish 10. oct.

Tine, Denmark

ted wrote:

My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.


Get her books that she can chew on (like plastic or
cloth books) and let her have at them. Meanwhile, you can
still read some other books to her. My babes loved things
like _Chicka Chicka Boom Boom_ and _Jamberry_. They loved
the rhythm of the words, and didn't always need or want to
be looking at the books (no matter how delightful the
illustrations).

Best wishes,
Ericka

On 19 Nov 2003 13:05:05 -0800, (ted) wrote:

My dd is 8.5 months old. I would love to read to her. I want her grow
up liking books. But there's a problem. She chews on EVERYTHING. She
loves to put everything in her mouth except food ofcourse!

If she so much as sees a book, she'll chew it and tear it apart.
She'll just jump at the book and destroys it (well.. as much as her
tiny hands can). How can I read anything to her? I could buy cardboard
books but then she'll chew them too and I don't know if I can clean
them.

I would not worry about cleaning them. Board books are fine chew
toys and they can be read as well.

Now as for reading. Don't try to read a story to her at this age.
Let her touch, talk about the pictures with her. Read the words
slowly if she will allow it, but don't expect her to take much
interest in getting all the way through the book.

Be sure that you have appropriate books with pictures of familiar
objects, not too much text and interactive stories. Pat the Bunny
is a good one. So are other books with things she can poke
at. My granddaughter has loved Peek A Who since she was
born. It is a board book with a peek a boo theme that babies
seem to love.

Can we get "plastic" books? Or should I just wait until she outgrows
the chewing habit which is going ever since she discovered her hands.

There are some soft plastic books, though I don't think there are as
many as their are board books.

Thanks.

Good luck.


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Dorothy

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