Moms of two+: do you replace books?

lite-bright

Most of our baby/young toddler books are board books and have held up well, but there are some -- the ones with pop-ups, moving parts, or flaps to lift -- where DD1 basically destroyed the functionality over time. Moving tails missing, flaps torn off, etc. 

Do you replace those kind of books for later kid(s) so they get a new version, too? Leave them in circulation as is? Toss 'em? Get different books?

So far I've tossed a few, and only replaced the ones I really liked and thought were neat -- which unfortunately also seem to be the most vulnerable ones. The Matthew Van Fleet books in particular (Tails, Dog, etc.) are great, but man, they don't stand up well to curious babies/toddlers. 

MrandMrsAndrews

Almost all of DS books are available for him to play with.  There are a few that I don't allow him to have all the time for that very reason.  I don't want them completely unreadable or unusable, so we have them for special reading time together. 

I tend to go to the library and buy books for 10 cents, 25 cents, etc - that way I don't feel like I am throwing away 5+ dollars if a book is ruined. 

melody921

I was thinking about this recently bc DS is a fan of chewing on books. Any future sibs are going to get a sad version of a lot of these board books. Unless something is unreadable though, I don't think I'll replace them.

vernab

Our Goodnight Moon is in pretty pitiful shape.  We plan on getting one for the next LO.  DS has been pretty rough on a lot of our books, so I plan on throwing the really bad ones away when needed and only replacing the ones I really like.

vernab

I should add, that DS doesn't play with the ones that are pop ups or have moving parts.  He only has access to the plain board books, so most of the other ones are in good shape.

KristinKD

So far I haven't needed to replace any. We have Dog too, and I know the wet dog's head was torn off not too long after we got it for DD1. We have a couple other books with pull tabs or pop-ups that have been destroyed, but those aren't worth replacing to me. Those books and any other books I don't mind getting destroyed are in our playroom, while our better story books are in the girls' bedrooms so they aren't handled as often.

If any favorites -- Goodnight Moon, Time for Bed, Knuffle Bunny, etc. -- were destroyed, I'd probably replace them.

ryry1977

If books get ruined in our house I just pitch them.  I don't go and replace them.  We have so many though that it doesn't really matter.  Also, I am always getting new books for Cedric anyway.  I usually get them at garage sales or clearance though, so I don't spend too much on them to begin with.

92405bride

My kid has already practically destroyed Tails and Kisses (similar style book but by a diff author I think) so it's looking like we might need to replace those just for her. They are by far her favorite - she brings them to me to read probably 10x a day when we're home.