if you read to your LO at bedtime and/or naps how many books do you read?

LIAngel

Nicholas gets read to everynight before bed and if I'm home he gets read to at naptime too.   Anyway we (or at least I ) read him up to 5 books at a time.  They are short books so I don't mind, but sometimes I skip pages when I'm tired and just want him to go to sleep.   I've also hidden books (the books we read before sleeptime are on the rocker) if they've been in the "lineup" for too long 

Our current lineup is:

Llama Llama Holiday Drama.  he calls it the "Mama Book"  I skip a page or 2 here.

The Very Busy Spider aka "The Spider Book"  I skip pages.

Dr Seuss ABC book

Hop on Pop aka "Hop Hop"

Elmo says GoodNight

I just retired "Mail Harry to the Moon"  or "Moon book" as Nicholas calls it and Llama Llama Red pajama.  

meechrobi

We usually read 3 or 4. Our line up is:

Goodnight Moon

5 Little Monkeys

I Love You Through and Through

Thank You God

Occassionally, if he asks, I will do Little Blue Truck too.  

oct11bride03

Hiding books - I totally do that with some I just can't take reading again for awhile.

I only read to her before bed and usually it's 4 books, varying depending on the current favorites.  If it's a longer book like a Dr. Seuss I try to keep it to two and she always suckers me into a third.

nicolita14w

We usually do 2-3 at night (sometimes James wants to read them more than once), but just one at naptime.

Soon2beMrs.Sivert

We do two books and then cuddle to 3 songs. Our books have become longer in recent months. Eloise is a current fave, and in my opinion too long.

Radler

We do anywhere between 3-5, but some of them have to be short ones! He gets to pick and he loves that. 

brideinOC

LIAngel--just saw your post before and you're welcome!! I hope you had fun with the exchange! 

We usually read one or two books before bed.  I have a large collection from when I taught Kindergarten so many of the books are longer.  If we pick a longer book, then she gets one.  I will often sort through the books and pull out seasonal books to somewhat limit the choices. 

Dochas

LIAngel:

Nicholas gets read to everynight before bed and if I'm home he gets read to at naptime too.   Anyway we (or at least I ) read him up to 5 books at a time.  They are short books so I don't mind, but sometimes I skip pages when I'm tired and just want him to go to sleep.   I've also hidden books (the books we read before sleeptime are on the rocker) if they've been in the "lineup" for too long 

Our current lineup is:

Llama Llama Holiday Drama.  he calls it the "Mama Book"  I skip a page or 2 here.

The Very Busy Spider aka "The Spider Book"  I skip pages.

Dr Seuss ABC book

Hop on Pop aka "Hop Hop"

Elmo says GoodNight

I just retired "Mail Harry to the Moon"  or "Moon book" as Nicholas calls it and Llama Llama Red pajama.  

He usually gets 5 or 6.  It's Daddy time and he only gets 60-90 minutes with him a day.  If he's really tired it will be 3-4.  We always end with either Guess How Much I Love You or On the Night You Were Born.  He has books in his room and in the living room so I try to only read the living room books to him during the day and leave his room books for mostly before bed.  I also go to the library so we have fresh stock. lol

schmoodle

If I do bedtime with Toodle (which I've only done once or twice since Boodle was born) I impose a 3 book maximum. DH will read to him until he falls asleep usually, at least 5. I'm not sure what the rotation is now but he's been requesting holiday books (Grinch, Night Before Christmas, a Christmas counting book). He went through a long "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" phase.

For Boodle I just read her one book, usually a Sandra Boynton. Lately it's been the Going to Bed Book (aka the gay cruise book).

superned

DD is obsessed with books right now.  Every second we're at home she's following us around with a book saying, "Read read."  Some days it feels like between DH and I we read a thousand books.

For nap and bedtime, I usually read three board books.  Longer story books I'll usually only read one or two (she's usually almost asleep at the end), and then I sing her one or two songs.

Her current favorite books are anything with the Pigeon (Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, etc.) and nursery rhymes.  She also likes My Wonderful Christmas Tree, but only to flip back and forth between "owl picture" and "bear picture."  I don't really get a chance to read the words.  : )

AlissaCell701

I read J two books depeding on how long they are..For both naps and bedtime..He doesn't quite know the difference on how many we are reading and has the attention span of a flea so this works for now..I anticipate him wanting more soon>..

Mouseygail

We read in the morning while he's waking up...I think he'd sit for more, but I really only have time for two.  we read other books while playing before and after dinner sometimes though. 

Dr.Loretta

2

One is random, whatever she's into

We always end with Pajama Time

itsmevkb

We typically read three at night.  So, each of the older kids get to pick one and then we pick one.  There are some books that I now call "daddy books" meaning my kids know I won't read them and so they need to pick those only on nights when daddy is doing the reading.  Those include any Dr. Seuss book (except Oh the Places You'll Go), Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and The Very Silly Mayor.

Speaking of skipping pages, one night I was listening to my husband read the kids Knuffle Bunny Too and he totally shortened a long list of names and I yelled from the other room that you're not allowed to skip parts of the books.  So, of course, now if I try to do the same thing my kids call me out on it.  It gets harder and harder to skip things as they get older.

Dragonfly1226

Parker is too small to ask for more, so we read one for now. Goodnight Moon

LIAngel

schmoodle:

For Boodle I just read her one book, usually a Sandra Boynton. Lately it's been the Going to Bed Book (aka the gay cruise book).

LOL! 

 

MonkeysGirl05

The number varries each night 2-5 or 6 (depending on the length of the book). We usually read to him for about 10 minutes.

keg

We used to do 3, but bedtime has gotten so long with other things, we now generally do two (not to mention 3 is an odd number which often doesn't go over well with 2 kids).  They each get to pick one book and we have it worked out that whoever picked out the book gets to sit on my lap and then they switch.