What age did you start reading to DC?

utgirl2 · October 2008

Just curious when you started. I've tried with DS but he just wants to rip the book out of my hands and chew on it.

Cyrbia · October 2008

I started when he was in utero, the while breast feeding and still now.

I admit though, as they get older it's more challenging for the reasons you just stated. I think that even playing with books is good for them. Stacking them, using them to skate along the floor while crawling, chewing...

Just be sure to only let him have the durable ones on his own.

moonglo · October 2008

I've been reading to Lillian since before she was born. But now she is more into chewing them than reading them. :P

Fasa · October 2008

Since she was born. I'm not always consistent, but we try to read to her every day.

nosoup4u · October 2008

DH reads to DS at night before bed, I think they get through about 2 or 3 pages before DS starts wapping the books with his hands. He's definitely more interested in looking at the pages now, though.

jeffs_baker · October 2008

Since she was born. It is more difficult now, but sometimes she sits wonderfully still. We read to her every night before her bath. A book that she loves is called "Millie Moo". It has tons of great textures for her to grab and touch.

lishalou · October 2008

Probably 3-4 months...

trizzie · October 2008

I have a hard time with this because he likes to grab and eat the pages, too. I have to literally wrench it from his hands, so consequently I don't do it as much as I should.

jessicada76 · October 2008

Since before she was born. Chewing books is actually and early part of literacy! So what your babies are doing is GOOD! Around 9 months it is hard to read....banging books, ripping them from your hands, and chewing on them but 12 months it seems to get easier. DD will rip a "real" book if I give it to her but she LOVES her board books and bath books. She will sit and "read" them. We didn't have any at my Mom's....who watches her....so the other day I took a big sack full and she said DD sat all day and looked at books and hardly played with toys at all. She said she picked up 2 or 3 toys from the whole day! And the rest were books :-) So I know this is a hard time but it will get better.

MrsMGR · October 2008

Since he was born. We read to him everynight. He sometimes gets distracted and tries to eat the book. Those nights, I let him chew on it and flip the pages and I tell him a story that I make up in my head. It usually involves him being a prince and saving a princess from some big, bad thing. (how original, eh?)

Read2Me · October 2008

Since we brought her home from the hospital. ?DD now turns pages in books and looks at the pictures. ?I usually give her a book to hold while I read another one because she also likes to chew on them and manipulate them. ?Like the pp stated, these are all early literacy skills and should be encouraged.

Mama Jan · October 2008

Since about 10 weeks in utero. He loves books. Sometimes wants to chew on them and I just tell the story from memory. It doesn't matter though, I want him familiar and comfortable with books.

blushado · October 2008

Like other posters, I started when she was in utero. She likes the touch-and-feel board books now but real books she will rip to shreds. Sometimes in the evening when we have our "relax time" she will sit in my lap and listen to me read. I try to read aloud whatever I am reading at the time, though--sometimes it is magazine articles, other times instructions for meals. She seems to just like listening to me talk.

Tess12 · October 2008

We started pretty early, but recently its become very difficult because she only wants to eat the books. I figure it's a phase and I just give her a book to hold while I read.

KL777 · October 2008

Birth

LoriFalce · October 2008

Birth. Not easy, but we forebear.

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