I think my favorite time me & DS spend together (other than bath time, cause he just looks so darn cute nakey & playing in the water with those big eyes) is when its bed time & I'm rocking him & giving him his bottle & reading him a good book. Right now currently we are reading James & the giant peach (I love the movie & always wanted to read the book) we are on chapter 15 & so far I love the book. I just read him til he either finishes his bottle or falls asleep! I just love the time together, we get to cuddle & its a time I know I can devout 100% my attention to him with no distractions.
Other books I love reading to him are of course dr seuss & a whole mess of books (I'm horribly guilty of his large book collection I love books & when he's older I want him to have a passion for books like I do). I have people tell me "you do know he doesn't understand what your saying or what the book is about right?" like they think its totally pointless in reading to him but I enjoy it & he seems to love it & I know one day if I continue this when he's a toddler he's going to understand & really love it than. I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads to their LO at bedtime..
Re: Do you read to your LO at night & if so what do you read?
We are also teaching LO to be bilingual (Portuguese and English). I read to her Goldy Locks, Rapunzel - both in Portuguese, Moo Baa La La La, and Good Night Moon.
We have read to LO every night before his bottle since he was 6 weeks. he loves the colors in the book! now he smiles every time we turn a page...
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I'm hoping to raise my DS bilingual too, English and French. I sing songs in both languages and when DH isn't around (he only speaks English) I speak to DS in French. We don't have many French books yet though...need to get on that.
We read all the time...he has books that we read to him (we love Eric Carle, Robert Munsch, and Sandra Boynton books but he has a ton), but I'll sit him on my lap or lie down next to him and read whatever I happen to be reading to him. Yesterday I read him excerpts of a Michael Ondaatje book that I'm reading and he seemed to enjoy it, and today I read to him from my Baby-Led Weaning book. I'll also him down in my lap and read the paper out loud to him. DH is currently reading him The Hobbit (not so fond of that one!). I love reading so much, and I think if LO grows up in a house filled with books where everybody reads, he'll (hopefully) grow up to love reading and books as well.
So jealous of all of you bilingual ladies! How wonderful that you're able to expose them to two languages! That will be so good for them!
Your LO will listen to a chapter book? DS and I read all the time, but I think he likes looking at the pictures the most. (DH reads to DS, too, which just melts my heart!)
DS loved Eric Carle books. Any book with bright pictures and rhyming words seem to hold his interest as well. My sister threw me my baby shower and asked all the guests to bring a book for baby. It was an awesome way to start our library! (Many of my friends and family wrote messages in the books, so sweet!)