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blushingbride_08blushingbride_08 member
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I am starting a library for my LO and have some cool hardcover books. I read to him daily and afterwards let him "play" with the book. Unfortunately his playing is really him tearing up the pages. He is slowly tearing up each book where the pages are all ripped out. Do you let you LO play with the books or only read to him?

btw he's 12 months 

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  • lindslalalalindslalala member
    He only gets to play with board books. Hardcover/paper page books are on a shelf in his closet and I get them out to read to him and put them back before he has a chance to destroy them.
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  • Netty_3Netty_3 member
    Only board books...he has a few cheap paper books but we just read them.  I have been trying to work on him about treating books with respect.  Like no throwing, or stepping on them.  My Mom was pretty strict about books when I was a kid an
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member
    We read together or he "reads" himself (turning pages - not necessarily actually reading), but he doesn't really play with the books.  At 12 months, he was much more interested in pulling them off the shelf and onto the ground than ripping pages, so
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  • ZimgerZimger member

    DS has both paperback and board books in his collection. We read all of them but he is only allowed to play with the board books. He likes to turn the pages and carry them around. The paper backs just are not up to the task. We keep the paperbacks out

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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member

    imagelindslalala:
    He only gets to play with board books. Hardcover/paper page books are on a shelf in his closet and I get them out
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  • vindaloovindaloo member

    At 12 months, it was strictly board books.  It was just too easy for him to tear paper pages.  Even with board books he managed to rip off the flaps on the peek-a-boo type books.  DS is 23 months now and I'd say we successfully started l

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  • slstine19slstine19 member
    DS is 22 months and we don't let him read books with pages only board books.is able to understand not to tear pages.  These are put up until he He has gotten better about pop-up books.  There are times he likes to read books on his own.  I
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  • suncheriesuncherie member

    DD has torn up numerous book...and when she was about your DS's age, she would even eat the hard paged books. Although eating the books isn't good, tearing them up is part of the fun! I just don't give DD any books that I don't want torn...we'll just s

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