Lol. I don't think it matters. Andy could not be BOTHERED by books until 15 months. Too busy, too interested in other things. Even before he was mobile he would just wiggle and ignore the book. We didn't push it. One day he woke up and was alllllll about books. Now he follows us around the house with a book yelling BOOK BOOK UP UP UP EEEESE.
She would have whole "conversations" with the daycare lady like she was actually telling a story.
Ah they power of daycare. As much as I would love to take credit for Kirklette's focus during reading time, I've got nothing on her infant room teachers. Not only did they have the power to get four 5 month olds to sit still for a story, they had time to make me a scrap book about it. Jigga what? LOL
I feel the same way about Andy's daycare. I have to cajol and play tough love to get my 16 mo old to sleep in his crib, but you get 8 12 mo olds to nap for two hours on mats on the floor? Whaaaat?!
Really? A failure because your 6 month old doesn't pay attention while you read to her?
You need to stop reading other mommy blogs.
Eh, I just didn't know. Like I didn't know when babies pay attention so I was kind of questioning, should I be doing more? I know that's stupid...first time mom thing.
Trust your gut. You are doing a great job.
The fact that you are even thinking about it proves that.
My pedi said at this age it was really important for the baby to hear people speaking. Whether that be reading or just narrating what I was doing at the moment. It just depends on what I have time for. Lol.
Clare is read to almost daily because I read to Henry almost daily. Otherwise, I don't have time to read to just her. Lol. V you need to relaaaaax. Your baby will be fine.
We read a story at bedtime because we started a bedtime routine. I wanted the book to be part of the routine but if she hated it no big deal. L is generally calm though and for some reason LOVES when my H reads to her. She usually doesn't look at the book, she just stares at him. Seems perfectly fine to me.
When I try to read a book she hates it. So I don't.
Your baby doesn't care because she's a baby. You're overthinking this.
We actually have a pretty similar afternoon schedule. I do read to O within the first hour and a half we get home, but if she's getting anything out of it, it's that almost 60% of her diaper blowouts have been on my lap at that time.
So, she probably fucking hates books.
I think of reading to her the same way that I think of her fucking kindermusik class...she's not actually getting anything out of it, and it's totally just soothing my working mom guilt soul. Ain't no harm in recognizing that.
Enjoy it while you can. If I have to read Brown Bear one more fucking time....
It's only been 8 months and I am sick of Brown Bear big time, and also sick of its weird trippy cousin book where they see red wolves and random other crap animals.
Luckily I have transitioned the baby into flipping through Star magazine on the floor while I peruse the internet. He's gifted, I tell ya!
We actually have a pretty similar afternoon schedule. I do read to O within the first hour and a half we get home, but if she's getting anything out of it, it's that almost 60% of her diaper blowouts have been on my lap at that time.
So, she probably fucking hates books.
I think of reading to her the same way that I think of her fucking kindermusik class...she's not actually getting anything out of it, and it's totally just soothing my working mom guilt soul. Ain't no harm in recognizing that.
Now O is going to associate reading with pooping, Betty! School is going to be ROUGH!
My boys have just recently liked to sit in our laps and "read" a book. They just claw at them and rip them apart as we try to read the actual words. Even board books. Now we just make up pretend stories to go along with the pictures so we can flip the pages faster.
Sometimes I see them sitting flipping through the picture books. I'm not too worried about my lack of reading to them.
Really? A failure because your 6 month old doesn't pay attention while you read to her?
You need to stop reading other mommy blogs.
Eh, I just didn't know. Like I didn't know when babies pay attention so I was kind of questioning, should I be doing more? I know that's stupid...first time mom thing.
Babies/toddlers find enough stimulation on their own. Unless you are putting them in a dark room and never talking to them, you are doing fine and they will be fine.
For babies, I mean if you lay some toys out for them to explore on their own.
In V's defence (not that she needs one) lots of things talk about the importance of a bedtime routine from early on and include story time as a suggestion. They just don't mention one page can count. And it seems like common sense until you don't sleep a couple of nights and can't even remember your own name.
I talk to my baby constantly, what's for lunch, what came in the mail, pointing out the puppy and kitty are both happily sleeping so we should too. Turns out years of talking to animals who do t talk back was good practice for now. I probably don't feel as self conscious in the store as I should
Also? I had no idea what I had to say was so fascinating until I had a baby. Talk about a self esteem boost!
Everyone who knows better, shush on where that goes with the ages 2-20+
In V's defence (not that she needs one) lots of things talk about the importance of a bedtime routine from early on and include story time as a suggestion. They just don't mention one page can count. And it seems like common sense until you don't sleep a couple of nights and can't even remember your own name.
I talk to my baby constantly, what's for lunch, what came in the mail, pointing out the puppy and kitty are both happily sleeping so we should too. Turns out years of talking to animals who do t talk back was good practice for now. I probably don't feel as self conscious in the store as I should
Also? I had no idea what I had to say was so fascinating until I had a baby. Talk about a self esteem boost!
Everyone who knows better, shush on where that goes with the ages 2-20+
Seriously! I was reading a thread yesterday on MMM about how terrible 3 year olds are and I just needed someone to hold me. I think babies are hard and I just can't imagine how much harder it's going to be. But at least 3 year olds sleep at night, right? (OMFG if anyone has a 3 year old that is up every 2 hours SHUT YOUR FACE. I don't want to know).
Post by fivechickens on Oct 30, 2013 13:14:45 GMT -5
My girls are 2.5. We started reading to them around 6-9 months old. To this day i am lucky to get through one book before they check out and crazy mode kicks in.
Post by juliagoulia on Oct 30, 2013 15:53:21 GMT -5
MH would read a story to DS and me while I have him his bottle after bath time, I loved that. It was always such a nice, relaxing way for us to end the day.
Now I will normally read DS a book or two while we are watching tv for a little bit after dinner, then we do bath & bed and now he prefers to sing a couple songs and I talk to him about what he did at school while we rock before I put him in bed. It's pretty awesome because he will tell me things like "I got in twouble for hittin' Maddie...." Because he doesn't know he's not supposed to tell me that yet, lol. Or he will tell me that I don't have a penis because I'm a girl. Or that he can fly and he will show me outside tomorrow after he wakes up.
Still my favorite part of the whole day.
Stop putting pressure on yourself to do everything "right". Enjoy your baby.
Post by hopecounts on Oct 30, 2013 16:07:36 GMT -5
the studies show that reading to your kid is about exposing them to repeat language (rereading the same book because they like it for example) and words that would not be typical in their day both of which reinforce the language development through teaching the rules and speech patterns of their native language.
So in essence any reading is good, its completley normal for a little one to not listen for long, though she'll get better as she gets older if it is a normal expected thing, by a year DD had learned to sit for 1 longer story at library story time by 2 she could handle 2 as she learned it was expected and got old enough to handle it. Don't expect to get in a lot of reading at once. Read when you can for as long as she enjoys it to help make reading a fun normal activity and don't stress about it.
Honestly, I felt weird just talking to him, so I started reading aloud. We average 1/2 hour of reading daily. Most of the time, H or I read aloud while he plays.
I can't remember when he started taking an interest in the books.
I like Brown Bear, Brown Bear because he can identify most of the animals. He's got a speech delay, so it's nice to hear him talking.
For the first while, I focused on books with good rhythm and rhyme and would change inflection and do voices rather than trying to engage her in the pictures and stories. (Bear Snores On, Hand Hand Fingers Thumb, etc.) She'd look up each time that bear sneezed.
From the Bear Snores On book? E loves that part. He usually says the "Achoo" line when I'm reading him that book.
In V's defence (not that she needs one) lots of things talk about the importance of a bedtime routine from early on and include story time as a suggestion. They just don't mention one page can count. And it seems like common sense until you don't sleep a couple of nights and can't even remember your own name.
I talk to my baby constantly, what's for lunch, what came in the mail, pointing out the puppy and kitty are both happily sleeping so we should too. Turns out years of talking to animals who do t talk back was good practice for now. I probably don't feel as self conscious in the store as I should
Also? I had no idea what I had to say was so fascinating until I had a baby. Talk about a self esteem boost!
Everyone who knows better, shush on where that goes with the ages 2-20+
Seriously! I was reading a thread yesterday on MMM about how terrible 3 year olds are and I just needed someone to hold me. I think babies are hard and I just can't imagine how much harder it's going to be. But at least 3 year olds sleep at night, right? (OMFG if anyone has a 3 year old that is up every 2 hours SHUT YOUR FACE. I don't want to know).
My almost 3 year old can be aggravating. This is still much, much easier than the first 5 months. Much. Much. Much.
For the first while, I focused on books with good rhythm and rhyme and would change inflection and do voices rather than trying to engage her in the pictures and stories. (Bear Snores On, Hand Hand Fingers Thumb, etc.) She'd look up each time that bear sneezed.
From the Bear Snores On book? E loves that part. He usually says the "Achoo" line when I'm reading him that book.
Yes. She was preverbal, lying in my arms like a little lump, seemingly oblivious to the world. I'd say "then a small pepper fleck" and she'd whip her little head around to look at me for the "AAAACCCHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!" Perhaps I hammed it up too much.
Post by margotmacomber on Oct 30, 2013 18:53:53 GMT -5
I read out loud whatever I was reading to DD when she was littler. Now she'll bounce on out of the room if I start it up, which is kind of nice in it's own way.