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If you think about it reading together is a nice activity to enhance bonding with your child. A child is never too young to start reading with. It’s a time when everything else is put away and quiet. You have your child or children either on your lap, sitting next to you or laying next to you. When I was pregnant with my second son, my first son and I would lay in his bed together and read, read, read! We did this in the early afternoon. A time when he needed to rest (though he was done napping) and I needed a break.For young infants–I started reading to my children when they were only 3-4 months old–board books with close-ups of faces or other bold pictures like the Maisy books are great. Look, point at the pictures and name them. But don’t get frustrated if a young child isn’t very interested. Try another time and keep trying. My first son loved books even at 4 months old. Then at 12 months when we sat in his bed to read a night-time, before-bed story he would close the book as soon as I opened it. But every night I would open a book to read him his bedtime story. The closing-the-book phase passed and now at 4 years of age he LOVES books and book reading. It’s great. He curls up next to me and we book-read and bond!
May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Reading Time is Bonding Time. | It’s You and Me Baby…
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May 20th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Reading Time is Bonding Time. | It’s You and Me Baby…
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Reading Time is Bonding Time. | It’s You and Me Baby…
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May 20th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Reading Time is Bonding Time. | It’s You and Me Baby…
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