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I have heard how reading to your baby help them develop a love for reading, is relaxing and may improve IQ. I have been trying to read to my baby, but he is more interested in pulling at the book, placing it in his mouth, or pounding on it to hear the sound his hands make. My question is, is there a way to make this more relaxing for him (and me)? For those of you that accomplished this, what tricks did you use?

2007-11-15 07:08:34 · 14 answers · asked by islandgirl God and family 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting Newborn & Baby

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That is what most babies do at that age. Keep just trying to point at pictures and say what they are to him. Don't discourage him from doing what he is doing because eventually he will surprise you when he brings you a book to read to him. As he gets older, he will be more interesting in sitting for some of the story...and then eventually you can get through the whole book with him. My son is 16 months and just starting to allow me to read a whole story to him. He brings me the books now, but he lets me know at this point. He also lets me know when he is done (since he started that pesky word "no") LoL! However, he is developing a love for books and your son will most likely as well over time. Good luck!

2007-11-15 07:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by Brandolyn 4 · 0 0

HA! There really aren't any tricks to getting an 8 month old to stop eating the book and listen...my son did the same thing. If I started to get frustrated with him, I just joined in with him....if he started hitting the book, I would too and it would turn into a game. Just keep reading to him, my son is 2 1/2 now and LOVES books! He started actually listening around 18 months. You can try and teach him to turn the pages and also, maybe get some books that if he pulls the tab, something happens or has flaps to lift. He'll totally trash them in a few months but it keeps their interest a bit longer. Oh, and I gave up actually "reading" to him at that age, instead I'd just point out what was in the book and talk about it....like if it was a dog I'd say "The dog says woof and is brown," stuff like that. Good luck!

2007-11-15 08:55:54 · answer #2 · answered by emrobs 5 · 0 0

There are no tricks to it - you can't expect an 8 - month - old to listen attentively. Just keep reading the way you do, and make sure you use a lot of expression in your voice. He'll start to listen more closely when he's older. Just keep things calm and have fun without showing disapproval if he pulls at the book; otherwise, he won't learn to love reading.

2007-11-15 07:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by SoBox 7 · 1 1

I read to both of my kids from the time they were born, it gets easier. Let him play with the books flip pages and look at the pictures. talk about the pictures and different colors. He is obviously enjoying what you are doing so far. My daughter is almost one, and we keep a stack of 15 or so books in the living room, she'll bring me one book, and i'll read her 2-4 pages then she'll go get a new one, over and over until they are all in my lap. its really cute and i know she is listening she just doesnt have the patience to listen to a whole book.
Its also ok to read to him whil he plays. Thats how i did it with my son, he was a GO GO GO baby & todler. So I'd read tohim while he played with his blocks and slowly he'd get closer and closer till he was sitting in my lap enjoying the pictures and everything (it took about a month of reading two books a day)

2007-11-15 07:51:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

LOL, I hear you sis, my baby girl (9,5 months ) does the same. I usually try to keep control until I keep reading the book. The books my baby has are those little ones from the baby einstein series on birds, cats, dogs, babies, etc. She loves looking at the pictures. So I just read in less than 2 mins, then she plays with it, then I read another one, and so on.

2007-11-15 07:27:01 · answer #5 · answered by Baby Ruth habla español 6 · 0 0

I got my son a book with a CD that had music and sound on it. He loved it try that. Not only are you teaching your child but you are also relaxing him. Most of the time babies like it just before nap or bed time. Thats when I would do it.

2007-11-15 07:15:58 · answer #6 · answered by lostinlove1919 4 · 0 0

you won't have the capacity to anticipate an 8 month previous to take a seat nevertheless for too long. merely examine to him, he nevertheless gets reward, whether he's twiddling with toys. i'm particular you're able to listening to the small screen television mutually as cooking dinner, as an occasion. there's a distinction between listening and looking out, except the boy is deaf. merely shop reading. His interest span will develop as he gets older.

2016-10-02 10:39:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I read to my first daughter from birth, she stayed calm only half of the time, but i continued to read to her. Now she is 3 and loves books. She pretends to read them everyday and even wants to read to me. Now I have a 5 month old who I also read too, she looks at the pictures and trys to eat the pages, but I just keep on reading!

2007-11-15 12:56:52 · answer #8 · answered by BugsNSofie 3 · 0 0

i read to my son every day. now, he's 16 months old, and will walk over to his bookshelf, grab a book, and sit on the floor and pretend to read it himself. I still read to him every night. Sure, at first they just chew and smack and drool, but in time they'll start to remember that you do this with them often, and that it's quality time with you, and they relax some. Keep up the good work!
my trick... i'd lay my son on the floor on his back, lay next to him, and hold the book ovre our faces up high enough so he couldn't reach, but would try to. then i could read and he could do baby stuff.

2007-11-15 07:18:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Let him do all that stuff - he's enjoying himself in the company of books & reading. So books & reading = fun to him. So that's what you want at this stage.

As he approaches 1, take him to library & let him pick out books. Yes, it'll be by what pictures grab his attention; that's fine. Check out his picks & read them to him.Continue that through the years until he's reading on his own.

2007-11-15 07:14:42 · answer #10 · answered by suzanne g 6 · 2 0

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