He's started liking to read alone in his crib in the morning before he gets his day started. When I come in to get him, he reaches for his books and waves me away, letting me know he's not quite ready to get out of bed yet. I can relate. So I scoop up a few books, put them in his crib and turn on the light. He flips through them methodically and pretends to read them. Sometimes I stay in there and watch him but sometimes I tinker around in the kitchen listening to him babbling from the next room. This morning he read for a good 30 minutes. I think tomorrow I'm going to bring in a book of my own and enjoy a little morning reading.
You never know how long a new phase like this will last but it sure beats the screaming-until-I-pick-him-up phase.
3 comments:
Oh Amy, how delightful! I think we'd like to borrow this phase...
YEA! So glad he's into books too! Sam did/does this too, my only advice would be to avoid books with flaps. Sam tore all the flaps and part of the pages off a beloved "where's Elmo's blanket book," much to both our dismay. Drove me crazy, trying to pick up all the scraps of paper. I still can't bring myself to throw away the destroyed ones. :)
Wyatt is so, so cute in those pictures. It kills me to live so far away.
Was that a Hungry Caterpillar book I saw in one of the pictures? Great book. And great PJ's on Wyatt too.
-kristin
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