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Do your toddlers also want to read the same books over and over again?

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solarsystem87 · 17/02/2023 16:07

My child wasn't really interested in books in the first year of life. He found them exciting to sink his teeth into. But the pictures and stories didn't interest him.

He will be 2 in the spring and he has been interested in books for about half a year. But I have to read him the same books over and over again. I know that repetition is important for children. And we also have a whole shelf of different children's books. But he always chooses the same ones for weeks. Is it the same with your toddlers?

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Babdoc · 17/02/2023 16:29

Grief, no! My two were voracious readers from the ages of 2 and 3 respectively (high IQ autistic) but also loved me reading to them at bedtime. I used to get 18 books a week out of the children’s library and we got through the lot - there wasn’t time for repetition, and they didn’t want it.
DD1, now in her thirties, can still tell me the title, author and plot resume for any of the thousands of books we read!

HirplesWithHaggis · 17/02/2023 16:28

I still remember tbe story about the duckling that didn't like rain and ds is now 36.

Years, not months.

HiccupHorrendousHaddock · 17/02/2023 16:26

Always. It’s a developmental stage. Just cross your fingers it’s a good one they choose.

Pinkflipflop85 · 17/02/2023 16:25

Very normal.

Dd is 3 and can recite the not now Bernard book - her current favourite.

Even my year 2 class enjoy hearing the same story over and over again.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 17/02/2023 16:22

This is bringing back memories of Elmer's Friends. It 'accidentally' fell down the back of the bookcase and wasn't 'found' for a couple of months. Grin Some of them I didn't mind. We're Going on a Bear Hunt was always fun to read, I saw a YouTube of Michael Rosen reading it with a beat and I used to do it the same way. I quite enjoyed doing the different accents for The Gruffalo, the fox sounded very much like Leslie Phillips.

AliceTheeCamel · 17/02/2023 16:13

Yep. Especially the Julia Donaldsons. I've read stick man to my 2.5 year old every day for about 3 weeks. Before that it was the snail and the whale.

Ragwort · 17/02/2023 16:12

My DS is 21 now but yes ... that brings back memories .. the same tedious story every.single.night ... I used to hide the 'favourite' in the end and insist on a new book Grin.

Flowerfairy101 · 17/02/2023 16:12

Yep DD 2.5 here and she will insist on the same book 12 times in a row sometimes. She tends to have one she's obsessed with then it'll switch to something else. She has tons of books too, but totally oblivious to most of them!

kernowpicklepie · 17/02/2023 16:12

My almost 19 month old constantly gives me the same book/s to read over and over again.
My mum bought her dinky donkey for Xmas, I've hidden it as it was driving me mad.
She'll make me read a book to her several times and then she'll sit and "read" it out loud herself which is pretty cute actually

Comedycook · 17/02/2023 16:10

My kids are older now but it's totally normal. My ds used to make me read the same postman pat book every night!

JuneOsborne · 17/02/2023 16:09

It's a thing. Do not buy You Choose. I had to 'read' it everyday for the best part of year until I hid it.

hekissedmybottom · 17/02/2023 16:09

Yes, well she's 6 and enjoys a selection of five books each night, she enjoys doing actions and repeating the same things every single night. It helps her get off to sleep.