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little loves books but drivcing me spare by not reading by himself ever

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bumbly · 16/02/2009 20:07

ok he is 18 months old but am worried that now am going to make him hate books cuz all he does all day is want me (and noone else!) to read them to him but am gwetting angry by this as bloocking me on sofa literally all day

end up shouting at him after 20th book that i have had enough as know there is 20 more to come in afternoon and 50 more in eve!!

and this may detrimental

dont want to remove them as want to encourage reading

but i want to encourage independent reading!!

any advice appreciated

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bumbly · 17/02/2009 22:00

have got duplo
have got bookcase

oh my god i am a lost case aint I????

tried everything it seems....

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bumbly · 17/02/2009 22:00

have got duplo
have got bookcase

oh my god i am a lost case aint I????

tried everything it seems....

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Othersideofthechannel · 18/02/2009 05:59

Not at all, it's a slow process. Neither of my DCs would look at a book alone at 18 months.

The other day I had a bad headache and DS was playing lego. I asked DD to find something quiet to do by herself so I could have a lie down while the pill was kicking in and she looked at book for nearly 45 minutes. She is just 4 and she can't read yet.

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