For several months now, my daughter has been tearing pages in books. It's weird because she absolutely loves books and reading, and seems to do this tearing thing quite randomly and suddenly. I've had to stop using the libary as it became too expensive to keep replacing stuff, and we can no longer leave books in her cot at night which she loves having. It's reached a stage that only board books can be left lying around.
She appears to understand that it's wrong, but won't stop. We hoped she'd grow out of it but it's been going on for a while, and can be quite upsetting because she does it to lovely things that have been given as presents, as well as more easily replaced things.
Has anyone else had to deal with this problem? How do I stop her doing it without refusing to let her have books? She's two years old and capable of conversation.