How do you read to your 2 children at night?

[Anonymous]

We have books all over the house, because I read to my kids during the day, never at bedtime. I'm usually too tired in the evening, and also my stories tend to be highly charged and exciting. Reading them chapters of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe before bed might not be conducive to immediate sleep.

[Anonymous]

We read on our (parents) bed. Kids picks out the book(s) from their rooms, bring them in, and then they go back in the kids' room afterwards. (We also have kids books downstairs so sometimes those come upstairs for bedtime.)

[Anonymous]

On their beds. Each child has a queen size bed.

[Anonymous]

We have a couch in ds's room. It's been remarkably useful. It wasn't intentional - it was essentially an extra that we kept in my home office, which was converted to the nursery, and it's been part of his room ever since, three houses later. I'd definitely recommend having one though.

[Anonymous]

Reading in our bed helps for sure.

Also- Some nights the kids eat before we eat. On those nights, I sit with them at the table and read to them. Also works for breakfast, snacks, etc. They tend to eat better, no fussing, and sit rapt with attention. Great way to build in more reading time and to be sitting in a comfortable position

[Anonymous]

We read in the guest room. Kids pick books, bring them in, then return them to their rooms.

[Anonymous]

Can you put firm pillow against the iron head board if you have to cuddle and lean?

Our kids are older now and I just sit at the edge or foot of the bed or sometimes in a chair next the bed.

[Anonymous]

We have the Double Eco Lounger from pottery barn teen. I sit in it with 1 child and the other child lays in bed.

[Anonymous]

Our nanny sits with them on the floor, but we bought a 1.5x armchair (basically a small loveseat), and DH and I sit in it with them.

Bedtime books are almost all on the tablet, and so can be read in the dark. Our 8 million regular books are all over the rest of the house.

[Anonymous]

While have 1 child (#2 arriving in next few weeks), anticipate routine will be same as it is now - we read on the living room couch. yes, this means that we have his books in the bookshelves in our living room, and in his bedroom, and then they end up on the sofa, ottoman and elsewhere in our condo. I figure it comes with the territory.

[Anonymous]

We are a household of avid readers. When kids were little, we would lie in their beds with them and read them books. Very often they were actually almost laying on top of us...like baby turtles on their mama turtles.

FWIW - every room in our house have book cases and books and my kids never had toddler beds. They moved from a crib to a queen bed.

[Anonymous]

We read in our bed (the parents' bed).

[Anonymous]

I just sit on the bed -- not leaning on anything. I'm not reading for so long that it becomes uncomfortable (maybe 10 minutes).

We actually have a small futon (set up like a couch) in his room which I could sit on, if I removed all the toys and books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sit on the floor -- cross legged usually -- and the kids come and go. But they are younger and with shorter attention spans than ideal.

Are you leaning against anything?

Me, no? But I'm short so may be more comfortable. And that way one can pop a look over my shoulder.

[Anonymous]

On the floor - with one in between my legs and one next to my legs, and leaning against the bed (otherwise my back is killing me by the time the stories are done!)