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[quote=Anonymous]DD liked hearing our voices, more than she cared about the book.  On maternity leave I would just read to her from whatever I was reading, a novel or a magazine or blog.  DH would read stories as part of the bedtime routine, but wouldn't bother showing DD the book.  Then around 2-3 months she started really looking at board books, and that was neat.  At 3-4 months she was really into touch and feel books.  Now almost 6 months and simply wants to eat them; she has no patience for reading them at all.

I will say that I was very skeptical about books for infants.  I actually resented all the book gifts people gave us: more crap that I couldn't use for months or years, taking up space in our small house and making me write thank you notes ;)  But by now we've read nearly every book we've been given, and have even bought some on our own.  So I've changed my tune on books as baby gifts.  Though I wish people wouldn't all give the same "classics" -- we have multiple copies of Good Night Moon and its ilk.[/quote]

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