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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started reading to my kids from the time they were newborns while nursing them.  They are trained to relax and sit or lie still when I am reading to them.

This may not help the OP, but hopefully other new moms should read to their kids, twice a day, and show them the pictures, so the kids learn to love being read to.

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You were reading kids books or your adult book to them? I can't fathom reading kids books to a baby. [b]I am far too selfish. [/b]Maybe I am paying the price. [/quote]

No cure for that. 
 
But, there exists a whole world of board books for babies and toddlers - sensory books, books with rhymes, books with hidden flaps, cutouts etc.  As infants, your children cannot run away. Usually, they are attentive and interested in listening to your voice - so it is easy to read to them and you should strive to make reading a ritual of calmness and comfort.  Just do it every day for 30 minutes. They will get trained to be still and enjoy being read to.

Books by Sarah Boynton are great. 
Goodnight Moon & Big Red Barn - Margaret Wise Brown.
Goodnight Gorilla - Peggy Rathmann
Brown Bear, Brown Bear & The very hungry caterpillar - Eric Carle. etc.

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