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>Thanks for any suggestions.
My youngest is getting to the age where I need to avoid shortchanging her at bedtime or she will feel cheated. I was thinking about using a timer and giving each kid a fixed number of minutes. This should also help define things with the older one who is always begging for one more story. – Ron Low Levity is the dearth of gravity. Brevity is the height of clarity.
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>> I’m wondering how others are handling this. When reading to my 4 year > old daughter my 22 mo son always comes over and starts trying to sit > in my lap, turn pages, grab the book or crawl all over me. ><snipped> > Just a thought, how about some books to give to the 22 month old to >play with while reading a different book to the 4 year old, there are >those ‘puffy’ books and ones that are made out of thick cardboard for >younger children, perhaps the 22 month old could flip and play with one >of those.
i found the same problem but if you tell the little one right know its Courtney’s(4) turn when i get done here ill read you a book Sean(2.5) sometimes i let them both sit and listen if we are reading Courtney’s books then Sean has to sit still and listen or wait his turn…. Anita mom to Courtney(4) Sean(2.5) Stephanie(8mo) — Please edit this signature file. * JDS Mail & News
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I’m wondering how others are handling this. When reading to my 4 year >old daughter my 22 mo son always comes over and starts trying to sit >in my lap, turn pages, grab the book or crawl all over me. This >really makes my daughter upset because it really interferes with the >reading (I don’t enjoy it much myself when trying to read). I know he >wants to be involved but he is at such a different level for reading >that reading together just won’t work until he is older (he just likes >to flip the pages back and forth). It has really cut down the amount >of reading time my daughter gets. And doing it during nap time >doesn’t work because she’s at preschool during that time. She still >gets books at bedtime but she LOVES books and I really feel bad about >how little she gets read to now since my son has become mobile. >Thanks for any suggestions. >Tanya
Your children are aged the same as mine were a year ago, 
and I remember what reading to them was like! One thing I found that often worked, was to read from my eldest’s (Kate’s) favourite books, from when she was younger, and capture her brother’s (John’s) interest by pointing to pictures and talking about what we liked about the book. It took time and patience, but we now have 2 children who LOVE books and I feel good about that. Bernadette (a newbie to alt.parenting.solutions)
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I’m wondering how others are handling this. When reading to my 4 year old daughter my 22 mo son always comes over and starts trying to sit in my lap, turn pages, grab the book or crawl all over me. This really makes my daughter upset because it really interferes with the reading (I don’t enjoy it much myself when trying to read). I know he wants to be involved but he is at such a different level for reading that reading together just won’t work until he is older (he just likes to flip the pages back and forth). It has really cut down the amount of reading time my daughter gets. And doing it during nap time doesn’t work because she’s at preschool during that time. She still gets books at bedtime but she LOVES books and I really feel bad about how little she gets read to now since my son has become mobile. Thanks for any suggestions. Tanya
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> I’m wondering how others are handling this. When reading to my 4 year > old daughter my 22 mo son always comes over and starts trying to sit > in my lap, turn pages, grab the book or crawl all over me.
<snipped> Just a thought, how about some books to give to the 22 month old to play with while reading a different book to the 4 year old, there are those ‘puffy’ books and ones that are made out of thick cardboard for younger children, perhaps the 22 month old could flip and play with one of those.
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