Gusi has a routine for bedtime. He has a bath, gets his pjs on, reads books, says his prayers and gives good night kisses before getting into his crib. Lately that has changed. He is really into books. Really into them. So, I usually have to end up limiting the number of books he reads before bed to about three. Of course, my son being ever so clever has learned how to say "one more book please" and it's hard to say no.
One night about two weeks ago he was already on his second "one more book please" when I realized that he would keep going if I didn't put a stop to it. I told him that he could pick one more book but he wouldn't read it, he would take it to the crib with him. He considered it and decided it was fine with him. So, off he went to his crib with one of his Curious George books under his arm. Surrounded by his baby doll, his teddy bear, his Curious George, his little plastic boat with the little plastic man slept my little boy with a book tucked under his arm.
He now seems to need a book to go to bed. And of course, it has to be one of the biggest books in his library, so big that I try to persuade him to pick a smaller one. To no avail of course. The last few nights it has been a "trace the letters" book that comes with a marker for tracing. Even though this book is about the size of a legal pad, he won't accept any other. I foresee nights of him reading by flashlight after "lights out" has been called.
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I relate. One of the main reasons we keep MrMan's books in the living room is that, at bedtime, he feels it is essential to read every book in the room. If more than three or four books have made it into his bedroom, I hide the rest of them before he can ask that they be read.
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