Do you read with your baby?

Reading is essential for a child’s language development. With my background and degree in teaching, I knew I would be reading with my kids daily from a young age. The exposure to different images and texts gives babies a rich learning experience and sets the stage for language development even from infancy! This website has an awesome chart about what you can be reading with your baby and tips for parents in the early stages.

I started reading with Baylor at about 4 months of age. I felt like he was finally able to engage with his surroundings at this point and was interested at looking at pictures, especially high contrast images. He loved the books that crinkle during tummy time or listening to a picture book before bed. Now, reading plays a big role in our day to day lives. It has been apart of his bedtime routine for months, and it is something we do during the day as an activity. I love that Baylor is starting to interact with the books and pictures and I can see he is starting to recognize his favorites! He gravitates toward the same few, and eventually rotates on to others as he gets older and more curious.

I highly recommend getting the board book version of all of these picture books if possible for the little ones so pages aren’t ripped by tiny fingers.

Let me know if you have any more recommendations to add to our library! If you pick any of these titles up, comment on my latest instagram @motherhoodbymalorie and tell me what you think. Happy Reading!