OK, this has to be some kind of joke. My child is terrified of books. Not the physical presence of books in a room, thank God, but the reading of books just sets her off. It started with "Mommy Loves Me". A simple board book with cute photos of mommies and babies and simple little phrases about mommy's hugs etc. Totally benign. By page three Hayden was hysterical. Baby bullshit. Pushing the book away and screaming. If I didn't know better, I would have thought she had fallen out of her crib or something. It was the most upset I've ever seen her without being physically hurt.
So, the next night I figured we'd avoid any reference to mommy love. Instead we opted for "Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?". A solid Eric Carle classic. The tears started right around the Polar Bear and by the lion she was in full melt down mode. I put the book away but it still took her about ten minutes to calm down.
I let it go for a few nights, and then tonight we tried "The Going to Bed Book" by Sandra Boynton. Again, a classic, mellow baby book. It's not like I'm reading the kid Poe before bed. Baby Batshit meltdown. This time though she cried harder when I put the book down. So, I'm hoping she likes books so much that it sends her into stimulation overload, rather than the opposite. I don't know though. She doesn't seem too impressed.
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