Princess Pea is at a point where she's not sure if she still needs a morning nap. So, in the past several weeks, we have instituted "Milk Time" in the morning -- a time when she is placed in the crib with some warm milk and 2-3 of her favorite books. About two days a week, "Milk Time" turns into nap time. The remaining days she reads her books until she is tired of being by herself, and then starts calling to me to come get her.
Generally, I'll read a book to her to get her started with "Milk Time," and today's book was How do I Love You? This book is a short poem with vividly-colored pictures to accompany the lyric:
"How do I love you? Let me count the ways
I love you on the very best (picture of boy bringing breakfast in bed)
and very worst of days...(picture of boy coloring on the wall)"
This has become a favorite book, but truth be told, Princess Pea loves any kind of reading material -- books, magazines, newspapers, catalogs -- anything that has pages that can be turned by little fingers. She's a little tough on pages yet. She's shredded countless newspapers and magazines, but has yet to destroy any of our adult books.
Another recent favorite is Snowmen at Night. This book has a lot of appeal for me, too, particularly for the artwork. The artist's use of color for depicting the night scenes is beautiful. Plus, they made the art fun for kids, hiding images in the pictures (a bunny in the snow, a T. Rex in the clouds). There's also a snowman who has a pickle for a nose instead of a carrot. When Princess Pea gets a little older, we can make a game out of finding him among his carrot-nosed buddies on each page.
It's not exactly the New York Times Best Seller List, but it is what's popular here at our home!
p.s. In case you're wondering - today, we took a nap. Looks like I'll have time to take that shower after all!
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I remember a time when The Boy's Uncle would sit with him and look at this Old House magazine or just catalogs. Of course, the catalog conversation went sorta like this (Here's a blond. OOO, look at this red head! It was a riot.
The main point was to satisfy the craving for one on one attention!
Oh - I forgot to tell you.
The Boy stopped with his morning nap at about 15 months - right about the time he stopped eating like he was starving ( you remember how big he was).
But on the good side, his afternoon nap got longer, which I appreciated for the quiet time it gave me. Of course, it made running errands a challenge!
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