Tanvi : Stooeee Book Momma, Pleeeee.....sss
Mommy: Sure darling, but just one story and we kiss it good night.Do you Promise??
Tanvi : Yes, promise Momma..Stooeee Book
Every night we go through the same drill. We lay our darling daughter in bed, read her a story and she's all thrilled and excited, not to listen to the story and see the illustrations, but at the thought that in few seconds, the story book will be in her hands. Yes, she feels that she will have it her way. As soon as she lays her hand on the book, she gazes at the hard bound cover for a few seconds and then jumps off the bed and says, 'STAR', mommy and I nod my head in affirmation. She then starts singing the Twinkle Twinkle rhyme, that I have heard and repeatedly sang with her almost 20 times during the day.She then flips through the book as fast as she can .I instruct her to handle it softly, gently and carefully and then she seems to understand.
Whereas I thought that my toddler should develop early reading habits and that reading bedtime stories will make her calm and aid in smooth sleeping, she has other plans in mind. She knows what is coming next.Before I could ask her to shut the book, kiss goodnight to it, she is already all over it.One moment she embraces the book tightly, while the other, she jumps over it and pretends that she's already slept with the book. She doesn't want to part with it, any which way.Yet, she doesn't know how to hide it from me as of now.
It is more or less a battle of who wins. Ofcourse my wiggly one loses on strength and dominance. But it is just a matter of time when my bumble bee will outwit me.
This entire episode makes me think every day 'Did I do the right thing by introducing the habit of reading at night?' While I am still thinking, my little one has learned that this is a routine and she will get to see, read, hug and kiss her storybook every night and it seems as if she's falling in place too. As soon she get to read the book now, she says ' Softly, gently, carefully.' She then says good bye to the book and hands it over to me, making me realize how quick we are in making opinions and passing judgement, not just about others but our loved ones too.
Mommy: Sure darling, but just one story and we kiss it good night.Do you Promise??
Tanvi : Yes, promise Momma..Stooeee Book
Every night we go through the same drill. We lay our darling daughter in bed, read her a story and she's all thrilled and excited, not to listen to the story and see the illustrations, but at the thought that in few seconds, the story book will be in her hands. Yes, she feels that she will have it her way. As soon as she lays her hand on the book, she gazes at the hard bound cover for a few seconds and then jumps off the bed and says, 'STAR', mommy and I nod my head in affirmation. She then starts singing the Twinkle Twinkle rhyme, that I have heard and repeatedly sang with her almost 20 times during the day.She then flips through the book as fast as she can .I instruct her to handle it softly, gently and carefully and then she seems to understand.
Whereas I thought that my toddler should develop early reading habits and that reading bedtime stories will make her calm and aid in smooth sleeping, she has other plans in mind. She knows what is coming next.Before I could ask her to shut the book, kiss goodnight to it, she is already all over it.One moment she embraces the book tightly, while the other, she jumps over it and pretends that she's already slept with the book. She doesn't want to part with it, any which way.Yet, she doesn't know how to hide it from me as of now.
It is more or less a battle of who wins. Ofcourse my wiggly one loses on strength and dominance. But it is just a matter of time when my bumble bee will outwit me.
This entire episode makes me think every day 'Did I do the right thing by introducing the habit of reading at night?' While I am still thinking, my little one has learned that this is a routine and she will get to see, read, hug and kiss her storybook every night and it seems as if she's falling in place too. As soon she get to read the book now, she says ' Softly, gently, carefully.' She then says good bye to the book and hands it over to me, making me realize how quick we are in making opinions and passing judgement, not just about others but our loved ones too.
