Now we have a confluence of two trends: Isaac's continuing enjoyment of looking at picture books, and his increasing desire to grab everything and jam it in his mouth. It can be quite funny, as when he tries to pick up the animals off the pages of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? with his sincere small fingers -- you just know he wants to give that Yellow Duck a good toothless chew. On the other hand, it was easier to read to him when he just sat and looked at the pictures. When he doesn't succeed in getting the illustrations off the page, he decides he'll settle for gumming the page itself, so I have to detach his eagerly clutching hands upon each page turn.
I haven't let him actually chew on a book yet -- he is remarkably damp-mouthed and would rapidly saturate even a board book. It must be the librarian in me.
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