When to Read Bedtime Stories?
You Need to Share Bedtime Stories When Your Child Is Receptive Enough to Enjoy Them. That Could Be Before Bath-Time, Before Pyjamas, After Pyjamas, in Your...
You need to share bedtime stories when your child is receptive enough to enjoy them. That could be before bath-time, before pyjamas, after pyjamas, in your special 'story chair' or tucked up in bed – only you can truly judge it.
When should you introduce a bedtime story?
Beginning and introducing the ritual of reading stories during bedtime could happen to a baby as young as 4 - 5 months. With both my children, I started this when they were 6 months old. Babies tend to accept this as a bedtime ritual and turn towards it to calm themselves at the end of the day.
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When should you stop reading bedtime stories?
A recent study commission by Wonderbly revealed some interesting results. Of 2000 parents surveyed, 1 out of every 10 said they have read to their children at bedtime until age 13 or even older. Only 11% said they stopped by age 4. And 15% of parents said they started reading to their babies in utero.
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