Bookworm

She is just four months old and she has already started reading..... be it newspaper or magazine or books. Reading is her new found love (after ceiling fan).

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Well, if you thought that she might be interested only in bright and colorful pictures, you got it totally wrong. When I hold a page in front of her, she scans it thoroughly from end to end (although not in any particular sequence). And surprisingly she is more interested in text than images. I think text seems like intricate patterns to her.

On an average, one page takes about 30 seconds to keep her interested. Once she has finished scanning the page, she shifts her eyes from the page and then I need to change to the new page or else she starts crying (Not exactly "crying" crying, but makes grumpy noises). When a new page appears, she gets back to reading again. She can "read" books for minutes together without getting bored.



She recognizes sound of flipping the pages very well now. Normally I read something while feeding her. It keeps both of us busy. But now that she is so much fascinated with books, I can't do it any more. As soon as she hears any flipping sound, she stops drinking milk and starts looking at book. Nowadays, I need to be very very careful while flipping pages.

I thought it would be cool if she can read a book herself. So I picked up a Reader's Digest copy (since that was the thinnest book available) and made her hold it. Too bad that her hands are too tiny to hold anything upright. And when she was able to get hold of it, eventually it lead to her mouth. After the reading was finished, she wanted to taste the book.

Would anybody want to lend her some more books?

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