I must say all those nights and days reading to my pregnant stomach and to an unresponsive infant have paid off. I waited so long to get a response, and alas the wait and constant reading aloud has paid off. Dylan now enjoys being read to which is a very good sign. Last night, as with most nights, Dylan and I went off to bed and I asked him which book he wanted to read. Usually, I'll present the usual going to bed books: Pajama Time, Good Night Moon, The Going to Bed Book, or Fox in Sox, if he's still feeling silly, and we'll have to read them all at least twice. But last night, he pulled me toward the bookshelf in protest, "Books". So I let him choose. He of course went for Lemony Snicket, and the red bound one in particular; The Ersatz Elevator. Then he decided he wanted to read it himself. So I let him flip through it while I continued with my The League. After a few minutes of pointing out pictures, he shut the book and said "End!" Then I asked him how he liked The Ersatz Elevator. He started a trumpeting sound and threw his head back. I suppose he was immitating an elephant. I suppose "elevator" sounds much like "elephant" and I thought a story about an ersatz elephant would be rather interesting. But he had had enought of that book and then decided he wanted the purple bound one - The Miserable Mill. He flipped through that one and said "End!" After shutting it he wanted to read some more. I then remembered I had two books for him, so I presented the Open Me...I'm a Dog. Of course like I guessed, he pulled on the dog's tail and petted the dog to no end, pointing out it's "Nowse, eyes, tail!" He pointed to his stuffed dog, saying, "Dog! Woo, woo, woo, sniff, sniff, pant, pant." Then he pointed to his own bum and said "Tail!" He didn't want this book to end, so we kept reading it, and he kept petting the fuzzy dog page until he was fast asleep.
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