Reading Together

It has been a source of consternation that Ian will not sit still long enough to let me read to him or he would continually take the book away and randomly flip through pages and 'read' the book himself. I had this bucolic image of us sitting quietly together with him snuggled in my lap while I read to him and we look together at the pictures. One thing I have learned is that parenting doesn't look anything like I thought it would!! And of course there has been no reading with Ian. Until two days ago... when for the first time Ian sat in my lap long enough to let me read a book to him and he enjoyed it. Since then he has been bringing books to me and to Aaron and wanting us to read to him. The same book... over and over - which I am really ok with. In fact I love it! So I am happy to say that all of our efforts have payed off, or they made no difference whatsoever and he has just naturally developed to the stage where he can sit and pay attention for a couple of minutes. Either way we are reading!