Read To Me, Cutie Pie!

I was watching the news this morning when I heard something very disturbing. It was a commercial for Your Baby Can Read. One mother said her eight month old child was already reading. I highly doubt the legitimacy of that claim. An eight month old doesn't even really talk. How can she tell the child is reading? If I gave Cutie Pie a book that said "blah la hey," I could brag to all my friends that he was reading too!

I've been reading to Cutie Pie every day since I brought him home from the hospital. He sometimes seems to listen. Sometimes he even looks at the book while I read. He's had ample opportunity to discover books and words. But to Cutie Pie, books are food. Every book he gets his hands on goes straight to his mouth. I tried to take him to the library but that was a big mistake!

That stupid commercial must've gotten to me because I found myself pointing out the letters and numbers on his Fisher Price learning table later that day. I used to just marvel at how he pulled himself up to the table and managed to balance while pushing the buttons. I loved to watch him laugh at the colorful lights as he learned how to make the toy sing and shine for him. Now that's not enough anymore. Now I've got to teach him stuff. He's already seven months old!

So I googled the company's website and checked it out. The sight looks nice and colorful. They have a video of a baby "reading." It all looks pretty cool. I guess it would be nice to have the amazing child who can read. I'm not interested in teaching him to read quite yet though. I think I want to enjoy his "babyhood" a little bit longer.

You know what would be really great? Some kind of amazing system that teaches your baby to feed himself with a spoon and change his own diaper. Now that's a DVD I'd buy!

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