Like most new parents, when my first daughter was born we started reading to her right away. All the parenting books said to do it, all our friends said to do it - establish a routine, foster a love for reading, blah blah blah. So we did it. Every day. Every night before bed. Even when I knew deep down there was no way this baby understands wtf we're reading to her. But we did it. It was time to wind down for both her and for us. Fast forward seven years later and lo and behold, it worked! We really did foster a love for reading with our kid!!!
