Marcellus - DS loves books! We started him on books at around 4 months when I thought it was time for a night time routine. He actually watches the book the whole time and gets excited on certain pages that he particularly likes and has right from the start. He sometimes loses it and grabs DH's nose or shakes his cuddle toy but goes straight back to looking at the pages. It is incredible to watch. His four books that he gets read every night (depending on his level of attention) are 'Where is the Green Sheep?' 'The Colour Kittens' (a Little Golden Book from my childhood), 'Hippo Has a Hat' and 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar.' DH always uses the Very Hungry Caterpillar last to say goodnight as he gets the butterfly to kiss everyone (his cuddle toys, DS and DH) goodnight!!

I don't know if it made a difference but DH used to read DS poetry in the womb. So it may be because he is used to hearing DH's voice in a rhythmic way but he certainly does watch every page and recognises the things he likes on some pages.