Dd had an avid interest in the written word from an extremely early age. By 12 mo. she would totter around with this huge DK word book --- one of her first words was "readabook" and it meant that she was going to plop in your lap with this book and you would read it to her.
This story reminds me so much of my son as an infant. I remember one of my colleagues telling me a story about picking her son up at the daycare they were both at. DS was the last one left, and he was being a little fussy and difficult, and the daycare teacher couldn't find a way to soothe him. My friend looked at him and said, "Read him a book." The daycare teacher gave her a look like she was out of her mind, and she said, "No, I know this kid - try it. Read him a book." So the teacher got him a book and started to read, and it was instant silence. He listened happily to book after book until I got there. The teacher still comments on that day, and it's been three years since that incident.
