It starts so early, doesn’t it? Both of my boys giggled at gas almost immediately. My world is a lot like living in a frat house, but much, much cleaner (thank goodness) and no beer bongs (although Mark probably would not object to that).

My kids . . . well, they’re not talking yet, so the gross-out humor isn’t something big yet. But, yeah, it’s already obvious that the boy enjoys physical humor, and finds humor in excretory functions, far more than the girl.

What the hell is on the Y chromosome?

Thanks for the Boom! feature. 🙂

I’m with you on creating a conducive environment – and then hoping they take the bait!

I hope I birthed nerds!! 😉

I do think a lot of it is something from within; I’ve heard of people raised by book-lovers who just don’t read. There’s a limit to what we can do, I suppose, but I’m going to hold on to the hope that I have some readers here who will respond to my encouragement.

Isn’t it easy to fall behind on books when we spend so much time on the screen? I still read books every day, but overall I read less than I used to – I need to remedy that, like right now! 😉

I do think it helps to let them see you read, too!

Don’t you want to run away after reading the same book 2938892 times?? I feel your pain. But it’s also kind of cute that they don’t get bored. We’re currently on an Amazing Airplanes kick with P. Every day he asks the same questions; every day I give the same answers. Aaaaagh.

That is adorable that Chunky reads to is Angry Bird. Love it!

That’s the kind of stuff I loved as a kid, too! 😉 It will be interesting to see what the boys pick as they get older. Right now, my oldest loves anything that’s filled with facts about animals.

I think what you say about finding the RIGHT books (and letting them read what they love, even if we don’t think it looks interesting!) is great advice. It would be fun to share our favorite books, but I’d rather the boys read anything than not read because I forced something on them!