Silicon Valley Baby

Would You, Could You with a Goat?

I have begun reading to SiliBaby! I bought her her very first present from Daddy the other night, the book you see above. Oddly, you can buy this book--containing thirteen stories--for about $25 bucks from Amazon. Or, Amazon will sell you the entire Dr. Seuss collection, fifty-eight books in all, for some $500: about 4x the number of stories for 20x the price!

I thought Dr. Seuss would be good for prenatal reading because it's all written in verse. That is, the meter of the stories provides a cadence which is something extra the baby can listen to/focus on. And one is probably never too young to start getting a handle on meter (a pet preoccupation of mine).

Anyway, SiliBaby's very first stories were, in order: "The Sneetches," "The Cat in the Hat," and (an abridged rendition of) "Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book." "The Sneetches" is the first story I remember my parents reading me. I remember that I especially loved the contraptions, which seems fitting for a future Silicon Daddy. (I seem to remember that I also found the bucketsful of cash intriguing...)

I have no idea if my reading of the "Sleep Book" put SiliFetus to sleep. I do know, however, that SiliMommy--awake at the beginning--was snoring away by the end of the reading. So that's a good sign!

posted by SiliDaddy @ 11:34 AM