If you're an avid reader, you've probably discovered that feeding times allow you to indulge in your favorite pastime. Challenge yourself to expand your horizons with your choices in reading material. Subscribe to a new magazine or read the daily newspaper from front to back. Read your way through a series of detective novels, or pick up some hefty non-fiction and prop the book on pillows while you nurse your baby. If your baby or child gets restless or demanding when mother's nose is in a book, try doing your reading out loud.
Babies especially enjoy the sound of a parent's voice.
Show toddlers and preschoolers the pictures in your newspaper or magazine, or tell them the exciting story of your novel. Reading doesn't have to cost you anything. If you make regular trips to the public library, you can have books by the armload. If you have a toddler in tow, you may have to choose titles quickly and decide at home which ones you'll read in depth. Or go to the library as a family.