Reading books

Give him a teether or something else to chew while you read to him.

Sometimes I lay down next to my baby on the floor hold up the book and read it like that

At bedtime I lie baby in his next to me and read to him showing him the pictures he listens to whole picture books!

I have this problem and I found lying down next to baby and holding book up helps a bit but he does also try to lick it x

Same here. I do the above, lie down next to him and hold the book out to read

I do a mix, sometimes give him another toy to hold and keep the book at arms length, but other times I'll let him try to hold and eat the book (if it's a boardbook)... At this age the goal for me isn't to actually 'complete' any book, just get him familiar to the concept and opportunity to expose to new vocabulary I probably wouldn't use otherwise