It’s not easy to find time to read the Bible; however I have finally found a way to get a good hour or so in each evening, guaranteed. It is fairly easy to set up, but takes nine-and-a-half months before things start to work.

1) Know your wife (or husband) and cause your own little tribe to multiply (Genesis 1:28).
2) Wait nine-and-a-half months.
3) Immediately, you will be presented with the inability to sleep at night and the need to spend the early hours reading, rocking, singing and bouncing

The key step comes at this point; in the selection of reading matter employed. A tiny baby does not understand Spot the Dog any more than Exodus. At this stage, the little one is focused upon the rhythm of your voice and the interesting sounds coming from your mouth. Even for the older child (note I am not a child psychologist) I cannot see why Egypt being cursed with plagues would be any less enthralling than a mouse leading a monster around the forest.

Selecting an easy to read translation is probably going to be beneficial here; something like the ESV is probably a good bet. To reduce the light required to read; read from a laptop. Now, you achieve three things: your little one drifts off to sleep before you feel bored waiting, you get to put in some time reading the Bible, and perhaps subconsciously and over a few years, your child will learn something of life-and-death significance.

For a change or when the baby seems a little slow to settle, why not try singing Psalms? In my experience they work just as well as a lullaby; in fact with a bit of a stretch you can even fit them to the tune of a lullaby.