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any bilingual babies?

wholenewworldwholenewworld member
in February 2013 Moms

This is random, but...

I know that there are some ladies on this board who live in countries outside of the U.S. I always forget that in real life (outside of the bump world), you may not speak English. So, I'm just curious...are you teaching your babies both languages? Or, if you are in the U.S., but speak another language fluently, are you going to teach your babies early on?

I live in the U.S. and am not fluent in any other language, so it's not like I'm considering it or anything. I'm just curious. :)

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  • MeggiemugginsMeggiemuggins member

    I live in Canada and was educated in the French school system.  I'm planning on putting DS in Froncophone school (even though DH and I are Anglos).  I'm going to speak French to DS early so he won't be completely confused when he starts Kindergarten, but I haven't started yet. 

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  • mediaperuanamediaperuana member
    DH is Peruvian, so we'll be raising DS bilingual EnglishSpanish. We both speak both languages, but the plan is for DH to speak to him in Spanish, and me to speak in English. Though we have a couple bilingual story books, and I read them in Spanish sometimes, since I'm the one at home all day ;
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  • MommyPhoenixMommyPhoenix member
    We're in Canada and are thinking of French immersion schooling for LO, (neither DH or I speak French but it's quite helpful for the future when she's applying for jobs). My DH and I also speak separate dialogues of Chinese and would like to place her in weekend Chinese Cultural lessons. I thought this might be too much, but apparently, children at a young age can compartmentalize languages and have no problem learning multiple languages...here's hoping that's true!

     

        

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  • kelly321kelly321 member
    DH is German, so we're raising the girls bilingually English/German. DD1's language development is a little slow, which isn't atypical for bilingual children. I'd say she says about 50% of the words she says in German and 50% in English. Of course, there are many that are the same in both languages (she calls balls "Kick" which is the same in both, for example). She understands both languages really well, though. Definitely at the level of a monolingual child of her age.

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  • alakealake member
    My five will speak at home:
    French, which is my first language and English.
    DD1 will start Spanish in school in September.
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  • MeggiemugginsMeggiemuggins member
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  • newmompeanutnewmompeanut member
    We already speak to LO in different languages.  My girlfriend is fluent in French and speaks to her in French, I speak in English and respond to girlfriend in French when around LO, and LO's father speaks German with her.
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  • DeniseFerreyraDeniseFerreyra member
    My 3 year old is fluent in english and Spanish :)) and this baby will be fluent in both as well :)))
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