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October 2014 Moms
MrsL2B
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Tuesday check in
MrsL2B
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How are you doing today? Do you have anything to rant or rave about?
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
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Re: Tuesday check in
I speak a little Spanish and a little Italian from studying both in school--my skills aren't such that I'd be great at teaching though. When I was very young, my mom taught me to count to 20 in Spanish, French, and German. I think that helped me to formulate those foreign sounds whenever I do learn words and phrases in another language. Accents have never been a problem for me as a result. I'd love to at least be able to pass that down!
Physically, I'm doing well. The Boy has been super active since dinner last night, and my husband got to feel a lot of the kick/punches.
I understand a fair amount of Spanish and can get by when I travel to Spanish-speaking countries. I studied French for three years in high school and Italian for one year, so sometimes I get some of the vocabulary confused. I really want my son to be fluent in Spanish.
I'm alright today. LO is pretty active. Poking behind my bellybutton all morning.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
I can count to 14 in Spanish, and that's about the extent of my foreign languages. I wasn't required to take it in school so I never did.
ETA: @MrsL2B sorry about your grandma. Hugs.
I can get by in Spanish. I was pretty fluent after high school but it faded quickly. I get some practice with my students though. They get a kick out of my attempts and pronunciation. The DC we are sending LO to teaches Spanish and ASL in addition to English.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual? I don't know anything in another language other than like counting to 10 or some random phrases in Spanish...no way I would be able to survive in another country. I'm not opposed to my kids learning a second language but I'm not going to push it either. I would love for them to learn something like Italian or French - but only because they sound so pretty!
Also Im out of town for a week of navy training and want to go home really bad.
End of rant.
DH speaks fluent spanish, not sure if he will be proactive and teach kiddo.
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I'm doing ok today. Last night I had my first "freak out". I have not had a lot of sex with DH since I got pregnant. Last night I decided I would be a good wife. I won't be doing that again. I started bleeding. A LOT. Thankfully I have seen a lot of you mention that it has happened so I didn't panic. I called my OB and she reassured me that it was normal. But poor DH was a little traumatized. And I will not be doing anything to cause that to happen again!
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual? I only speak english. I am all for Nemo learning another language if it's available to her, but I am not going to push it.
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@MrsL2B I'm so sorry for your loss
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Well, I have been having this weird lower abdominal pain. It hurts in my hips as well, so I think it must just be growth or ligaments pain. It is unpleasant and makes rolling over in bed pretty impossible.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
I do! Not very well, mind you, though. I speak Hebrew, a teensy bit of French and even less Italian. My fiance speaks French fluently. I'm hoping the baby learns a bit of French and Hebrew
It's a BOY! Est. Due Date - October 17th
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I have been sleeping like crap! My hips are killing me, my back aches like a mo fo & baby boy has decided to take residency up in my rib cage! Baby girl is way down low & has been doing some tribal dances on my bladder! Ugh, having a short torso & baking twins is hard!
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
I'm not fluent in any foreign language but I know enough to get by when traveling to Spanish speaking countries! I would love for my LOs be able to speak Spanish but we shall see!
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual? I took Latin, Spanish, and Russian in HS and college. By now, I only remember key phrases in Russian, such as "Where is the toilet" and "I like cats". I also know a handful of ASL signs due to the speech apraxia I suffered as a toddler (and learned to communicate first through ASL while they taught me to verbally speak). We chose our day care due to the fact that they teach baby sign language so they will be able to deal with Schroeder if she inherits this from me.
Married 10/06
Baby Girl "C" arrived on 10/07/14 (39 weeks, 6 days)
@mrsl2b Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
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I'm just so unbelievably tired, I can't get comfortable at night no matter what I do, so by morning I'm so exahughsted that I end up sleeping all day, and can't get anything done. I honestly just want to cry, I probably should to release some tension. Ok, end rant.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual?
I took some language diction classes in college (vocal music major) so I can speak some Italian, French, and German, but not fluently at all. I am really interested in becoming fluent in Italian and would love to teach LO! I do plan on learning and teaching LO baby sign language though.
ETA: edited for spelling.
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I feel pretty good today, but I'm planning on taking it easy because I definitely overdid it yesterday by cleaning all day. I'm glad I got some stuff on my pre-baby cleaning list done, though. Also, it's going to be like 90 today but feel closer to 100 so I'm thinking staying in and reading sounds like a great plan.
I speak a moderate amount of French, and DH does pretty well with Spanish. I would love DS to speak Spanish, hell I would love to speak Spanish. We will make an effort to teach him, but I know unless we try and use it a bit around the house he will likely not pick up on much.
How are you doing today? Do you have anything to rant or rave about? I'm in a funk today again and work is super annoying. Physically I feel ok though.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual? I took French for like 4 years but was never fluent and have pretty much forgotten all of it. MH and I would like to learn ASL, so we might work on that with the little guys.
MRSclarke08 - I run into the same problem with DH. I get weepy for no real reason often or little things bother me more than they should and I explain to him that its just pregnancy hormones and to ignore me but it works him up.
How are you doing today? Do you have anything to rant or rave about?
Doing okay today. Been a week or so since I've properly checked in. Between work, chores, cat issues and just overall life, I've been finding less time to be on here lately, but hoping to have more time again in the coming days. I was able to get in a short run today - had to go real slow as its another hotter week and even early it was a bit humid (I too hate humidity) - but feel good that I got out and about. Otherwise, baby kicks seem to be getting a bit less intense - think its cause he/she is getting bigger and space is being reduced - though last night at about 3:30 right after I woke to use the bathroom, baby was doing a little drum beat of kicks along my lower abdomen on the left side - though while not strong, were constant for at least 5 straight minutes. Too bad though as DH has yet to time it right to feel the baby kick. At least he's seen the kicks - my stomach moves visibly in the evening.
Do you know more than one language? Are you planning on raising your child to be bi or trilingual? I have retained some Spanish from HS and College but not too much. I'd love to have the child grow up knowing more than one language, but most likely that wont' happen as I'd have to force exposure rather than it just being a natural thing.