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Bilingual Babies?

bebemacbebemac member
edited December 2013 in June 2014 Moms
Who here will be raising a bilingual baby? We will! (Spanish/English)

ETA: DH is a native Spanish speaker.
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  • atskyatsky member
    Yes. Chinese and English.
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  • wtfisupwtfisup member
    We both speak English as a first language, but my MIL is from Honduras. We're hoping to raise the child with some Spanish.

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  • becomingmommyagainbecomingmommyagain member
    This baby will be speaking Franglish....DH is French and we are hoping that baby will be bilingual.
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  • cMichelle0423cMichelle0423 member
    English and Spanish over here!
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  • ELC252011ELC252011 member
    English and Spanish.
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  • alliebeecheralliebeecher member
    We aren't bilingual but I'd love to explore the possibility of a language immersion preschool if I can find/afford one.  I absolutely want my little one to be able to speak Spanish.
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  • MrsLabRatMrsLabRat member
    German/English
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  • MrsP419MrsP419 member
    I am jealous!  I used to be semi-fluent in Spanish (like beginning of college) but totally lost it.  You are giving your kids such a gift!
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  • Neuron79Neuron79 member
    English and Korean
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  • MrsRageMrsRage member
    Russian/English
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  • pfefferlelpfefferlel member
    English/Finnish :)
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  • lifeisbetterontheredlifeisbetteronthered member
    French/English, but both DH and I also know some ASL (and one of DH sister is fluent) so hopefully we'll have a semi trilingual baby in the end. Currently DD (10 months) uses about 4 signs consistently (milk, more, finished, up).
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  • sjn00sjn00 member
    edited December 2013
    Ummm idk I speak English.. Husband speaks English and Spanish (along with all of his family) so its up to him to teach the baby Spanish (I have tried learning it and I just can't remember anything lol).. Idk if it will actually work or not. But for sure sign language. Its the best way to communicate with a baby before they can speak.
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  • b48kateb48kate member
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    English and Korean

    Us too! My husband is Korean...
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  • MrsNunesMrsNunes member
    English and Portuguese
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  • Kina1102Kina1102 member
    English, Spanish and German for us
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  • ricecakes1216ricecakes1216 member
    My friend's mom will be watching our baby. They are Colombian and she speaks little English. We are hoping that baby will pick up Spanish from her. I would also like to invest in Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish. 
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  • LadyMacaronLadyMacaron member
    Me! Spanish is my first language, so we are planning on having a bilingual baby. My husband and I have decided I will mostly speak spanish at home, and he will speak English. I learned English when I was 3, in 6 months, just by being immersed in it. I hope we do it just as successfully! 
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  • AmandaG225AmandaG225 member
    English & Spanish here. I only speak English but my husband's first language is Spanish and his parents only speak Spanish. We plan to speak both English and Spanish at home and baby girl will have only Spanish at my in-law's house.
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  • lucreciaclucreciac member
    English and Spanish. My parents only speak to Charlie in Spanish. I was supposed to also but English is just easier for me so I tend to do a combo. I'm hoping I get better when baby #2 arrives!
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  • Nancy1250Nancy1250 member
    Spanish, English here. We are both native Spanish speakers but completely billingual.
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  • Luna CLuna C member

    We're hoping to. We are both native English speakers, but Dude speaks some Italian, and there's a French immersion day care near our house that we're considering.

    It's such a benefit to know more than one language, I really want to get LO started before school since most schools start that instruction far too late.

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  • SharonnnstoneSharonnnstone member
    English/Spanish over here!
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  • Valie18Valie18 member
    We're hoping to teach the LOs French and English. DH grew up in Quebec and French is his first language.

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  • BellanieNJBellanieNJ member

    At minimum, English/Spanish.  DH's family speaks Italian so I'm hoping his mom will pass that on to our LO. 

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  • Belinda80Belinda80 member
    I'm raising one already by 18 months my daughter knew her letters, numbers, and colors in Spanish she only knows Spanish she will be 21 months at the end if the month. When she is 3-1/2 I'll begin teaching her English and I'll do the same with this one. My mom takes care of her while I work and I am very specific on no English, don't want her getting confused. I do not understand why some ppl look Down and criticize because they know another language, I think it's much better for them!!!!!!
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  • feistybearfeistybear member
    We're another English/Spanish here.
    We live in California and Spanish is necessary to know. So we've been working with DD and will continue with this one.

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  • BeeankBeeank member
    English/Spanish
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  • mschwaremschware member
    Yes! English/Portuguese
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  • temursgirltemursgirl member
    DH is trilingual, English, Hindi, and Bengali, so we're hoping the LO can be the same. We are planning to speak Hindi to each other, I will speak English to LO, and DH will speak Bengali to him/her.
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  • CreEspreeCreEspree member
    French and English.
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  • Prego305Prego305 member
    English and spanish! When should you start introducing the second language? I live in a spanish speaking country but was thinking of talking to the baby in english at least twice a week!
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  • kittymeowbarkkittymeowbark member
    English/ Russian/ and maybe Creole if MIL teaches baby.
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  • lclark79lclark79 member
    English/French. DD is fluent since DH has been speaking to her in a French since birth. The same will go for #2.
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  • skyview222skyview222 member
    Spanish/English and sign language

    Spanish is my second language that I use at work, DH doesn't speak it.  Baby's first book purchased is a bilingual book. 



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  • mercy0606mercy0606 member
    Me!  I am Dominican and my husband is Jamaican and Chinese....baby will learn Spanish....hubby doesn't know Chinese, unfortunately!  Hope I can really commit to speaking Spanish at home for the baby's sake since currently we only speak English as that is the only language hubby speaks...LOL
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  • eckkat78eckkat78 member
    English/telegu/Hindi. My dh is Indian.
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  • laramtlaramt member
    English and Maltese. DH is American and I'm half English (dad) and half maltese (mum). I was raised on both languages but took French, German and Spanish for all of my academic years starting from about 6. I grew up in England and they really throw you in there early!
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  • linabparislinabparis member

    My parents are Colombian but I grew up in the United States and now live in France. I am bilingual Spanish/English and DH is French.

    Baby will definitely be speaking Spanish/English/French! Lord help him/her!

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