tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post8710391415391960359..comments2024-03-28T06:25:09.412-06:00Comments on Bringing up Baby Bilingual: pajama dilemma solved thanks to bilingualism!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-83632893303237196072010-09-29T10:48:16.225-06:002010-09-29T10:48:16.225-06:00RC, danke/merci for sharing your anecdote! Aren&#...RC, danke/merci for sharing your anecdote! Aren't our kids amazing and resourceful (and adorable even when they're showing scorn at their parents' cluelessness)?Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-65867012913466521112010-09-22T01:38:07.724-06:002010-09-22T01:38:07.724-06:00One day my daughter, at about 2 years old, who is ...One day my daughter, at about 2 years old, who is learning English from me, French from her dad and German outside the home, kept asking me for her "hot." I didn't understand and repeated it back to her. So she said it again. I heard the same thing and we went through this exchange a couple more times. Finally she got frustrated and said, "chapeau!" <br />"Oh, HAAAT!&RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03792736936075585807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-1158369131920968372010-09-15T08:46:35.865-06:002010-09-15T08:46:35.865-06:00Hmmm...maybe I should pretend not to understand a ...Hmmm...maybe I should pretend not to understand a single thing Griffin says in English! Then he'd be forced to clarify in French, right?<br /><br />Smashedpea, thanks for sharing your story, and Karin, thanks for your praise!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-30699582661501525982010-09-15T00:33:43.318-06:002010-09-15T00:33:43.318-06:00This is a simple, but very telling story about how...This is a simple, but very telling story about how life with (at least) two languages is better than a life with just one!<br /><br />I'm proud of you, Ed, and the kids for striving to achieve a task that is not an easy one. Score for the narrow path!! :)Karin B (Looking for Ballast)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03592528618484082434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-91684186119216584562010-09-14T12:42:38.692-06:002010-09-14T12:42:38.692-06:00Heh, this reminds me of one day not understanding ...Heh, this reminds me of one day not understanding whether punk 2, then around 2 or so, asked for bread or bed - not easily distinguished given his toddler speech. This was further complicated by the fact that we were late for lunch and hence very close to his nap time, giving him reason to demand either one or the other, or both.<br /><br />After a while of me not getting it, however, he yelled &smashedpeahttp://intrepidlybilingual.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-30802004001624913612010-09-14T07:20:29.753-06:002010-09-14T07:20:29.753-06:00Nikki, felicitations on your pregnancy! You can c...Nikki, felicitations on your pregnancy! You can contact me at babybilingual@gmail.com.Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-57653734595949078132010-09-14T02:37:29.634-06:002010-09-14T02:37:29.634-06:00Hi Sarah
I am a British soon to be mum planning t...Hi Sarah<br /><br />I am a British soon to be mum planning to raise my newborn as a bilingual English/French speaker and I have read your website with great interest - would you have an email address I could contact you on rather than leaving a message on your Comments Board?<br /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you.<br /><br />NikkiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-22443372328028850902010-09-13T21:54:57.736-06:002010-09-13T21:54:57.736-06:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28609701.post-41864448484111527422010-09-13T18:45:59.696-06:002010-09-13T18:45:59.696-06:00For the life of me I sometimes can't tell when...For the life of me I sometimes can't tell when my daughter is asking for "Apo" (Daddy) and when she when she wants an "apple" for a snack. I've also used the other-language trick to determine which one she means. <br /><br />I tell you, understanding the grammatically incomplete speech of a person with multiple speech impediments (can't say r, l, etc) has to be Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606614582290926158noreply@blogger.com