Before we had Annabella, Darko and I decided to teach her both of our languages: Spanish and Croatian. I try so hard to speak only Spanish to her but sometimes is so hard and I start speaking English. Darko also tries really hard to speak Croatian but he also talks to her in English. Between Darko and I, we speak english and I think that is what makes it harder. The only time we are truly speaking our own languages is when we are with our families and we still have to speak english to translate between each other.
Poor Annabella, as soon as she starts talking, she will totally be confused spanish...croatian...english...
If anyone has suggestions on how to handle this, I am welcome to any advice. We know that she will learn english when she starts school so I think that language is taken care of.
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Don't stress!! She'll be fine, try to speak whole sentences to her in Spanish and then speak entire sentences to her in english. When she starts to recognize shapes, and colors, teach her both english and spanish. Then say "Annabella, where is the Ball?" and then say it in spanish- she'll get the hang of it. With colors too, "which one is orange?" and again in Spanish. Plus encourage family members to only speak their native language to her, and for them to encourage her (nicely of course!) to only reply in that language. But just don't worry about anything, you're a great mommy! Happy Halloween :)- Becca
ReplyDeleteShe will be so stinkin smart and cute too.
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