Bobby!

Grace Anderson3 said:Baby will figure it out... Hans might be in trouble if the little one starts a sentence in Deutsch and finishes it in American. 🤔

Well, let Hans get to teaching then! 😠

He's learning, he's learning... Here's a list of picture books for toddlers aged 1 to 2.

Grace Anderson3 said:He’s out there studying like his life depends on it... specifically, he’s memorizing a picture book meant for toddlers.

poor Hans

Maybe that could actually work—having Hans and the baby learn American together. 🙂

The whole point is they learn together 🙂 besides, I have to speak English with the baby.

🤔 I think you both should stick to your own languages mostly, but sprinkle in bits of the other one. If Hans is picking up American slang, then for the sake of balance, shouldn't you be throwing in some German 🤔 too? 🤔

The pediatrician told me he’s picking up on whatever language we speak at home. Apparently, if I want him to develop proper pronunciation, I need to stop letting him hear my own grammatical slip-ups and deal with Hans's weird accent from how much he struggles with American English. Hans and I both speak German when we're out in public with the little guy, but once it's just the three of us, I stick strictly to American.

ahaaaa 🤔 ok so 👍 I was thinking, if Hans is learning English with him, then it’s just not right that you aren't speaking English back to him too 😵

Forget about German. Let the little baby master American English first, then we can worry about teaching him German later.
Just imagine if his very first word was "mutter" or "Hans" instead of "Mommy."

In the end, his first word might just be "grandma." 😁

Nah, probably not. It feels like I'm watching 😁 or some kind of fast-forwarded
.

It’s gonna be a steak. 🙂

Maybe he’s just some little hotheaded genius shouting "foreigners out, screw you!" 😬🙂

Speaking of which, I’m actually embarrassed to admit that Hans once tried to learn American... 😁

Dammit

Grace Anderson3 said:Speaking of which, I feel a little awkward even bringing up how Hans used to try and learn American once... 😁

but she's actually really curious about how 🤣

stormygardener93 said:but honestly, I really don't care what 🤣

It’s right there in black and white—clearly, they spent their time mastering the art of the swear word.

Walter Baker2 said:Well, it clearly says he picked up some swear words too.

I just finished reading the page, and honestly,

Grace Anderson3, you're absolutely right—it's always better this way. Every parent should talk to their Baby in their own language.👍

stormygardener93, what on earth are you doing here? You've been hanging around this forum since 2005!

Yeah
but up until last year, I mostly just hung out in the "unreleased series" threads and dropped a few random posts here and there.
It wasn't until February of last year that I actually discovered Carl Orff, and since then, I've started posting much more often.