Different ml opportunity for my second child
Jan 27, 2020 19:16:10 GMT 9
Post by Agnese on Jan 27, 2020 19:16:10 GMT 9
Hello to everybody!
I'm an Italian mother living in Spain trying to grow a bilingual child. I've a 2,5 years old and we're expecting a second child in a few months.
Since my son was born (and following Adam's book) we have switched to use ml at home (my husband is fluent in ml, with a foreign accent, but he speaks well). I was as proactive as possible exposing my child to ml: trips to Italy, weekly video-calls with grandpa and grandma, reading books in Italian (we both enjoy), and, above all, having a ml babysitter for a few months, delaying the start of daycare until he was 1,5 years old, and spending time with him (like, changing work schedule to have a couple of free afternoons together a week). I know that he's more fluent in ML, but I'm satisfied at the moment with his progress: he speaks ml at home (with me and my husband) and with my parents, after each trip to Italy he gets more fluent, he loves reading books... Now he still goes to daycare 8:00 to 15:00. He starts pre-school education in September and the new schedule will be 9:00 to 17:00, so more input in ML.
The purpose of my message is to show my concern for the different opportunities to have input in ml my soon-to-arrive second child will have. She would probably start daycare (in ML) at 8 or 9 months old, and I'm not sure I'd be able to change again my work schedule to have time in the afternoon with her. I guess she will have to stay at daycare from 9:00 to 17:00, too. Beside being a little upset not to be able to give my second child the same opportunities as my first, I'm a bit concerned about her chances to learn the ml.
Of course, I'd have a look again at Adam's book and we won't change our ml policy at home. Do you have any additional suggestions for me?
Thanks in advance!
I'm an Italian mother living in Spain trying to grow a bilingual child. I've a 2,5 years old and we're expecting a second child in a few months.
Since my son was born (and following Adam's book) we have switched to use ml at home (my husband is fluent in ml, with a foreign accent, but he speaks well). I was as proactive as possible exposing my child to ml: trips to Italy, weekly video-calls with grandpa and grandma, reading books in Italian (we both enjoy), and, above all, having a ml babysitter for a few months, delaying the start of daycare until he was 1,5 years old, and spending time with him (like, changing work schedule to have a couple of free afternoons together a week). I know that he's more fluent in ML, but I'm satisfied at the moment with his progress: he speaks ml at home (with me and my husband) and with my parents, after each trip to Italy he gets more fluent, he loves reading books... Now he still goes to daycare 8:00 to 15:00. He starts pre-school education in September and the new schedule will be 9:00 to 17:00, so more input in ML.
The purpose of my message is to show my concern for the different opportunities to have input in ml my soon-to-arrive second child will have. She would probably start daycare (in ML) at 8 or 9 months old, and I'm not sure I'd be able to change again my work schedule to have time in the afternoon with her. I guess she will have to stay at daycare from 9:00 to 17:00, too. Beside being a little upset not to be able to give my second child the same opportunities as my first, I'm a bit concerned about her chances to learn the ml.
Of course, I'd have a look again at Adam's book and we won't change our ml policy at home. Do you have any additional suggestions for me?
Thanks in advance!