u/chi-bacon-bits

Hey friends! I wanted to get your feedback on how your house manages multiple languages around kids.

My native language is Ukrainian so I have vowed to only speak to my daughter in that. My husband is Mexican so he only speaks to her in Spanish. We live in Chicago so English is her main language.

My toddler is currently 2.5 yrs old and she’s toggling between 3 languages on a daily basis. Thankfully she’s super smart and talkative and is picking up all 3 simultaneously. She spends a lot of time with her grandparents so they have also vowed to only speak to her in their native languages too.

I’m guilty of automatically speaking to her in English because I know she understands it best but I always try to say the phrase again in Ukrainian.

How do you encourage your kids to speak your native language?

SN: at 4 yrs old, she’ll be enrolled in weekend Ukrainian school where she’ll learn to read and write and get to be around other Ukrainians!

What a fun day. I hope people get the sarcasm lol worked a full brunch shift and on my last table, the Toast POS handheld slips from my hands and shatters the screen 🙃
Total broken today at the restaurant was 3 flutes, 2 coffee cups, 3 fruit bowls and 1 POS.

I admit I’ve finished someone’s wine before that they left. The bottle was over $300 😭 couldn’t let it go to waste

Maybe this falls into our category. The older I get, the more I crave a classic jelly donut. I used to think they’re for old people lol everything else with frosting is too much for me

I tend to call my daughter “girly pop” or say “okay, excuse me, ma’am” and she’s catching on now and repeating it. It’s really cute lol
What are some cool nicknames you have for your kids?