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    Do bilingual kids feel left out at school?

    @machoke47 This would be pretty hard for a lot of people, depending on where you live and what your langauge is.
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    When do babies get easier?

    @molitor Speaking from someone with a 10.5m old, I would say babies don't get easier, but they get more rewarding and you get used to being a parent. Each baby stage (so far for me) comes with its own challenges, right now my baby is extremely mobile and gets into everything. Shes starting to...
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    Do bilingual kids feel left out at school?

    @lippy1004 You go out and about and socialise with friends in the community, I assume this is done in English, unless you have a particularly stong community that speaks your language. I think this will be enough exposure for your child to understand enough. At 2 they will also pick it up so...
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    My child prefers the minority language - what do I do?

    @mike247 Just keep going, she will pick up French more as her daycare days increase or when she goes to preschool or school. At which point English will need maintanence and will be a lot harder to switch back to if you stop using it now.
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    Stick to OPOL or reinforce partners language?

    @relle25 Yes, his mum is coming for Christmas and we will hopefully eventually take her to Italy, but we live in Australia so its quite the trek!
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    Stick to OPOL or reinforce partners language?

    @relle25 Hes getting a lot better at that, and we can hopefully move towards him speaking Italian more as I am around. I understand plenty and it will help my understanding as well. Totally agree with the emotional component of speaking with your child. I speak German pretty well but didn't...
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    Stick to OPOL or reinforce partners language?

    @thanksyoueel Dog is DOH! in our house (And cat is also DOH but occasionally cah)
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    Stick to OPOL or reinforce partners language?

    My baby is 1 and so far we have been trying to do OPOL. I speak the community language and am ay home with her 3 days per week, the other two days she goes to daycare. I speak English and we live in an English speaking country. My partner speaks Italian but we speak English as a family. I know...
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    Exhausted ptsd mom, bed sharing and sleep training guilt,

    @ms92help I just want to say its ao normal for babies to not sleep well, and it is nothing you are doing wrong. He is not punishing you for failing at sleep training, babies are not capable of that kind of thought process. And you didnt fail, you tried something and realised it didnt work for...
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    What do you do during wake windows???

    @katrina2017 Second this! While my baby was still in her bassinet she loved looking at trees and the sky!
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