tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651799440572042522.post5042260926090244422..comments2021-08-10T10:55:39.117+01:00Comments on Our Non-Native Bilingual Adventure: Is there such a thing as the perfect balance?Bonne Mamanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11152733305572849246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651799440572042522.post-83650196222148181282011-10-12T22:15:33.655+01:002011-10-12T22:15:33.655+01:00Thanks for your support ladies and for taking the ...Thanks for your support ladies and for taking the time to comment - it really helps keep me on the right track.Bonne Mamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152733305572849246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651799440572042522.post-71536818696649984512011-10-11T18:46:05.553+01:002011-10-11T18:46:05.553+01:00Yikes. I. Can understand why you want to panic! ...Yikes. I. Can understand why you want to panic! Griffin has been attending daycare or been with his anglophone grandparents 2.5 days per week all along, and yes, I know that if he were with me 24/7 he'd hear more French than English.<br /><br />Take heart from Smashedpea at Intrepidly Bilingual, though--she works full time but her kids' German (in Canada) is very strong nonetheless!Sarah @ Baby Bilingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13907207816628137938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651799440572042522.post-62066723182739646272011-10-04T12:42:43.311+01:002011-10-04T12:42:43.311+01:00Oh yes, even with only two days a week with German...Oh yes, even with only two days a week with German speakers my little one can say almost more than her dad in German!!! They learn from other kids much quicker than from us, I find sometimes. Don't give up though!Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651799440572042522.post-4737833982199965542011-09-30T13:42:10.797+01:002011-09-30T13:42:10.797+01:00I've known your joy and pain. My daughter didn...I've known your joy and pain. My daughter didn't start really speaking until she was two. At the time, we had just moved to Singapore so I was no longer working and speaking loads of French to her. She had just started to speak French back to me more and more when, having had a second baby among other things, I enrolled her in a local nursery for half days and we hired some english speaking help. Well the French went completely out the window. Not the comprehension but responses. She is now 3+ and she is just starting to mix in french words to her English. All I can say is talk talk talk, films, music, playgroups with other french kids or even just having other french speaking adults around. good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com