Bamm-Bamm Talks: 2,5 Years
When I last took stock of our son’s language skills at 20 months – almost a year ago – we were expecting a…
Bamm-Bamm Talks: 20 Months
Welcome the first instalment of the new “Bamm-Bamm Talks” series! After following my daughter’s language progress in the series “Birdy Talks“, I’m excited…
Birdy Talks: 3,5 Years
As another year rolls to a close, it is again time to take stock of our firstborn’s language progress. Growing up with three…
Birdy Talks: 2 ⅔ Years
Last time I took stock of Birdy’s language progress almost 6 months ago. It may not sound like much but a half year makes…
The Duvet Conundrum
Do you sleep under a duvet? And, assuming that the answer is yes, have you ever thought of this habit as an acquired…
Of Imaginary Friends and Other Mystic Creatures
Birdy’s age of pretend play arrived around a year ago when she begun to equip soft toys with bibs and spoon-feed them. Soon afterwards they were…
Birdy Talks: 25 Months
It’s high time for another update on Birdy’s language progress. In the three months since I last wrote about her language skills she has made…
Language Learning by Playing
When Rita Rosenback from the blog Multilingual Parenting asked other bloggers to share their best tips for motivating children to speak the minority language for the…
Celebrating Two Years
A few days ago we celebrated Birdy’s second birthday. In these past two years our tiny baby has grown into an independent and cheerful little…
