Teaching newborn English/Spanish

[zuma022]

I admire what you want to do Zerk, but I also don't think it's going to work. Aside from the points made, you would have to speak Spanish 100% to her and unless you're a native speaker or have a near native command of the language that is just not going to happen. Think about it, if the baby or later on toddler does something let's say dangerous, I can guarantee you, you won't call out in Spanish to not do that. That's an extreme example of course, but even complementing a child or asking to do something, etc etc. If Spanish isn't like a mother tongue to you, you won't be able to keep it up, no matter what.

I have friends where the husband is perfectly bilingual and speaks mostly Spanish to their two year old and while she does understand a lot, she never replies in Spanish. As Rusty said above, there is simply no need for her. She will likely have the basics down if he keeps it up, but she's not bilingual. Another couple I know where the mom is Chinese, but not fluent herself have just decided to let her watch educational programs in Cantonese. She also has games and books in Cantonese and the plan is to put her into early immersion classes as a day care option. That to me is the best approach if you yourself are not fluent.

[Zerk]

Gotcha, well thank you all for your input. Maybe my wife and I will look into getting her into special programs or something as she gets older where she can learn and become fluent in Spanish. As for now...maybe I will just stick to learning it myself

I really appreciate all the responses and concerns with this. It's always good to get other peoples perspective