Jessi
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Hi lele,
How old is your son? I have a feeling our sons might be around the same age. Mine is turning two next week!
I’ve wondered about the “pretending not to understand Japanese” approach – like yours, I don’t think mine understands that there are two languages that he speaks right now, so this isn’t something I would say to him now, but I’ve wondered about it when he gets older. He will learn that it’s not true eventually, but apparently if you stick to that, they believe in it for quite some time! (Even if they see you speaking Japanese, it doesn’t seem to click right away, haha)
English only! My son gets Japanese from hoikuen and will always have lots of exposure to it living here, so I want to make sure that I only speak English with him and that he associates English with me.
My husband and I only ever spoke Japanese to each other before baby came along (husband can speak English though), so I have to admit that switching to mostly using English at home has been a bit of a struggle! There are just so many words and phrases that come naturally in Japanese, and I find myself need to make an effort to express these in English, even though it’s my native language! But I know I have to stick with it, and have been.
But like others here, my son is still young, so we still have a long ways to go 🙂
Hi Joshua!
I hope this doesn’t sound weird but I’m pretty sure I know your wife and son! I reached out after seeing her post on one of the Facebook parent groups after seeing that we live in the same ward, and then we found out that we live in the same area, and have met up twice in the nearby park 😀
We tried to meet up again late last year, but between plans and sickness it didn’t work out 🙁 I really want to meet up again, and it would be great to meet you too sometime!!
