She Speaks Two Languages!
It finally happened, and very quickly after the “double” talk, A made a distinction between English and Estonian on Monday, Nov. 3rd! A and I were in the kitchen talking about her stuffed “karu” (bear) for about 10 minutes. The little pink stuffy was her friend of the moment and she kept showing it to me and saying “karu.” Then she wanted to go and show Daddy in the other room, and so off we go to find Daddy and when we do, she say, “Daddy, bear!” The word bear had not been mentioned once by me or A until we saw Daddy. I was so excited that she made the distinction for the first time. It is still so amazing to me that at just 20 months old, children can make such a sophisticated distinction that they speak two different languages and what to say to who.
