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	<description>Raising my children bilingually</description>
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		<title>All English, all the time</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2009/09/11/all-english-all-the-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My youngest at 2 and a half years old doesn&#8217;t speak any Estonian despite my best efforts.  I can&#8217;t tell you how difficult it is to keep going, me speaking in Estonian and A only speaking in English.  She clearly understands everything I am saying in Estonian which is something.  Where I find it difficult [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update after nearly 7 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, my apologies to all the readers, especially those who have made comments, that this blog has gotten so out of date.  I intend to remedy that here and now!
Not that apologies make up for the absence, but basically I started a home-based business in March that together with my 2 and 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Estonian is suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2009/01/16/the-estonian-is-suffering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite my best efforts of consistency in only speaking Estonian with my children, translating every picture book I read into Estonian on the fly, or reading Estonian stories, and playing many fun Estonian DVDs, I would estimate that my 3 year old speaks 70% English and 30% Estonian with me.  The 23 month old speaks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pronoun Trouble</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/11/21/pronoun-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, we have run into an interesting little language situation that I can&#8217;t help but think has something to do with my kids speaking two languages.  But maybe I&#8217;m just sensitive to that and it might happen anyway.  Personal and possessive gender specific pronouns are proving to be an amusing stumbling block for my 3-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She Speaks Two Languages!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/11/06/she-speaks-two-languages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It finally happened, and very quickly after the &#8220;double&#8221; talk, A made a distinction between English and Estonian on Monday, Nov. 3rd!  A and I were in the kitchen talking about her stuffed &#8220;karu&#8221; (bear) for about 10 minutes.  The little pink stuffy was her friend of the moment and she kept showing it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Finally Happened, She&#8217;s Speaking in Doubles!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/10/31/it-finally-happened-shes-speaking-in-doubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today for the first time I noticed my youngest, A, at 20 months old, speaking in doubles.  By this, I mean she is grasping that there are two words for everything.  One in English and one in Estonian.  K did the same thing when she started speaking!  Today A was climbing on a pillow and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t know what words are</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/10/21/doesnt-know-what-words-are/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday on the way home from school, K points out a little girl Gloria walking home from school with her uncle and tells me, &#8220;Gloria doesn&#8217;t know what words are.&#8221;  It took me a couple seconds before I understood what she was telling me.  K was telling me that Gloria doesn&#8217;t speak English very well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit with Vanaema and Vanaisa (Grandmother and Grandfather)</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/10/15/visit-with-vanaema-and-vanaisa-grandmother-and-grandfather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 8 days the girls, Daddy and I visited my parents.  This involved 6 hours on an airplane each way.  The good news is that we had the best flights ever.  The girls were great and for the most part, the travels were painless and not unpleasant.  A is picking up new words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driving and development</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/09/26/driving-and-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/09/26/driving-and-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a drive with my kids is almost always enlightening.  I have noticed A become more and more verbal, but today, for the first time in the car she officially pointed out each and every thing she knows the name of.  Car, truck, park, light, bird, plane, house, bus, school, girl- and then &#8220;what&#8217;s that?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language Acquisition Marathon Happening Here</title>
		<link>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/09/19/language-acquisition-marathon-happening-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatMsg.com/2008/09/19/language-acquisition-marathon-happening-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emmi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A has entered a phase of incredible language development over the past two weeks.  She wants to know the names of everything and then is able to recall the words in the future on demand.  She is constantly pointing to things and saying, &#8220;And this?&#8221; or &#8220;What&#8217;s that?&#8221;  We look at lots of books together [...]]]></description>
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