When you repeat every word in English, you train them to wait for you - instead of finding the words themselves.
Let the silence stretch. That’s where the language grows.

We learned this the hard way.
Every “no, say it like this” froze her up.
Now we just echo the right version naturally - and guess what? She corrects herself.

📍Welcome to our home:
German. Dutch. English. Danish.
One baby. One big sister. One beautiful mess.
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She said:
“I don’t know what language he speaks yet… so I just use English.”
It’s her safe bet.
Her “everyone understands this” default.
And honestly?
That’s multilingual logic at its finest.

We’re also sending good thoughts from Denmark!