# @paigeb on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CK66eA4nJ3o
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12510493-paigeb-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-02-05T18:26:16.000+00:00

## Caption

If you’re raising a bilingual child and are struggling to be bilingual yourself, this post is for you. 

The one language I can speak besides English is Arabic. It took *years* of learning and living in an Arabic speaking country to become even somewhat proficient in it. Learning a language as an adult is *hard.* 

When we had kids, we knew we wanted to raise them to speak German, since half of their family is in Germany. Finnley has understood German for a while but he hasn’t spoken it…until now. In the two months we’ve been in Germany, he’s gone from saying a few German words to fluently speaking. 

And here’s where I am: there are many, many moments when I am struggling to keep up. Am I a bit jealous of his German? Do I have to say “Finnley, remind me what that means in English?” about a hundred times? Yep. 

Kids are incredible, ya’ll. And if you’re in a similar situation as I am, I’ll pour you some coffee, open Duolingo and hope we can just keep up. 

#parenthood #parentingjourney #languagelearning #navigatingparenting #bedeeplyrooted #inbeautyandchaos #holdthemoments

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inbeautyandchaos, holdthemoments, bedeeplyrooted, parenthood, navigatingparenting, languagelearning, parentingjourney

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