Parenting 3G-CBC – The Catch Star Girl Blog

Stuff about the kid’s name

I’ll start by rehashing some old ground first. When it came to naming the kid, I always wanted an easy

This list will never be complete or that well organized but here it is and I’ll keep adding to it

Oh. My. Gosh. So Much. English. On the eve of E turning three, I had a really sad moment. I

NPY says I’m not raised particularly well. I say he’s not very Chinese. I think they are similar-level insults amongst

(written for my journal on 14 May 2018) Me: Before the kid came along, was I saying I would speak

I’m writing again because things change so quickly – and at the 33-month mark exactly, no less! When kiddo was

So much more talking as he absorbs like a sponge words. I swear he hasn’t heard them many times and

Another one! We all know the French version: Frère Jacques, Frère Jacques Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines, sonnez les matines,

So, there’s this nursery song I am not familiar with from my own childhood – the Finger Family. It’s a

The issue of raising little E bilingual – rephrase that as, getting as much Chinese into him as possible –