toddler language problem?

Thats great you are doing that.... I did that with my children and now they understand us but they chose not to speak spanish except in Mexico to get things from family..(con artists) lol... My 3 year old now does speak both though....I wouldnt wait just keep doing the same routine .. Also you may want to try and do one laguage one day and the next the other to switch it up....

Most people in the world speak more than one langauge or dialect. Americans have been isolated for a long time and the need for another language has not been necessary. That was then this is now. Americans should learn English and Spanish given the demographics of our population. My 5 year old learns Spanish in the public school now. Your child will appreciate being bilingual and the job opportunities will be much better later in life.

Cool. For the kids, it s a just a walk away to learn more languages. We belong to a minority community in an Asian country and the language that we speak does not even have alphabets. But it has a perfect grammer and structure as a spoken language. But the local language is different. When kids try to mix with local kids, the language is totally different for them. Medium of study is again different and English is also part of it (Call it second language in the studies). In total, there will be atleast 4 languages impacting on the child at his / her age of 6. There will be no issue for the kid to manage this situation. I am brought up in the same condition that my children are being brought up now. So, do not worry. They will be masters in the languages by the time they are 5 or 6.

Go ahead, teach him both. However, I do stress that if you are living in the USA he must know English. This will be very important when he hits kindergarten and primary school. His English skills must be good enough that he gets what the teacher is saying. With class sizes what they are today, it's highly unlikely that the teacher will be able to slow down the class for a student with poor English skills. This really stinks since it puts some kids behind the curve from day one in school.

This is the best time for your son to learn two languages!

He'll never be more capable to pick up another language.

He might use a little bit of both for a while, interchangeably, but as he gets older and his lingual skills develop, he'll be able to tell the difference between the two languages.

I think it's wonderful that you and your wife are exposing him to both languages so early.

I think teaching him both Spanish and English would be best for him!

if you live in the united states, then why speak spanish to him?! it should be his choice what languages he learns, not what you think he should learn! my thinking is english only!!!! you live where that is spoken, not spanish!!!!

best to teach him both language. .. he'll have the upperhand in the end when he tries to land a job..

absolutely not, teach him both