Sunday, August 12, 2007

Monday, August 6, 2007

Jonathan on holidays

Jonathan really enjoyed being on holidays (and even let his parents sleep in towards the end)!

Here are some photos of him recently:

Cool boy!

At the beach

In the car


On the boat to the island cabin

In the car again


Well, he's a little over 4 months and close to 8kg (and getting bigger each day)!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Sunday, June 10, 2007

The advantages of being bi-lingual

Lucky Jonathan gets the best of both worlds...

Have a look at these links:

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20070530/Note3.asp

http://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,4841,00.html
(Mum speaks English and dad speaks norsk to the bub)

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/living/family/s_471078.html

There's a theory out there: One parent - one language

"This approach probably brings about the quickest results and increases the chances of your child being able to distinguish the two different languages. If each parent sticks to their 'allotted' language, your child has an immediate way of recognising who speaks which language."

cited: http://www.babyworld.co.uk/information/baby/bilingual_babies.asp


For bi-lingual couples, there's definitely hope that our bubs have the advantage of being bi-lingually fluent (and very smart)!