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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She did not talk because it's common for bilingual kids not to talk till 2.5-3. Ours had 30 words up until 3, with first words coming out at 2.5.We consulted multiple specialists and they all kept saying keep the two languages. For now, i'd introduce more and more of chinese every day. Maybe one phrase 'good morning", and next day it's good morning and good night, etc. We also have 2 different bookshelves and I only read to him in my language (ditto on the post above - we traveled back this summer with almost 15 kg of books). You are not too late though! [/quote]

Actually, the latest research has disproved the myth that bilingualism is correlated with speech delay.

Our kids are being raised trilingual and they have all been early talkers. My 2 yo regularly uses words like fragile, confused, decision, actually. My oldest spoke clearly in two of the three languages before he walked.[/quote]

Yes, my two kids a simultaneous bilinguals and they were not delayed at all. Some kids are just speech delayed and multiple languages may make them take a bit longer, but they would have been delayed even if they had been monolingual. It isn't a reason to not expose them to multiple languages. [/quote]

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