A child being bilingual

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Hello

One of my grandchildren will grow up being biligual. He is currently 7 months old.

I dont know what to expect. Can people give me some pointers please? fwiw, the language other then English, will not be a European one.

Hey OP. I'm trilingual now but became bilingual at the age of 7. I cant help you with the years before that but it was ridiculously easy for me to learn another language as a child as I went to school. Day one I spoke hardly any of the new language but by 3 months I was communicating with everyone absolutely fine as I had literally no other choice, so I imagine itll be easier for a child younger than I was.

I definitely have a dominant language but the strange thing is that it changes. When I was in school I was always losing English words and having to say them in the other language. Then I grew up and moved to a different country and my other language wasn't used as much, so english became dominant.

I really wouldn't worry too much. As long as your child is getting exposed to both languages they will absolutely fine. I rarely got "confused", I watched TV and read books in both languages and now do the same in 3. Speaking multiple languages is the best thing I could've asked for, so you're definitely giving your child a gift!