My DS is 6 months old and from day 1, I have struggled to speak to him in my mother tongue. I have lived in the UK for 10 years now and find it easier to communicate in English. My DP and DSD both only speak English, so when we are all together I speak English to DS as otherwise I feel they cannot participate in the conversation.
When I am on my own with DS I try to speak my mother tongue but it feels so very, very unnatural. I am trying to speak in my mother tongue to DS for my parents' sake. Their English is ok, but they can express themselves better in our mother tongue. When I communicate to them, I don't have any problems with the language..
The main problem is that when I'm on my own with DS, I end up not saying much at all as I don't know what to say in my mother tongue and don't feel like I'm aloud to speak in English..
Does anyone have any experience or advice with this? Will my DS pick up my mother tongue even from the very little exposure?