Okay, two weeks ago (when this was filmed), Tiago was demonstrating partiality to Spanish but, lately, he has discovered that some words are just easier to say in English. For example, he now says ball instead of pelota (or bola), car instead of carro, and most recently he has even switched to saying cat instead of gato! It might be laziness or efficiency...or being BILINGUAL! I definitely have my work cut out for me trying to keep him interested in the minority language (I thought I had at least 2 more years before he would start showing a preference for the dominant language-- bummer)! At least we have this footage for proof that I tried. Check him out with his nap-time lovies (notice how he throws "gato" to the ground when I suggest that he might be ready for a nap):
Cute! I am impressed. :-)
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