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I’m interested :)
“Mixed” by Aree Chung is amazing!
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Jennifer thank you for the suggestion!!
Thanks so much for this. My son is Italian/African and I definitely will be checking out what was suggested.
Glad to have read this. My Son is French/African American and Spanish/Scottish. I’m excited about these books.
No advice but just wanted to say you and your hubby make an adorable couple! Our son is mixed also. Yay for mixed babies!
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Thank you so very much!!
I say make your own traditions! I come from a Mexican and Caucasian background, whereas my husband is Mexican and Salvadoran. We just do things our own way. We pick and choose what we like from each culture and make it our own!
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Beautiful idea Amanda! We are going to do the same. Choosing the best aspects of both of our cultures:)
My daughter is Mixed and found multicultural books to be helpful because it allow her to see that every family is different, that is okay . Here is a sites that has great books 📚 https://growingbookbybook.com/multicultural-books-for-children/ https://coloursofus.com/picture-books-about-mixed-race-families/ Mixed Like Me by Gina Golliday-Cabell Mixed Blessing: A Children’s Book about a Multi-Racial Family by Marsha Cosman
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I am SO EXCITED to check these out! Thank you Ebby!
My son is Black and Guatemalan. I’m still tryi to figure out how to introduce him to Spanish and English at the same time
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Hi Julia, just have each parent speak their native language with him. For example, I am Brazilian and speak with my daughter in Portuguese and my husband who is American speaks with her in English. She is almost two years old and understands both.
Thank you so much 😊 I know I’m super late but I always wondered how it best worked
Thanks for sharing resources! I’m Southern white and my husband is Cuban and Jamaican. Can’t wait to see what she will look like 😍
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She will be GORGEOUS!
We have some great books for kids. I really think you would like Grandma's and Grandpa's favorite books. They are all about different ethnicities. You can find it here and if you like, I have a copy I can show you through direct message. https://a8537.myubam.com/search?q=Grandma%27s+Favorite
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That's so awesome thank you Chastity! I'll check them out 😍
I am Spanish/Filipino and my husband is Laotian! We are definitely encouraging the multi cultures in our household from holidays, food and music !
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I haven’t read it but Chrissy Teigen posted a book called Mixed Me by Taye Diggs that I plan on getting! The description sounds cute!
I saw this recently too. Reviews look promising. I’m interested as my husband is Caucasian and I’m Chinese.
I am glad to see there are quite a few books out there and you are awesome for doing this. I am mixed and I would of loved more things like books about being mixed etc. Growing up there was nothing. ❤️
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Thank you Sabrina! It so encouraging to meet moms who feel the same!
Pick your favourite things about both of your cultures and lessons passed on by your families, old story's, teachings etc. Write it all down, and commission a local art student to illustrate a personalised series for you. It will be amazing!
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What an incredible and unique idea!! Thank you Lex!!
That’s an awesome idea. I was also wondering if I was going to teach my son just Spanish or English at first. I’m Peruvian and my husband is African American.
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I plan to speak to the baby in Spanish and have my husband speak to the baby in Korean and English. Kids are sponges and can handle so much in regards to language. I know that some parents are concerned that it'll be confusing for them or that they won't pick up English well because of it, but I don't believe that!
That’s actually awesome. Kid pick up language so quick!! Be trilingual in no time.
All of your families sound beautiful! I love the range of mixes! I am the grown product of a Ukrainian mother and an African American father. I was taught to speak Ukrainian at a very young age and am fluent today! Teach them young the brain of a child is amazing. I have taught my girls the language as well as their fathers native Spanish.
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Hi Meredith, thanks for sharing. I speak Arabic and my husband speaks English....we want our baby to be fluent in both. From your experience can you please share how you did it? Did you only speak to your kids in Ukrainian? Thanks in advance
Yes...that's exactly what I did...for most conversations when they were little was 60% in Ukrainian unless it was school...I also threw in Spanish because my half sister is Mexican
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Congratulations on your pregnancy! You and your hubby are GORGEOUS. Your family is going to have another beautiful addition! My daughters are Russian and Cambodian! I agree with most of these comments about the books, and even will taking advantage of some of the recommendations!
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Thank you SO MUCH Clarissa!
Congratulations on your baby!! If your husband speaks Korean have him speak to them Korean and you could speak even Spanish to them! Or just English. I promise they will catch on! My kids are starting to be by lingual and they are only 1&3. I know you’re asking about traditions but I thought maybe this would also be something to teach your baby! Even just teaching them small words in another language is fun and awesome for your baby!
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Hi Elizabeth! We definitely plan to! My husband is also fluent in Spanish and I can read Korean so I've started to look for books in Hangul as well :)
That’s so awesome! Reading to them in two languages helps a lot also!
I am Mexican and black, my husband is Mexican. I wasn’t raised knowing much about the black culture. As I was raised with my mom’s family, dad’s side is on the east coast. Anyway, with our daughter we’re going to pick and choose what we want to teach her, and as for the black side I will be learning with her. We talk to my daughter in both English and Spanish. My daycare lady speaks only Spanish, which I love and is how I learned Spanish. If we ask her something in English she replies in Spanish. Congrats on the pregnancy!! You’re both beautiful.
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Juanita thank you for sharing! And for the lovely compliment!
I bought my daughter Asian dolls and if you search keywords on Amazon you’ll find some great things! I looked for Italian first books and found a lot. I’m sure there are options if you look for something like “xyz ethnicity” baby books, lullabyes, etc.
I had a Korean friend who’s son celebrated his 1st birthday by doing a Doljabi! That should be fun!
Love this post! My husband is korean/puerto rican. And I’m a big ole mutt lol. We have one daughter named Adeline(add-uh-line) and we plan on having another kid and I want to give the next kid something in remembrance to his mother who was korean and something to his Puerto Rican side. But having the struggle of finding names too lol.
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A first name from one and a middle from the other! My brother and I have our dads last name, and we grew up with a Chinese grandma (dads side). My mom being Japanese wanted one of her kids to have a Japanese name, so I got the Japanese name lol. So I have an Americanized Chinese last name and a Japanese first name. Like if I went abroad, in China they’d pronounce my last name Ho, where as in the states it’s Holl (like Hall).
We've decided to go with an American name for a boy and a Latin name for a girl but both will share the same Korean middle name :)
Am Indian from England and my husband American white. We are so excited to teach our lil one about each other culture. Am looking to learn new things on the way aswel. Congrats ok your pregnancy btw
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