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Spanish-English bilingual baby things - where?

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By Sun 02-Aug-09 21:02:45 Add message | Report | Contact poster

My DH is Spanish and I'm English. We live in Wales. DD is 18 months.

I'd like to find the kind of things you might usually put in an child's room (posters, pictures etc). We're always at a push for luggage when we visit family in Spain, so buying things there isn't easy.

I have bought some Spanish baby books. All the other things I can find are either clearly with an English bias, like 'my first words in Spanih' or the like or very 'educational'.

Do you know where I could get them?

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 02-Nov-09 01:40:19

Hello! I am a Spanish mum of 2, we live in Kettering (Northants). If anybody wants to practice Spanish with us that would be great. My oldest kid (3) speaks "Spanglish" at the moment, he needs to practice his English too (my DH is also Spanish, we don't talk to him in English, he laughs at our strong Spanish accent) grin

very impressive to see how interested you all are in getting your kids Spanish stuff! I buy most of my DVD's in Spain, don't understand why your DVDs nearly always only have English language, what a waste of space!! shock

Or download them for free.

Oh, and don't buy anything in Mothercare in Spain if you can avoid it, it's so much more expensive that UK prices! (same with Disney stores)

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 11-Aug-09 13:26:50

Thanks Elle, I'll have a look.

Thanks MrsMc. Please don't go to any trouble!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 11-Aug-09 08:57:42

You can also check the European Bookshop.
They have a shop in London, but you can also buy things online.
http://www.europeanbookshop.com/

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 10-Aug-09 21:01:02

I will look out for some for you smile

yes, I have your email still. All good here, hope things are better for you smile

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 10-Aug-09 19:55:03

That's very kind of you MrsMc. Perhaps you could let me know if you find any posters with themes like colours or numbers? But don't go out of your way. Do you still have my email?

Hope life with two is good!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 09-Aug-09 22:24:35

LaT - can I help at all? would be happy to send some stuff over to you smile

my DS has a few books of household objects and of animals.

By the way Mothercare in this part of Spain only sells British stuff at double the price shock

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 09-Aug-09 22:08:10

Thanks for the DVD tip, amidawish.

geogteach - I'll check ou tthe DVDs that we have. Thanks.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 09-Aug-09 21:00:16

my DDs also watch baby einstein DVDs in Spanish, a lot of DVDs you can select different languages as an option at the beginning. (they also like listening to them in Dutch but i have no idea why!!!)

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 09-Aug-09 20:57:56

babyboomboom CD of nursery rhymes is nice

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 09-Aug-09 20:49:04

You can get stuff like Bob the Builder DVD's in Spanish which my kids used to watch when they were little. My MIL is spanish but lives here and she gets stuff for the kids, Spanish books are on our shelves with the rest and they take great delight in asking me to read them (my Spanish is appalling!)

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