New Family Drama

[Alwaysgreener]

easy. those whose first language is not English can tune out the lecture and just nod. kinda like a man reading a newspaper while his wife tells him that she has gonorrhea: "uh-huh..." I did it more times than I'm willing to admit
if we deal with cultural differences, ELL may be the case here as well.

I had a Mexican, (who later became an American) co-worker I had friended. She would do this to our supervisor. One day the supervisor talked to her then came and talked to me. She asked me if I thought my friend understood her, I said no but I would explain it to her later. Just as I expected, my friend came to me and said "what did supervisor say to me?" I explained it to her again and had her repeat or ask questions. She would come to me after every meeting or conversation with a supervisor. One time, I had to ask a supervisor what they said to her as I was not a part of the conversation, they looked at me puzzled and said "but she said she understood?" Later we moved to an area with bilingual co-workers and they became her ears but I never got the nod.
BTW I never spoke any spanish to her, I only know the basics.

[Mad_Pistachio]

I had a Mexican, (who later became an American) co-worker I had friended. She would do this to our supervisor. One day the supervisor talked to her then came and talked to me. She asked me if I thought my friend understood her, I said no but I would explain it to her later. Just as I expected, my friend came to me and said "what did supervisor say to me?" I explained it to her again and had her repeat or ask questions. She would come to me after every meeting or conversation with a supervisor. One time, I had to ask a supervisor what they said to her as I was not a part of the conversation, they looked at me puzzled and said "but she said she understood?" Later we moved to an area with bilingual co-workers and they became her ears but I never got the nod.
BTW I never spoke any spanish to her, I only know the basics.

when I was discharged after having my daughter, I tuned the nurse out after "you should hide the boxes of diapers you buy at Costco under other products, so no one guesses you just had a baby." it was like, "nonsense alert, all tune out! blah-blah-blah..." so, honestly, I remember probably 25% of what she said.
it's not always intentional, but it can be.

[finsup]

The family is from Mexico. It seems that a lot of the younger adults put their children to sleep in bouncers. I believe that she is about 22 or so. I've never put my kids to sleep in a bouncer. Although my kids never liked being in a bouncer so I don't really understand the hype.

Really! That's interesting, I wonder if they have anything on safe sleep there? Like the hospital programs here etc.

[hwichlaz]

My oldest had to nap in a bouncer after feedings or she spewed. I wouldn't expect a daycare to do that though. I'd ask that the head of her crib be elevated a few inches and bring in a dr not if necessary.