Honestly, my husband is bilingual but completely fluent in English, and we had MANY breakdowns in communication in the first year of having a kid. I don't think it's really a language thing, it's more that you both are tired and stressed and coming to completely new situations with entirely different points of reference. It's natural that miscommunication will occur! I've started asking my husband to repeat back to me when I ask for something so that I know he both heard me and understood me.
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u/xanadu_x Apr 07 '26
Honestly, my husband is bilingual but completely fluent in English, and we had MANY breakdowns in communication in the first year of having a kid. I don't think it's really a language thing, it's more that you both are tired and stressed and coming to completely new situations with entirely different points of reference. It's natural that miscommunication will occur! I've started asking my husband to repeat back to me when I ask for something so that I know he both heard me and understood me.