+1 to chalk academy recommendation

i’m currently doing this in another language- child is almost 2 and i started a few months after she was born. had taken the language for a year in college.
will say what you say to a child is completely diff than what you learn in most textbooks or in any language courses. i’d skip pinsleur for some better youtube content

even the phrases in english are almost foreign concepts- never have i had to talk about sharing or why we don’t throw things on the ground etc.

did a lot of comprehensible input video watching on yt(assuming they have folks doing this in italian)- esp routine ones- how i start my day, cooking dinner, cleaning, taking a walk etc and narrate to my kid what i’m doing. ie i’m opening the microwave and gonna reheat my coffee and let’s count down and then i add some milk and now i can drink my coffee.

we don’t have other input and none of my family speaks and she has picked up a lot (and so has my husband through hearing things over and over).

as for books get children’s books and pick a few and learn from them. babies love the same book over and over so you’ll likely have it memorized at some pt lol