Rachel Riley, 34, from Essex, and her Russian-born husband Pasha Kovalev, 40, welcomed their first baby together, daughter Maven, back in December.The maths whizz has revealed the pair have been talking to their first born in their respective languages in the hope she will be fluent in both.Speaking on Good Morning Britain today, host Susanna Reid said: “Apparently you are teaching her Russian already!
At nine months old.”Rachel replied: “Not necessarily me, but obviously Pasha, so he is speaking to her solely in Russian and I am speaking to her in English.“I have to stop myself from speaking to her in bad Russian.”She added of the pair’s desires: “We are hoping she will be bilingual because [Pasha’s] mum doesn’t speak any English.”Eamonn.
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