In September of this year my husband and I got our first child. Since my husband is an Igbo and I want him to speak Igbo to our boy, so that he will not look like a stranger in his own fatherland. But my husband refuses to talk his mother tongue to him, saying it would only confuse him. (I know that it doesn't confuse children to grow up with up to 4 languages and I told him several times).
Please help me find ways to convince him, I don't want our children to miss the opportunity to learn this wonderfull language and culture...

If you had a child in September,that means your child is just about two months.There's nothing wrong with speaking his language to the child now but the child still has a long time to learn so there's no need to rush.

Are you not Igbo too?Where do u stay(asking to know if your environment has many igbo speaking people)?

No need to rush,I believe he'll start to learn as he grows.

unoguli: In September of this year my husband and I got our first child. Since my husband is an Igbo and I want him to speak Igbo to our boy, so that he will not look like a stranger in his own fatherland. But my husband refuses to talk his mother tongue to him, saying it would only confuse him. (I know that it doesn't confuse children to grow up with up to 4 languages and I told him several times).
Please help me find ways to convince him, I don't want our children to miss the opportunity to learn this wonderfull language and culture...

Confuse him how?

Children pick up new languages very easily so it won't confuse him. It seems your hubby is not proud of his tribe, maybe he is trying to hide it from others or something.

First I want to thank all of you for your answers.
Yes,my child is only 11 weeks.. But since I have made the experience that you get used to speaking a language to a specific person I want him to start it now,before it feels strange to him..
I am a Swiss and so I speak my motgerlanguage, which is German to my son..we live in Switzerland,so the current environment is speaking German as well..
Most Igbo friends my husband has here dont teach their children Igbo..why is that?
I gave my husband a lot of arguments why he should speak Igbo to him but maybe one of you has the one to convince him?
I told him it is best to teach ones child ones own mother language. I told him about the importance of our son to know Igbo language well since our son will b the one to represent him in the village once we may no longer be alive. I told him that through language you also teach a lot about the peoples culture..We are planning to move to Nigeria in future and our son would feel like a stranger in his own father land not knowing Igbo..
The more arguments you can give me the bigger tge chance the convincing one is among... :-)

unoguli: First I want to thank all of you for your answers.
Yes,my child is only 11 weeks.. But since I have made the experience that you get used to speaking a language to a specific person I want him to start it now,before it feels strange to him..
I am a Swiss and so I speak my motgerlanguage, which is German to my son..we live in Switzerland,so the current environment is speaking German as well..
Most Igbo friends my husband has here dont teach their children Igbo..why is that?
I gave my husband a lot of arguments why he should speak Igbo to him but maybe one of you has the one to convince him?
I told him it is best to teach ones child ones own mother language. I told him about the importance of our son to know Igbo language well since our son will b the one to represent him in the village once we may no longer be alive. I told him that through language you also teach a lot about the peoples culture..We are planning to move to Nigeria in future and our son would feel like a stranger in his own father land not knowing Igbo..
The more arguments you can give me the bigger tge chance the convincing one is among... :-)

Keep encouraging him to.I'm surprised he's not enthusiastic about his son learning igbo.
You seem a good woman.keep it up.