Poor Maeve is ill – but on the road to recovery thank God. On Monday Maeve became lethagic, sleep, whiny, not  and more worryingly had a high temperature – some 38-39 degrees; very hot to touch. “The Redhead” gave me a call in work and said that she had made an appointment with the local Doctor to find out whats wrong with our little bundle of joy. Fortunately I managed to get home and down to the doctors before the consultation took place.

As it turns out Maeve is suffering from Tonsillitus – a very painful affliction for an adult let alone a 11 month old baby. The doctor perscribed a 5 day course of antibiotics, and there the fun started.  The antibiotic does not taste nice and it got to be a real game to try to Maeve to take her medicine. She would purse up her lips, and move head from side to side – a real problem. The best solution we found was a plastic dropper bought from the local chemist and the expediency of sticking in my finger so she could not close her mouth and the insert the dropper and squeeze.

Its been three days and at last her temperature has returned to normal and some of her bubbly personality has started to resurface.