Gremlin’s Fireside Chat

My daughter Maeve is 2 years 5 months old and is getting bigger, bolder and smarter. I have just heard Maeve recite perfectly the whole ABC song from A through Z perfectly. No too sure she understands what the alphabet is but it is impressive. Not only that Maeves music tastes are evolving; We know this because she deliberately tries to learn the words to tunes so she can sing along. For example she is a big fan of “Lady GaGa” and knows the words of “poker face”. He english comprehension and speech are progressing in leaps and bounds.

There is too much bad news in world today. With the terrible gun rampage in the UK its nice to see something nice.

Here is a heart warming and tribute to modern science – the moment a deaf 8 month baby got to first hear from a set of implanted cochlear implants.

You can see and feel the joy on all sides when he reacts to his moms voice for the first time.

Live long and prosper little one.

I love this You tube video and showed it to my big Iron-Man and Robot fan Maeve aged 2 Years 3 months old.

Her first comment was more… again!!! Her next one one was “its Maeve”.

My Daughter the super smart super hero.

Last Night Maeve had her first nightmare – well the first we recognized as such. Maeve has been a bit “clingy” of late because of a couple of instances where she has wandered off in shops. You all know what happens you bend down to pick something up and by the time you stand up the wee one has gone – talk about panic by the parent but it must be much much worse for the baby concerned. You know you are little, not too sure about the world and then mommy and daddy are not there. Anyway Maeve did a disappearing act in a shop for a few seconds yesterday and it really must have spooked her since afterwards she was sullen, quiet and clingy. Maeve would not allow me out of her sight.

Getting her to bed was a real problem and soon after she went to sleep I heard moans and little cries – I went into her bedroom and saw she was asleep but restless turning over frequently. Maeve soon woke up and stood up for a hug. After a hug I took her into bed, Maeve snuggled up for re-assurance. I think Maeve was remembering the feeling of being abandoned. Poor lass.

I have never really been a fan of the “greeting card invented” days such as “Mothers Day”, “Fathers Day” or “Birthdays” if it comes to that – where is “Grandfathers day” or “Poor Day” I ask; anyway I digress. I had planned to take my wife and daughter to Dublin zoo for some while now and mothers day (provided the weather was good) was an ideal opportunity. It proved to be a treasure. We all enjoyed it – Tigers, Wolves,Elephants and Meerkats being my favourites. The look of sheer joy on Maeves face when she first saw a real monkey was one I will remember for a long time. Maeve ran pretty much all the three hours we spent in the zoo – so for the first time Maeve fell asleep at 19:00 and slept though till 08:00 the next morning.

Here are the latest pictures of my Daughter – she is growing up fast now, and her English is expanding daily: