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Who is Eddie, you might ask? Truth be told, I have no idea. Mary Natalie has been babbling away for a couple of months now, but these past days has been fixated on a single word: Eddie. Which is a bit disappointing, as her very first word was Daddy. You can imagine my pride and joy when she first looked at me, revealed two cute, bunny teeth in a wide grin and cried out: “Daddy!”
My heart swelled. But my pride and joy were dimmed when she next turned to Electra. “Daddy,” she shouted.
I knew things were getting out of hand when she next pointed at Basta the cat and yelled, “Daddy!”
Before I had time to comprehend the notion of my darling daughter being the illegitimate fruit of love between my wife and our cat, Mary Natalie delivered the final blow by grinning at a shiny pot: “Daddy!”
Enter Eddie
That was a couple of months ago, and since then she has greatly expanded her vocabulary to include such fine words as, “Doo” and “Ba.” Sometimes, she even strings them together: “Doo Ba Ba.”
Lately, however, all this fine progress has been reversed. We only have the one word, and we use it like crazy: “Eddie.”
What makes this even stranger is that we use a multitude of languages around her. Mostly Greek and English, but also expressions in some of the other languages we speak: French (Electra’s first language), Spanish, and even the odd German phrase.
Eddie is not a word in any of them.
That’s when we figured it might be a name. Am I Eddie? Are you? Is her mom? No one knows. But this morning she looked plaintively at me and cried out (you guessed it), “Eddie!”
And Eddie could use your help with something: since publishing the updated Pearseus bundle, it’s been doing really well, sales-wise. However, it has just a handful of reviews (indeed, only one in the UK).
So, if you have read any books in the series and enjoyed them, would you be kind enough to leave a review saying so?
Please don’t think for a moment I’m exploiting my daughter’s irresistible cuteness to earn some new reviews. I’m doing this for Eddie.
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robbiesinspiration said:
So cute! I took a walk down my own memory lane when reading this. My oldest son’s first word was light – fancy that!
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Light! Now I’m jealous 😀
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V.M.Sang said:
My son’s first word was ‘car’. Then, one day we saw a Yorkshire terrier being walked by its owner. He pointed and said ‘cat!’ No amount of persuading would convince him it was other than a cat.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Ha ha – poor Yorkie 😀
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Roger said:
I believe my daughter’s first words were “Mars Bar” preceded by “I want…”
I haven’t read any of your novels but after finally exhausting all my favourite writers, I’ll give one a shot.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Thank you, Roger. There’s no rush 🙂
I want Mars Bar, huh? Talk about a sweet tooth…
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rijanjks said:
Love the look into family. Great way to morph into prompting readers for reviews!
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Yes, Eddie’s rather cunning that way 😀
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C.E.Robinson said:
Mary Natalie…what cuteness! Believe me, little kids & any size dogs or cats are great hooks to draw readers. A great association with you, your books & Electra, Meli & now Mary Natalie’s Eddie. Whose not smiling at that kind of marketing? (big smile) 🎶 Christine
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
Heh heh – yes, Eddie’s very cunning that way 😀
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hilarycustancegreen said:
I think Eddie, is Daddy jumbled up. She hears Daddy perfectly, but producing the sound to match what she hears is very hard work. So our eldest (Eleanor) called herself Enna, Nenna, Enena on her way to Eleanor. Children learning more than one language from birth have enormous advantages (even in old age), but they tend to be a little slower producing language – I assume because they have more processing to do having such a big range of sounds to choose from.
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
That’s what we assume. I know we’re not making it any easier on her, but hopefully she’ll get there sooner rather than later 🙂
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beemweeks said:
Just too cute. I remember when my children were that little…so very long ago!
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
How can that be? You’re a young thang yourself 🙂
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beemweeks said:
I turn 50 in three weeks. I have grandchildren. Not that young anymore, Nicholas! Sigh!
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Nicholas C. Rossis said:
I turned 47 a week ago. Don’t go there…
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beemweeks said:
LOL!!!
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