Freja has a cough...

...and we know it! All day long and all night also. The reality of being a parent is never more obvious when your child is on the floor, howling and kicking and utterly indifferent to reason or bribes and your partner is so jaded with lack of sleep that she stares at you with dull eyes that ask, why am I in the situation?. All you who have trodden this path and those of you who have chosen not to have children may laugh now...

Ah well, so, its not all bad... the weather is terrible... we're in our traditional January financial slump... neither of us has a job... Freja is sick... Whats not to laugh about? Heh heh heh.

In between howls of anguish, Freja is usually in a good mood. Today's high point was her discovery that laundry can be used as clothing. She's getting more teeth which I think are a part of why she is so whiny this time around, and she's may be becoming bored with just being home 'alone' instead of being with her friends at the day care. She no longer complains about being dropped off there anymore and even runs to the door in the mornings.

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When she is at home with us, we have to exert our selves considerably to maintain her good humour and once thats been established its a hard job to keep it going. The slightest, most obscure reasons have her flat on the floor crying her little heart out... though a lot of it seems to be an act, it quickly escalates. Its a balance to know whether or not to give her the attention she needs as opposed to the attention she merely wants...

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Her language is coming along slowly. There are more words which sound like words, but are really complex sounds copying short sentences. Whats that/this? in Danish being her favourite.

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Snus'en er syg og det er vi andre også. Der er en rigtig møjvejr i Århus, vi har ingen penge over hovedet og vores bolig ejer er endnu en idiot og som altid er jeg fyldt med god humør....

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Ud over at være syg, så går det godt med Freja. Hun er bleven meget glad for vuggestuen, kommer godt ud af det med det flest menneseke hun møder og er ved at få flere tænder. I dag har hun lejet med vasketøjet, som du kan se her, og har været en tur med Mor ud i vejret. Mette håber at tag ud til min forældre i morgen men vi har ikke kunne få fat i dem endnu. Jeg tror jeg tager med for en gangs skyld. Jeg tranger rigtig meget til at kom ud i det åben vejr.