{"id":345,"date":"2012-10-01T22:28:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/?p=345"},"modified":"2012-10-01T22:28:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T20:28:40","slug":"full-time-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/2012\/10\/01\/full-time-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"Full time parent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now I\u2019m officially on parental leave. We have a great opportunity here in Sweden where we can stretch it to relatively long times. I will be home for at least half a year, but probably longer.<\/p>\n<p>I have actually not worked since Wednesday, as I had worked some extra hours during the summer making it possible for me to take Thursday and Friday off. Having four days all three of us was really nice. On Friday we all went into town and had my parents over in the afternoon. They really love being with us, especially our daughter. She likes them too; she brought almost every one of her books to my dad and he read them to her.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday we did a little excursion to Drottningholm with our bicycles. That is always nice. We looked at the sheep, gees and tourists walking around the park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/2012\/10\/01\/full-time-parent\/attachment\/09\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-346\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/files\/2012\/10\/09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/files\/2012\/10\/09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/files\/2012\/10\/09-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/files\/2012\/10\/09-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today was the first day I was home with her alone. I didn\u2019t know how it would be. I couldn\u2019t even imagine it before. Would I be able to take care of her in a good way? Would there be time to do all the things I wanted and had to do? Would I be able to comfort her when she was missing her mother? Today it all went fine. I think anyway. And I even had time for a shower. (With my daughter playing with the shower curtain at the same time).<\/p>\n<p>The hardest thing was to comfort her when she was longing for her mother. She walked over to the door and sat down crying for a little while. I picked her up and talked to her, after a few minutes she stopped crying and started playing again.<\/p>\n<p>She is just so cute when she talks her own little language. I wish I knew what she is saying. I think she wishes we knew too.<\/p>\n<p>One thing we didn\u2019t do during the day was taking a nap. She does need a nap during the day. Today she took the nap at 6 in the evening, making it hard for her to get to rest now while I\u2019m writing this.<\/p>\n<p>So this was the first day. Now there will be many more to come. Tomorrow we will go swimming and we will do that a few more Tuesdays. I don\u2019t have that much planned. I should have the dinner of this week planned, but I still lack a vegetarian meal on Thursday, so if you have a good idea that isn\u2019t oven-roasted vegetables give me a hint.<\/p>\n<div data-counters='true' data-style='square' data-size='small' data-url='https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/2012\/10\/01\/full-time-parent\/' data-title='Full time parent' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='https:\/\/blog.wolfmaier.se\/wolfie217\/2012\/10\/01\/full-time-parent\/' data-title='Full time parent' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now I\u2019m officially on parental leave. 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