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Otso is 2 years old! He is funny and kind. We all love him. He is growing more creative and speaking more every day.
Otso is 2 years old! He is funny and kind. We all love him. He is growing more creative and speaking more every day.
27.9 excursion to Fornebu
29.9 doctor visit to remove splinter
4.10 Suomi kerho
10.10 helmina and Amalie over for cake
11.10 playdate with Toni
15.10 "høst fest" at barnehage -- parents invited for soup
17.10 swimming with Eino
18.10 birthday cake in frogner park with pedro and toni
20.10 2 years old!
27.9 he made substantial progress on the scooter. He isn't very fast but he can ride and push himself forward properly.
He definitely says "äiti" and not "äini".
I managed to have him in stitches when i repeatedly called him "sucker".
He likes to shout.
He has started saying " yeah! " in response to a question or a statement. It's great.
Other gems: "exactly, otso! "
Calls his belly his " beely".
Dog comes as "cog".
He seems to think the Finnish word "maali" means door, no doubt because Kimmo and Lumi and Otso practice kicking the balls toward the door.
He likes Pedro a lot. He is also kind of obsessed with Toni, who is in Lumi's class at barnehage.
5.10 We asked about their days and who they played with and Otso said he played with Toni (Lumi was quick to correct him).
He really likes Mickey Mouse, both the stuffed cuddly version and the little figurine.
He likes balls and Legos and puzzles.
The barnehage teachers always inform me, a bit sadly, that otso does not like fingerpainting. but then they gave him a paint brush and he did it a little bit.
17.10 Grandma gave Otso some toy food and a backpack.
18.10 Pedro gave Otso a couple of his toys -- a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and a figure from Kung Fu Panda. They are Otso's first action figures and he really liked the turtle.
18.10 Maria and Pasi (and Elmo and Elsa and Veera) gave Otso an outdoor ball. He loved it.
20.10 presents from äiti (socks and mittens), isä (cars, including a police car), and lumi (legos)
favorite foods: ice cream , eggs, yogurt, chicken, pasta
6.10 drank milk -- first time! he has had chocolate milk, but only from a box when he couldn't see it. lumi requested chocolate milk when they got home because it was chilly. otso also said "chocolate milk!" and sat in his chair at the table. i warmed him a little and then added a bit of sugar and then added a bit of chocolate and then he panicked and cried. then i switched mugs and gave him some from lumi's mug (which was just warm milk and sugar because i hadn't done hers yet) and he loved it, and drank some more milk (cold, without sugar) with dinner.
12.10 he is still very confused about what "chocolate milk" is. for example, he says it when he sees cake baking. and he won't drink something that looks like chocolate milk (though he loves it in a box where he can't see it). and he generally doesn't like chocolate (he spits out chocolate chips from cookies).
24.9 trying a new system for bedtime. Kids are in separate bedrooms and neither gets to come to our bed. He wakes between 3 and 4 and has a massive pee, which is not even contained by a disposable diaper. We are trying to use cloth at night and simply change him at that time (because the point of disposable at night was so he could sleep through but that isn't the case now).
30.9 went to sleep in the toddler bed.
3.10 still prefers the toddler bed.
11.10 we let him have the old baby pacifier (tutti) for bed.
21.9 seems to be getting sick: not eating much, very whiny
27.9 unusually whiny all day. Also got a bunch of splinters in the feet.
28.9 still really whiny. it could be just the age, but it seems like it could be that he is uncomfortable somehow and therefore on edge.
29.9 went to doctor to have big splinter removed. This is our first experience with the new oslo doctor. It was positive.
4.10 during Suomi kerho, he got very clingy and then had a fever. He looked better by the time we got home, but for him the event was pretty miserable.
30.9 went unprompted to sit on the potty after I got him naked for a bath. He didn't pee, though, and a few minutes later he peed in the shower. So maybe it's a matter of connecting the feeling of peeing with the conscious effort to relax.
2.10 somehow pushed down pants and diaper himself in protest in his crib, then woke up covered in pee (but with a dry diaper around his ankles) at 5:00
3.10 pee in the big potty just before bath, using the seat reducer.
8.10 he is enjoying wearing his underwear and really hates diapers, so i guess that's the first step? now we have to get him to see the connection between using the potty and getting rid of diapers.
Clothes: size 92 (2T) in most things. He is in a 23 shoe, though his feet are so wide that it can be difficult to fit the sneakers on, despite having a lot of room in the toe.
Weight: 13.1 kg at the airport on 26.7
Height: 87.5 cm on 26.9
He gets mad when äiti starts to do push-ups. It's hard enough to keep in shape without someone working against me like that.
18.10 we had a lovely birthday party in frogner park. we brought cake to share with our friends Maru and Gaston (and Pedro and Maxi and Mia) and Maru's mother was also in town. But then we ran into Lumi's friend Toni from barnehage and her dad, so they joined us for cake. It was a sunny day and perfect fall weather. The kids had a blast and guzzled down chocolate milk. We brought a thermos of hot water and had instant cappuccino and hot chocolate. Otso blew out the candles enthusiastically. We all had a great time.
Otso has a lot of opinions about shoes. He likes certain shoes and refuses to put on other shoes. He is fairly relaxed about clothes, but footwear is a big issue. So now that it's getting colder in Oslo, we want him to wear boots. He loves his summer sneakers and has refused his winter boots. We got him another pair (insulated Viking boots, size 23) and he was eventually coaxed into trying them. We had to do a lot of "wow what awesome boots!" pep talks. The good news is that he can stand up and step into the boots with only a little help, so he is quite proud of himself.
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