Otso's 25th Month

Summary
It's great to see how Otso's personality is developing. Now that he has more complex thoughts, there is definite moodiness, but we still do see big smiles when he's doing fun things.

Events
23-25.10 visit from neighbors 
30.10 new tooth!
30.10 - 2.11 visit from mummu
1.11 suomi kerho
8.11 new tooth!
11.11 2 year appointment at helsestasjon

14.11 visit Pedro

15.11 suomi kerho

18.11 meeting with barnehage teacher

17-21.11 josh visiting

Development
He is quite good at building towers with Legos or regular blocks.

Language
He repeats the last word he hears, often to hilarious effect.
We can see him separating the languages now, though not with 100% accuracy.  For example, he knows that it's not just the Norwegian "min", but that isä says "minun" and äiti says "my". but since there are both "my" and "mine" in english, that is a bit more difficult. I have seen him look a bit doubtful when he pointed to something and said "it's my!", so i think he remembered that it's a little different in english but he couldn't remember how exactly.
His language comprehension got "approved" at the 2-year visit at the helsestasjon. She chatted with him in Norwegian. He was quite shy but gave a lot of "joooo" agreements when she asked things like "do you go to barnehage?". She asked what he likes to play with at barnehage and he said "bil!" very confidently so we definitely know he likes cars. He was able to identify body parts when she prompted him.

Social
He knows most of the kids' names at barnehage.

We met with the barnehage teacher on 18.11. It sounds like Otso is doing well socially. He really loves circle time and he loves singing.

He sometimes is very moody.

Toys/Games
He still loves balls. He also loves books and Mickey Mouse and cars.

At barnehage, his favorite toys are the trains and the legos (and other building toys) and jumping on the pillows.

Eating
He drinks milk now, almost every day at dinner (and sometimes at breakfast).
6.11 was miserable in the morning, seemingly because i made rice porridge for breakfast instead of oat porridge. but it wasn't clear.
He does not like cheese.

16.11 again miserable in the morning because we didn't understand his breakfast request. it seemed like it was a spoon problem.

They are very worried at barnehage because he doesn't like snack time. We reassured them that he eats a lot at home, but he doesn't eat knakkebröd, especially with stuff on it.

Sleeping
He has been waking up a lot in the night and calling for us, then coming to sleep with äiti.

Health
25.10 beginning a cold?
8.11 woke up with a slight fever and was kind of fussy and clingy all day.

Potty
No progress lately. We are probably tabling this until after winter, so we don't have to deal with the snowsuit in a potty emergency.

Stats
Clothes: sometimes a size 92, but more often a size 98 now. 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. His size 92 pants still fit great in the length, but his hips and belly make them annoying to get on.

At barnehage they pointed out that Otso doesn't really try to put on his own clothes and just waits to be helped. Oops. :)

Teeth: 15 (upper right canine 30.10, lower left canine 8.11 ) 
Weight: 14.6 kg on 11.11
Height: 87.5 cm on 26.9 (86 on 11.11?)

Random
20.10 his first impulse in the morning was to find my slippers and hand them to me. :)

19.10 i forgot to put on the last month that he asked me to carry him to barnehage and then when i complained he grinned and said "sorry!"

8.11 while Lumi and Isä were out at a birthday party, he got to Skype with Grandpa and Mama Dollie. He spent about 10 minutes in this cycle:
 1. build a lego tower
 2. put the helicopter on top
 3. put Mickey in the helicopter
 4. make Mickey fall
 5. laugh
 6. make sure Grandpa and Mama Dollie were watching
 7. repeat