Otso's 28th Month

Summary
Otso can talk more and as long as he isn't hungry, he is a fun kid to have around.

Events
21.1 gymnastics
23.1 sledding, play date with Helena
24.1 play date with Oliver
5.2 Karneval at barnehage. dressed up as a ballerina but took it off before we left the house.
7.2 lumi's birthday party
11-15.2 in london
14.2 Cat in the Hat theater performance
18.2 gymnastics

Development
In gymnastics he loves the jumping and trampolines. He likes the balance beam too. He is resistant to somersaults.

Language
His language is going well. He repeats a lot. He even repeats the announcements in the buses, trains, and planes.
22.1 his barnehage teacher said his Norwegian language skills are great.
13.2 he was able to do a translation between languages when we asked. that was the first time i had seen it.

Social
He loves to recognize people from barnehage.
In London, he was especially excited about Pasi. When Pasi arrived home from the airport, Otso was the first to sprint to the door to greet him. Then at night when I tucked him in and talked about our day and talked about everyone we were visiting, and mentioned how isä and äiti love him most of all, he turned and whispered "pasi!"

Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: puzzles, trains
Almost every day he does at least one of the Doc McStuffins jigsaw puzzles and a Frozen one.
Any toy he wants to claim as his is "my special". 
He was really interested in all the musical theatre advertisements in London.

Eating
Loves: milk, cheerios, eggs, carrots
23.1 loved the brazilian cheese balls made by Vivi.

Sleeping
Since lumi got a new loft bed, Otso has sometimes slept underneath on the toddler mattress (instead of the crib). He also has started sometimes using a blanket!

Health
23.1 prefers that Isä clean up the kakka diapers
27,28.1 stayed home feeling ill. vomited 28.1
29.1 went back to barnehage, but feverish in the evening.
stayed home all weekend to recover
31.1 started coughing 
1.2 stayed home again, coughing a lot
8.2 seemed unusually cranky and went to bed early
9.2 stayed home from barnehage coughing and generally crappy. he has had a runny nose for awhile now.

Stats
Clothes: size 98. Shoes: size 24.

Teeth: 16
Weight: 14.7 kg on 28.12
Height: 88 cm

Random
He has started responding to questions from the TV. (Daniel Tiger : do you want to make believe with me?  Otso : yes!)

Lumi and I were singing "This Old Man" together on the way home from barnehage, and at #4, Otso interrupted to say "jacket!" I guess he thought we were naming things on/in the body.
Lumi & Äiti: "He played knick-knack on my ..."
Otso: "Jacket!"

18.2 lost his mind about putting on a bandaid. he sobbed when we put it on and then sobbed when we offered to take it off. and again when we actually took it off. and then proceeded to cry during the next 30 minutes when he thought about it (every 2 minutes or so).