Otso's 29th Month

Summary
This month Otso has made some significant steps away from babyhood. The big one is with potty training. He is diaper-free during waking hours at home.

Events
20.2 dinner at Helena's house
21.2 "sledding" at the castle with Sanni
26-28.2 äiti gone for the weekend
27.2 isä's birthday
29.2 amy visiting
3.3 gymnastics
6.3 swimming with helmina
13.3 suomi kerho
17.3 gymnastics
18.3 easter breakfast at barnehage with parents

19.3 haircut, sognsvann and pizza with Helena
20.3 new tooth

Development
He loves to go up and down the stairs himself, announcing "big boy!".

Language
23.2
   O: No äiti!
   Äiti : (correcting ) please don't do that, äiti.
   O: Äiti, please do that NOT!
He often says "yes" (not yeah).
The English Y often changes to L (e.g. gross food is "lucky" not "yucky")
He says "my" instead of "I" for first person singular (e.g. "My like eggs!")

Social
He likes to name his classmates and people we see, but still very much into parallel play with other kids and not interacting with them directly (lumi being a notable exception).
6.3 lumi sneezed and otso said "bless you ".
19.3 helped make pizza with Helena.
19.3 at helena's house, he used a short glass instead of a normal cup. Then he got repeated refills from Joachim by asking  "more water please! "

Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: puzzles, trains
21.2 we met Sanni + family in the city and while the ice skating rink was closed, the "ski jump" at the castle was still snowy/icy. the kids had a blast sliding on their bottoms over and over. 

Eating
Loves: milk, cheerios, eggs

Sleeping
He wakes up almost every night around 3:00 and asks to come sleep with äiti.
He may be cold at night.

Health
20.2 started potty training in earnest, while we are home. He still wears a diaper at barnehage, and during naps, and at night, and when we are out and about. Needless to say, it's going quite slowly.
He is excited about being a "big boy" but he doesn't understand yet how to let go of his bladder on demand.
2.3 decided he wanted to go diaper-free at night, but still couldn't pee on demand before bed. At about 9pm, he woke up covered in pee (he was drenched from his shoulders down to his socks). there was a small lake on the sheepskin, too.
3.3 went diaper-free some of the morning in barnehage
4.3 first real pee in the potty, doing the whole process! he had a couple tries where he felt it coming, then sat down, but wasn't able to go. then one time it actually worked. we were very excited to see him making the connection between the feeling and the action.
5-6.3 really successful weekend for potty training. he is getting better at releasing pee on command.
8.3 back to diapers at barnehage. He is not so good at going on command on the toilet and they don't have a small potty.
10-11.3 stayed home sick with a fever

18.3 brought a potty ring to barnehage and now he can pee there.

19.3 successful "adventure pee" in the park! 

Stats
Clothes: size 98/104. Shoes: size 25.

Teeth: 17 (upper left second molar 20.3)
Weight: 14.7 kg on 6.3
Height: 88 cm

Random
20.3 kimmo put on some Chet Baker and Otso listened and then said " trumpet! ". Conclusion : he is a genius.