Otso: 30 Months

Summary
Otso is learning a lot -- chatting more and doing more and also being more dramatic when he is angry. When he agrees to something he says a chipper sing-song "okay!" and it mostly makes up for all kinds of horrible behavior.

Events
24.3 trip to the legevakt for lumi
26.3 barbeque with Maja and family
26-27.3 barnas båt cruise to denmark
28.3 easter egg hunt

9.4 dinner with Helena & family

10.4 suomikerho

14.4 gymnastics

Development
His speech is coming along. He also is starting to learn which color is which. Up until now, he has known the names of the colors, but he routinely mismatches them.

Language
A favorite thing is to pretend something is a wand, and wave it and say 'Zim zala bim!' But he can't say it properly so it's usually 'Sha la la la la bim! '

Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: balls

He isn't as into puzzles as he has been the previous few months.

He likes naming the Sesame Street characters in the books, and knows a lot of them. But he consistently calls Cookie Monster "Monster Cookie".
29.3 played a game where he threw his Minnie Mouse doll across the room, then said "oh no!" and ran over to lovingly pick her up and cuddle her. then he threw her again. :)
23.3 excited about watching Ice Age 2. he loves the squirrel and says "funny!" every time he is on the screen.
2.4 got Ice Age from the library. he is delighted.
he enjoys watching basketball tournament clips with äiti.
4.4 watched some of the ncaa final game with äiti in the middle of the night because he wouldn't sleep without her there. at 1:30 left in the game he started crying "watch the basketball! watch the basketball!" and i couldn't resist so i brought him in for the last few seconds.

Social

He has a new little buddy at barnehage.

Eating
Loves: milk, eggs, dried papaya
28.3 all of a sudden, neither kid is interested in eating cheerios
2.4 not to worry; he loves cheerios again

Sleeping
He still wants/needs a lot of assistance getting to sleep. He really wants äiti in there rubbing his back or being next to the crib. Most nights he goes to bed in his crib, then Kimmo wakes him to pee at 10 or 11, then he comes to our bed.

10.4 after a situation in the morning where we didn't respond quickly enough to his calls (and he peed on himself) we switched him to the "big boy" bed, which is an adult-size mattress on the floor under lumi's loft bed. we put the potty right near the bed, so he can get up to pee when he needs to.

Health
22.3 first night without diaper. woke up at midnight soaked in pee. :)
24.3 started night training in earnest. we wake him up to pee around 10 or 11pm, and then he is able to go back to sleep fairly quickly, and sleep through the whole night without a diaper.
27.3 one accident while we were on the boat, but we didn't need to revert to diapers (though we had brought along a couple as backup)
29.3 no diapers at barnehage during playtime.
2.4 fell ill in the evening, shaky and feverish
3.4 still a bit sick
4.4 still a bit sick in the morning, so he stayed home from barnehage
7.4 sick again (or still). Snotty, though, so it doesn't look like strep throat from his sister. We used diapers since he is so confused and had a couple accidents yesterday. This is just like lumi used to be: wetting her pants was one of the first indicators of having a cold.

8.4 better, but not 100%. we kept him home from barnehage again.

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

Teeth: 17
Weight: 14.7 kg on 6.3
Height: 88 cm

Random
26.3 the kids were changing into pajamas and otso stuck his hand in lumi's 'coin slot '. He thought it was hilarious.

28.3 we hunted easter eggs in the morning at home, then re-hid and hunted them several times. otso got good at looking for eggs.