Otso: 3 Years, 6 Months

Summary

The bear is 3 and a half! While he has kept up the big tantrums, he also is showing himself to be a comedian when he is in a good mood. He likes to make funny faces and to make people laugh.

Learning/Development

He has learned to help put dishes away.

Language

The "tr" sound is still "f".
And sometimes "r" in general is hard (break -> "blake", friend -> "flend", etc)
He loves to inform us what they say in barnehage, so we get a lot of Norwegian translation from him.

Toys/Games/Other

He still loves the "perler" beads. He seems to be off the puzzle kick.
He was thrilled with the Lego magazines that vaari and Leena brought, though the interest is mostly in the little Lego guy that came with each one. One is Batman in a kilt. He likes to take to it bed to sleep with and then hunt for the helmet (which inevitably falls off during the night) in the morning.
He is creative with his Lego creations. Most of the time he makes some kind of airplane or something that "can fly", but he adds different stuff and explains the functionality (this part makes it go faster, this part is where they trap the bad guys, this part enables it to go on water too, etc)
He likes books, but becomes most interested when he has to find things in the picture.
We took his scooter with us to Milan, and he and Diego had a grand time getting around together. He tried the balance bike there but burst into tears and called it a "silly baby bike" so apparently he isn't ready for it.

Social

He was excited to help little Marie when she visited, but he and Clemence didn't spend very much time together.
He really enjoyed both Diego and Gemma in Milan.

Eating

Favorites: eggs, ice cream, pancakes, chicken.
He doesn't always eat as well as he used to, but then he'll go on a spree of being insatiable.

Sleeping

He sleeps in his own bed most nights these days. He likes to take something to snuggle with, but sometimes it's a little Lego guy.

Health

When he brushes his teeth, he is getting rid of "the bad guys" and then he even shows us how the bad guys are the little brown and black specks in the sink after he spits.

5.4 dentist check up. Despite many practice sessions in the last couple of weeks, he spent the time in the office screaming, "I don't want to go to the dentist!" he resisted every step of the way. The dentist waited a bit but then we told her that he probably wouldn't calm down so we should just do it. We told the dentist that we would hold him down and she forced the mirror in his mouth and checked. He continued screaming after the examination, and even refused to pick out a toy.

Stats

Clothes: size 104/110. Shoes: size 28.

Teeth: 20
Weight: ?
Height: 99 cm on 2017-01-06

Events

21.3 dinner at Helmine's
23.3 stayed home from barnehage
25.3 tried the pedal bike but got frustrated
26.3 Sofienberg playground.
31.3-2.4 Neighbor visit
31.3 cat sitting begins -- Hermes is staying with us
2.4 Leon birthday party
8.4 visit Eino's new house in Lillestrom
9.4 suomikerho
13 - 17.4 trip to Milan
16.4 visit with the Chismans (plus bonus Sydney, Isabel's friend)

Random

26.3 he described that when we go camping, Isä won't fit in the tent with us and will have to sleep in the car (which is the plot of a Peppa Pig episode). Then he said "but we don't have a car. He will have to sleep in the stroller."

He likes to sniff the daffodils and announce that they smell like yellow.

When he is mad and stomps off, now he says angrily "bye bye!" and it could not be cuter. We have to hide our smiles.