Otso: 3 Years, 7 Months

Summary
Otso seems to have gotten bigger, at least physically. And his speech is getting more complex.

Learning/Development
He is interested in boy vs girl, like if a toy or a character is a boy or girl.

Language
He started saying "What the hell?!" (oops)

Toys/Games/Other
23.4 he wanted to try the balance bike again. He instantly got frustrated because he didn't go very fast, and also that he didn't feel stable (because he shifted slightly side to side with each step). We went out to Fornebu and he cycled through the process over and over again : beg to ride the balance bike, try for a few meters, cry, get off angrily and yell at the bike, go back to his scooter, cry, beg to ride the balance bike, and so on. It was frustrating to try to get anywhere, but impressive how he kept trying.

He likes to ride his scooter, too. His favorite indoor toys are legos, cars, and recently the train.

Lately, favorite sibling games include:
 "Christmas morning" -- they fill Isä's wool socks with toys and enclose other toys in bigger boxes, then announce that 'Santa came!' and they open them up
 "Traveling" - they pack the toy suitcases and bags with other toys and then get on the bus (a couple of chairs pulled together) or the plane (the sofa) and go somewhere

Social
He seems to have branched out in the friendships at barnehage, and he and Lumi have a good time playing together most of the time.
But he has real anxiety about large social situations, like birthday parties.
He enjoyed his grandparent time in Stockholm, but also he enjoyed all the playtime with his sister in the AirBnB. The two of them played really well together most of the weekend.

Eating
Favorites: eggs, ice cream, pancakes
In Italy he got the habit of pouring some olive oil on his plate to dip things in (bread, pizza, etc). This has carried over to home, even extending to salmon and broccoli.

Sleeping
Most nights he sleeps in his own bed the whole night. He and Lumi are having a hard time getting to sleep now that it's so sunny during the evening. We can hear them whispering for a long time after lights out.
He also has been using a blanket regularly instead of kicking it off.

Health
when he has a cold, he has a hard time paying attention to anything. whereas his sister will happily watch 8 uninterrupted hours of tv, otso cycles through this pattern: 1. asks to do some activity 2. you set it up 3. he plays for 20 seconds 4. he requests a different activity. 5. you set it up 6. he plays for 20 seconds 7. he requests a different activity ...
it's the same with TV: he can barely handle watching a 20 minute show without requesting that you change it.
this kind of thing makes it quite difficult to get work done when he is home on a sick day.

9.5 a scratch on his palm looked infected, so we forced him to use antibiotic ointment and a bandaid. he hates bandaids, so he cried and cried and said it hurt him. he basically cried himself to sleep.

Stats
Clothes: size 104/110. Shoes: size 28.
Teeth: 20
Weight: 17.6 kg on 2017-05-12
Height: 99 cm on 2017-01-06
favorite color: blue

Events
23.4 visit to Fornebu
30.4 grilling at Sognsvann
1.5 Vappu picnic in Frogner park
3.5 Oscar's birthday party
7.5 Helena's birthday party
12-14.5 weekend in Stockholm with Grandpa and Mama Dollie
20.5 Daniel's birthday party

Random
21.4 he finished his milk at breakfast and reached across the table to hand it to Kimmo and said "Isä can you put this in the dishwasher?"

22.4 He claimed that he smells like sticks.

30.4 he claimed to have seen a rock swimming into the lake.