Summary
Not too much has changed since last month. Toward the latter half of the month, he has ramped up the physical play -- ping pong and floorball are favorites.
Learning/Development
We still have the stroller, and we typically use it for getting to Perheliikunta (his gymnastics class).
His teacher says he is strong in math for his age and has a good grasp on manipulating the numbers 0-9, and also understanding odd and even.
Language
He sometimes struggles to remember the English word, and he is clearly more comfortable expressing himself in Finnish.
He still has trouble with the "tr" or "thr" sound in English. And it has a great effect now that his default is a big, rolling Finnish "r" sound, so "three" becomes "frrrrrree". And "Uncle Troy" becomes "Uncle Frrrrrroy".
Toys/Games/Other
When he comes home, he usually immediately heads for the Lego box.
He was captivated by watching ping pong at the sports center, so we got a couple paddles and balls. He also got some floorball equipment for his birthday and he is thrilled.
We sat in on a music class for Lumi. He was very interested, and liked singing along. He also liked the djembe, and was able to follow along and play the rhythm the teacher did.
Social
He has his best friend at päiväkoti but the teachers say he is also flexible about playing with other kids, and he is not afraid to approach other kids and ask to play.
Eating
He is a pretty good eater.
Favorites: cooked carrots, roasted meat.
He is into adding things to his bowl of Cheerios : raisins, cashews, shredded coconut.
Sleeping
He usually wants us to stay in his bedroom while he tries to go to sleep at night, but it can easily take 30 minutes or more.
Health
We did his 4-year neuvola checkup on 15.11. He is doing great, and perfectly average for height, weight, and head circumference. He said the shot didn't hurt.
Events
21.10 birthday visit to HopLop
25.10 syysrieha at Suursuo päiväkoti
29.10 Eeli's Halloween party
9.11 isänpäivä breakfast at päiväkoti
10-12.11 weekend in Nakkila
15.11 4-year neuvola check up
19.11 perhesähly (floorball)
Random
15.11 he had a great time at the neuvola 4 year check up. He did the eye check and drew pictures and used scissors and threw a ball and chatted and had a vaccination (with a blue monkey band-aid). Afterward, Kimmo asked "What was your favorite part? The drawing? The cutting?" Otso answered "The vaccination!"
Good news all around! Glad he is healthy, and that math is important to him (like his Mom).
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