First this, then that

We've been having some struggles with Finn and consequences. When we need him to do something like put his shoes on or eat his food at dinner, he dilly dallies and "drags" his feet for what seems like forever until one of us gets angry and it becomes a huge power struggle. Finn's EI teacher, Deb, said this week that it is absolutely normal for this age to do this, which kind of made me feel a little better. She made a GREAT suggestion on how to fix it: word your requests as "First you need to put your shoes on, then we can go to the park." We started trying to say it this week...and it works! Not all the time, but at least we know he understands because the command is so simple and straightforward. And even if he doesn't comply, he seems to understand and move on to something else (like when we say "veggies first, then more pizza" or something like that). Hey, my fingers are crossed and double crossed that this works!

I think I forgot to mention yesterday that Korri's doctor is putting her on Prevacid, a stronger antiacid than Zantac. She said it is basically all we can do to try to make colicky babies more comfortable. Now, of course, it isn't covered by our insurance, so they have to get a preauth, which can take days. Hope it all works out!

And dare I say, that I finally caught Korri smiling on camera?

A little smile anyway. Of course, as soon as I shut the camera off, she had a full blown, full face smile and coo. Oh, she has started cooing a lot more in the last day or so. Before that, she would "coo" but really she was just gearing up to cry! I love this stage :)