Positive feedback

Quinn is much more interactive now. In the proper mood, he'll produce smiles in response to play or singing, and those moods are becoming a little more common. I must say the smiling feedback is quite welcome. It seems like up to this point the best you could hope for was to get him back to neutral on the happiness scale, but now it feels like we can actually do something to swing him to the positive side of the happiness ledger.

We went for a skate on the canal today. It was a gorgeous sunny day, just above zero, and the ice was in great shape. Freezing rain is on the way tonight though so that might be the end of canal season.

We managed to get Bec 9 hours of sleep yesterday - 4 in the evening, 3 at night, 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. Luxury! In a rare occurrence over the last month, she had more sleep than me! Last night she got 6 and another 1 this afternoon.

We saw the doctor yesterday regarding the rash on Quinn's face. Apparently it's eczema, which is nothing serious but we got a mild steroid cream that seems to be helping already. He really doesn't need 'roids to help bulk up - he's 11lbs 13oz!