2 years old and ODD

So...after our recent fiasco where we were told that Finn is not on the spectrum (OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK) but rather severely cognitively delayed with ODD...how can they even say that about a 2 year old I want to know...because seriously, isn't EVERY 2 your old ODD?  I mean...isn't that part of being 2 and why it is called the "terrible twos?" AND if she is so severely cognitively delayed (because she refused to make a choo choo out of 3 blocks because EVERYONE knows a choo choo isn't made out of 3 blocks) how can she have ODD?  ODD implies a willful challenge that being severely (to the extent they told us) delayed would prohibit...

Anyway...I digress....

Yesterday I had Finn help me make a simple banana parfait.  I think she liked helping more than she liked actually eating.  We will be adjusting her meds, again, since she has lost a pound in the last 2 1/2 weeks (stupid topamax.)  Over the next 15 weeks (once insurance approves it) we will be gradually weaning topamax and adding lamictal.  Here is hoping it helps with the seizures as well as the eating.  It would be nice if Finn's pants didn't fall off!!!  :)


Simple Banana Parfait

48 Nilla Wafers
2 medium bananas
1 box instant vanilla pudding (make according to pudding pie recipe)
container of whipped cream


mix pudding according to pudding pie recipe and set aside
layer 24 Nilla wafers in a baking dish (like and 8x8x2)
cut up one medium banana into slices and spread over wafers
cover the bananas with half of the pudding
cover the pudding with half the container of whipped cream (we used cool whip)

repeat with remaining ingredients

I also spread some butterscotch topping over the whipped cream portion as well (simply because I had it in the refrigerator and Finn likes to squeeze the bottle) :)

Everyone in the family thoroughly enjoyed it (even with Finn's obviously finger marks in the final whipped cream layer) and we had a great time counting out cookies and licking bowls :)