Pearl drops sock - knitting into yo 3x?

[Clabbergirl]

I'm knitting a pair of pearl drops socks, seen here, and it's the most complicated I've knit to date. I'm doing ok on the pattern stitch, but there's a section that reads, "yo 3 times", and then on the next round, to "kfb", knit in front and back, into those yarn overs. My problem is that trying to knit into the back of a yarn over is proving difficult. I've tried making the stitch yarn lax so I can slip my right needle in the back easily, but it seems to take multiple tries, I end up splitting the yarn, and it really slows down my row.

Is there some trick I'm not doing here? I knit continental style and medium loose.

Thanks.