Cruise Control

Such a good little boy :-) Mom and Dad are feeling so, so much better about Colin's development. It's been a slow process, seeing how we started in such a deep, dark place regarding the information we were given prior to his birth. But to see him now, we're finally to the point where we can truly enjoy him. Sure, we know there are still milestones ahead. Every child has those. But Colin is making it. The prospect of our little guy finally coming home is so wonderful.
Regarding his progress, Colin continues to jam on his bottle feedings. The doctors have increased his overall caloric intake, as well as the amount of breast milk he gets per feeding (he essentially gets 1 ounce per feeding now). He continues to tolerate all his vitamins, electrolytes and fortifiers.
The next big step looming on the horizon for Colin is graduating from his isolette into an open-air crib. Babies need enough brown fat to be able to maintain their own body temperature. That usually happens around 3.5 pounds or so. Colin is close. The nurses continue to bump down the temperature in his isolette, inching closer to room air temp. Every 12 hours, as long as Colin is adapting well, they reduce the temp on his bed by 0.2 degrees. He's at 31 degrees Celsius now, and it's usually around 29 degrees that they go to a crib. Simple math says that we're just less than 1 week away!
So we're getting close! Colin is ready too. 76 days in the hospital to this point will do that to you. Besides, he told us last night he can't wait to come home and eventually meet all the wonderful people out there that care so much about him :-)