It sure looks like December 14th...

So Cameron came home on the day of Madison's first blizzard. Both Cameron and our winter came 8 weeks early.
Our first night with him was fairly uneventful. The NICU did a great job of getting him on a 3 hr feeding schedule so we can almost set the clock for when we wake up to feed him. 

Your Bed Awaits

Cameron is just about ready to come home. Today they took off all his leads and started the discharge paperwork. Tomorrow evening he is coming home.
Goodbye to a full night of sleep. As a good friend called it, here comes the "Experiment in Sleep Deprivation." 

Next on MTV's Cribs

Snap, most of you don't know what "MTV's Cribs" is. Cameron has moved homes from the incubator to a regular crib. He needs to spend at least 24 hours there with consistant temperature before he goes home...there are 2 more exams he needs to take...hearing and car seat test, once he has those under his belt he will be ready to come home...by this time on Friday he should be home! 

Independant like mom and dad

This is what Cameron looks like with no feeding tube. Now, we have been looking forward to it coming out, but apparently, so has Cameron. This morning he tried to take it out and failed. Tonight, he tried again and was successful. I guess he didn't think the nurses were moving fast enough :)

So, hopefully the tube will stay out. He has been doing well with his feedings, so I think the nurses are going to follow Cameron's lead and give it a shot. Let's hope it goes well! 

Cameron's First Bath

We got to watch Cameron's first bath last night. Observing a bath is one of the things we have to do before being discharged.

Cameron was not a big fan of it, but the nurse said he was actually much less grumpy than a lot of babies get. He only cried a little bit. Mostly, he was making funny faces. Although, he did pee in the water once- perhaps that was an act of resistance.

But, by the time we were getting him dressed, he was recovered. And, he was still able to take an entire bottle feeding afterwards. Not to mention the fact that we now have one clean little boy :) 

A big weekend for little Cameron

All kinds of good things happening for Cameron. Today we had the privelage of doing 3 complete feedings from breast or bottle. Over half of his food today was by mouth, which means he is getting pretty darn close to losing the feeding tube. He is also 1°C away from room temperature, and once he gets down to that 27°C (for those of you non-metric people Google can help you convert) they will move him to a crib instead of the isolette. He also passed the 3.5lbs point today.