Naked no more

Hurray! Wearing clothes is actually a sign of progress, and Xavi has been making all kinds of small strides in the past week or so: 

• He is becoming overall more stable, so that the main things going on are eating, breathing, and growing without other major interventions or crises anticipated.
• He is gaining weight--some days 1 oz per day--and is up to 3 lb. 6 oz.
• He is more able to maintain his body temperature. They removed the probe which constantly monitored his temperature (the isolette then regulated its temperature moment to moment based on whether he needed to be warmer or cooler), and now he is just in the heated isolette. They are weaning the temperature inside the box, preparing him for the eventual launch to an open crib. He now needs those clothes to help him stay nice and warm.
• His head ultrasounds have shown stable ventricles for the last several weeks. Since there has been no sign of his hemorrhage worsening up until this point, there is a good chance that it won't get any worse.

(Those bright blue spots are part of the CPAP mask, not his eyes :) Not a great picture, but had to show the clothes.