I went through a whole night without a feeding tube for the first time. While this is excellent news, I’m finding that since I’m so underdeveloped that I’m still not efficient enough. It takes me about an hour to get through a bottle (indirect lactose infusion), and direct lactose infusions take MUCH longer than normal term babies as well.
So while my progress is great, being awake for an hour every two hours is draining both to me and to the Chief Medical Officer and the Admiral. I need more sleep and energy conservation than most babies still or risk not developing properly. We can’t all continue at this 1 to 2 pace, as much as we would like to.
So we did another tube this morning. Every tube resets my home-world return chronometer.
We are all trying our best to get through these difficult missions. Crew morale is really down right now. It’s a delicate balance of progressing, but not progressing too quickly.
Stay Calm.
Cap’n B
Captain Brennan 
I know it has to be hard on crew morale, but you are all very strong and will get there soon I’m sure. Send all my love and prayers to all the crew please.
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Would a puppy help? I could get the Captain a puppy.
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I feel like I’ve been going through withdrawal ever since I met you, B. I never met someone I was instantly addicted to before. The growing takes a lot of time and patience but you are doing such a good job working hard at it. Keep telling you dad to stay calm and your mom to stay strong. You got the best crew possible backing you up, kiddo. PS Don’t worry about everything out here in the engine room, I got it under control. If you need to drop down to warp 1 or 2 or even slow to impulse we can roll with it.
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