Xavier turned 5 months old on October 22nd!This month was a pretty challenging one as far as sleep goes. For a variety of possible reasons, Xavier's napping right now is quite poor and his night sleeping has regressed. He has been waking up two or three times most nights leaving me exhausted! (That's why the blog has been so quiet lately.) Thankfully, we have many friends who have offered help and dozens of suggestions and theories. I have hope that better, longer nights of sleep will return soon.
X-man also had his first low-grade fever coupled with congestion. So, we went to the pediatrician. Everything checked out ok, but to be safe we were sent to the hospital to have some blood drawn. :( Besides being a bit traumatic, the bloodwork didn't show anything. In the end, it was probably just a virus and it went away pretty quickly. I was very happy to have my parents come and visit while Xavier was under the weather - definitely helped keep us calm while he fought his fever.
Sleeping and sickness aside, Xavier has been pretty busy. We went to a Math Department dinner at Firehouse. X was such a flirt. He went around the table charming everyone as he went. We've also been going on lots of walks in the Indian Hill Cemetery and Haddam Meadows. Gotta get as much fresh air as we can before it gets too cold! Often, we are joined for our walks by friends - especially Jaime & Ryan and Steph & Matty!We also enjoyed our first "Baby Pictures." It's not a photo shoot. It's a Parents/Baby movie event where the theater has baby-friendly dim lighting and quieter sound. Everyone expects/accepts that there will be crying, nursing and diaper changes throughout the film. Thus, you get to pay a lower price! I saw Couples Retreat (it was so-so) while Xavier spent the whole time playing with his friends.
The highlight of the month was our trip to Virginia for Sarah & Shannon's baby shower. We got to visit with lots of good friends from college as well as Charlie and Erin. Of course, we had a blast!On Xavier's 5 month day, we attended an Infant Massage class. We learned about the benefits of massage as well as several techniques. We were told that massage may even promote sleep and a healthy immune system. Not so sure about that, but we both did enjoy it!
And, as always, for the statistically inclined - Xavier now weighs 15 lbs, 8.8oz. Looks like he's right on schedule to double his birth weight by six months.
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He's got so much hair now! He really looks like Chris in the picture where he's all smiley.
I'm sure someone pointed you to AskMoxie's post about the 4 month sleep regression? A book that was really, really helpful to me during that first year was The Wonder Weeks. It tells you when the typical cognitive jumps are and how they disrupt your baby's sleep, make him extra fussy or distractible, and so on. It really changed the way I looked at fussiness.
A local theater here does baby movie days too, and we went once. It was a lot of fun, and Carter (just a few months old at the time) slept through the whole thing. I haven't been in a while, and I sometimes wonder if we could go now that he's almost two. I'm not sure he could sit through a whole movie at this point! Maybe an animated one... I think we'll have to try sometime soon!
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