15 weeks

My poor boy is losing his hair! Everyone keeps telling me "don't worry. It's normal for them to lose their hair. It'll grow back." I understand and know and even expected him to lose his hair, but it's still sad to see it happen and I feel a little responsible. He's got a case of cradle cap so I've been putting cradle cap oil treatment on his head and combing to loosen the flakes and comb them out, but also end up getting a lot of hair. He doesn't seem bothered by either the flakes or the hair loss. But it just looks so sad. My once full head of hair baby is now all wispy.

Also, poor thing, is teething. Normally he's happy and smiley all the time, but lately there are some times that he is just uncharacteristically fussy. And he has been biting down when he sticks my finger in his mouth or other things. I, being the "hippy" that I am, have ordered him an amber teething necklace. Some may say it's hokey, and that any effect it has is just placebo for the parents, but I'll take it. If there is any chance that it will help him, I welcome it.

For those not "in the loop" Baltic Amber supposedly will release oils into the skin that helps with pains. For babies, teething is primarily for what it's used. In adults arthritis is a common ailment. I've also read about people using it for headaches or any aches and pains. I also ordered a necklace to wrap around my ankle a couple times because it still hurts from when I sprained it before Xavier was born. I'll update once they arrive if they seem to help at all. :)

Also, Xavier is getting to be such a big boy we had to move his straps on his carseat to the last holes and remove the newborn head support. We're hoping to get a new set of carseats for Christmas because he'll have outgrown his current one by weight very soon!

Today being Thanksgiving I am thinking about how thankful that we did not give up trying or give up hope of having a child. And thinking about how amazing it is that we have such a beautiful, smart, generally happy 3 1/2 month old baby boy. He really has blessed our lives even more than I had ever dreamed. I am also thankful that I have been able to achieve my goal of exclusively breastfeeding and even had a surplus of milk that I was able to donate to feed a baby in need for about a week.

And now on to the pictures.

11/16/12

Rob sent me this picture to show what a big boy Xavier was holding his own bottle.

This was also the first time I really started to wonder if his hair was starting to thin out some.

11/17/12

Another bottle picture.

11/16/12

Uncle Caleb meets Xavier for the first time!!

11/18/12

Rob commented that Xavier was like Linus from the Snoopy Gang. Xavier had been fussing and I put him down because nothing I was doing was working. So I needed a minute to step away and think to see what else I could try. Popped in his paci and gave him his blankie and when I came back, this is what I found. Fast asleep.

11/21/12

Yet again, an instance of "I don't know what's wrong" then I come back and he's asleep. Here you can really see how his hair has thinned.