Limit get_pages to only show 5 items

I have had similar problems with the number attribute in get_pages()

I got around it by using get_children:

$pages = get_children(array(
   'numberposts' =>1,
   'post_parent' => $heading_page->post_id
   ));

and using post_parent instead of child_of.

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