Baby Update: Lil’ Buddy is 8 months old!

Back on my old website, I used to provide monthly updates for my family and friends back home and around the world on how Lil’ Ziggy was growing. I thought it only fitting that I continue that tradition with Lil’ Buddy!

You know how second children go, you always tend to miss a few things that you were diligent about with the first one. Even on social media, where I’ve been doing the majority of my communication for the past few years, I’ve been skipping months with Lil’ Buddy.

But as I was looking back on old posts about Lil’ Ziggy (omg baby zig!), I realized I skipped his first month too!

Guys, the newborn stage is HARD. It’s 100% survival mode. I’m already cognitively diminished when I’m tired, but there is no tired like NEWBORN STAGE tired.

I tweeted this “update” about Lil’ Buddy around that time:

I’m not doing a 1 month update for my son because the best thing can say right now is that he’s still alive.

— Monica Booth (@MonicaMBooth) September 24, 2019

(sidenote, Twitter REALLY needs an edit button.)

A lot of my tweets were like that for the first few months.

I’m glad to be writing on a blog again, making things more intentional than they have been.

Lil’ Buddy has proven that all children develop differently and at different rates. Whereas his big brother was rolling back and forth at around 4 months, Buddy really has only started rolling intentionally in the last month or so, and it was really only from back to front. In the last couple of days, though, he’s started rolling back again, and even doing some log-rolling across his bedroom floor during diaper changes.

In addition to rolling, Lil’ Buddy has started to propel himself forward with his legs. It’s early days yet, but he’s starting to realize he can move forward on his belly. I can see him army-crawling soon, which means nothing is safe.

For now, Lil’ Buddy is happy sitting on his own as long as he has plenty of toys to fiddle with. This is super nice for me because I’ve been able to drink my coffee without a baby yanking on my hair. I feel like he’s a bit more of a “chill” baby than Lil’ Ziggy was at that age. He just seems so content most of the time, even on his belly. I’ve never met a baby that liked tummy time but this kid apparently does! In any case, it’s nice to be able to sit, write, enjoy my coffee and listen to him babble and laugh to himself.

Speaking of babbling, Lil’ Buddy has started to mimic sounds back to me, which is adorable and hilarious. I’ve tried getting him to “perform” this new skill for my parents on FaceTime, but he suddenly develops stage fright. The two sounds he mimics most are blowing raspberries and clicking his tongue.

I’ve saved the best development for last. I gotta tell you, friends, THIS is the milestone I’ve been waiting for. He’s started sleeping on his belly and we’re getting some longer stretches at night now (almost straight through for the past week or so!). For the first several months of his life, he was waking up at least three times a night. At his worst, he was up every 90 minutes and would be awake for over an hour each time. I wasn’t functioning. I’m so glad he’s figured out how to put himself back to sleep when he wakes, and I’m feeling more human again.

Tune in next month to see how Lil’ Buddy’s growing and developing! If you have a baby around the same age, what fun things are they doing right now? Are they crawling yet? Pulling themselves up?

Goodness I’m going to have to babyproof this house.