The Adventures of Wiggle Baby

Hello dear blog readers! I’ve been taking a break from the computer, in order to better concentrate on figuring out some sort of daily routine and communications method with the Big People. So far I’ve been pretty unsuccessful on both fronts, though I did manage to convince them to give me an iPod Nano with a white noise track on it, which has become my new love at bedtime (replacing my former love, the exhaust fan.)

I’ve also been busy gaining weight, sleeping at inappropriate times in inappropriate locations, and being occasionally cranky about my general situation. I’ve devised a system of grunts and fidgets to convey this feeling, which is simultaneously adorable and crazy-seeming.

Up next on my agenda: learn what an agenda is. Also, I plan to take a nap. Good night!

You know how sometimes when you’re sleeping, you wake up startled because you think you heard a noise? Annoying, right? Well what if YOU were the source of the noise? And what if this happened all the time, especially between the hours of 10p.m. and 10a.m.? Well let me tell you bub, it’s no picnic. You know what else is no picnic? Picnics! It’s really cold outside and I can’t eat solid foods yet.

In related news, I’ve been enjoying the sound of bathroom exhaust fans at night – it’s the most soothing thing ever! I would put it on my iPod, if I had an iPod, or if I was capable of operating an iPod without drooling on it. Editor’s Note: this issue has not prevented Madeline from drooling on other valuable objects.

Also, my belly button adornment fell off this week. This has improved bath time, but it still ranks somewhere between soothing and the scariest thing ever.

Now I will leave you with a list of my current favorite things:

• The blue sucky thing
• Eating
• looking at stuff
• wondering what stuff is
• wondering who that dude is
• sleeping upright during the day
• things that make loud noise but aren’t baby toys
• The purple sucky thing
• back patting
• absorbent fabrics

After I arrived, I spent some extra time at the hospital in my fancy-pants Kryptonite baby sun tanning booth. My yellow glow eventually faded, and the people in white coats allowed me to go home on January 8th. The car ride was the coolest, but I still had to endure two more nights of tanning at home. Finally I ditched the tanning light for good, and let me tell you, I’m sticking with spray-on in the future!

Since then I’ve had some baths, which made me pretty mad, but less stinky. I found out that I like the sound of white noise and sucking on miscellaneous items. I’m also really into late-night TV, but mom and dad keep insisting that I fall asleep at night instead. No dice! Sleeping during the day is vastly superior – I mean, have you seen daytime TV? Talk about a snooze-fest.

Anyway, back to my nap. Pretty soon I’ll post some photos of my various escapades!

Hi, I’m Madeline! I joined the world on January 4, 2009. Here, I’ll occasionally tell you what’s going on in my new life.