Malini Grace Riddle was born at 6:38 a.m., October 4th, 1995.
She weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz.
The many moods of Malini:
Little-known Malini facts:
- Her first name Malini is after Malini Rajulkar, a singer of Hindustani classical music, and means "a cluster of notes".
- Her middle name Grace is after her nonagenarian great-great aunt Grace LaCurto.
- She got her father's last name Riddle to balance all the dominant genes she got from her mom.
- Her beauty has already inspired poetry.
- Having her parents well trained already, she has decided to share her
diapering tips for the benefit of babies everywhere.
- Malini is a devout believer in the Toddler's Creed.
- Malini is now submitting album cover art for her favorite band.
Malini has a growing portfolio of nicknames:
Besides Mango and
Molly there's
Mollycule,
Mollygo,
Malu,
Malulu,
Lulu,
Babalú,
Mango Pie,
Mollifluous,
Babylonia,
the Hiccupotamus (la Hipopótama),
Smilini,
Barre Chord Molly (dubbed by Uncle Geoff because of her strong grip),
and so on.
Milestones:
- 10/20/95
- First non-medical outing: Evita's Botanitas for some vicarious Mexican food.
- 10/29/95
- First non-gaseous smile.
- 11/19/95
- Regained her birth weight, after several scary weeks of difficult breastfeeding and nipple confusion.
- 12/1/95
- First slept through the night.
- 12/18/95
- First grasped a rattle.
- 12/25/95
- First sucked her thumb (but she still prefers her whole fist).
- 12/29/95
- First slept in her crib by herself.
- 1/4/96
- That's what I call a big baby: came in at the 75th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for length!
- 1/21/96
- First held a full bottle of milk by herself.
- 1/24/96
- And bigger still: reached 90th percentile for weight and head circumference.
- 1/24/96
- Decided she'd had enough of Momma. Confirmed 100% bottle baby.
- 2/1/96
- First "solid" food: yummy rice cereal.
- 2/10/96
- First rolled over front-to-back and drank from a cup.
- 2/20/96
- First time home alone with babysitter (Mom and Dad went to see a matinee of "Toy Story").
- 2/28/96
- First comfortably sat up for an extended period of time.
Friends and family:
There might be more photos of me somewhere in the UT Kinesiology 321M photo journal.
See my baby sister Chiku's page!
