Notes from Wriggler
The occasional quiet note on building a calmer tracker, and on the early days themselves.
1 October 2026
Why does my baby cry when I leave the room?
The NHS describes separation anxiety as very common between about six months and three years, and as a sign of strong, secure attachment. Here is what it describes, and what it says helps.
24 September 2026
What a milestone list is for when your baby hasn't done it yet
Wriggler's milestone list is thirty-nine entries across five categories, and most of them are blank most of the time. That is the ordinary condition of a list like this, and none of it is a score.
17 September 2026
When do babies start teething?
The NHS describes most babies starting to teethe around six months, and the normal range as very wide at both ends. Here is the picture it describes, what it says helps, and when brushing starts.
10 September 2026
What the medicine countdown is counting
Wriggler saves medicine records and logs doses. If you enter a reminder interval from your instructions, it can count from the dose you recorded. It holds the number, and leaves every question about the medicine itself where it belongs.
3 September 2026
How should a newborn sleep? The safe-sleep basics
The AAP recommends back-sleeping on a firm, flat surface in a clear cot, with the cot in your room for at least the first six months.
13 August 2026
Logging a feed with one thumb
At the moment you most need to log a feed you have exactly one hand free, and it is holding the phone. That constraint is what the feed log was built around.
6 August 2026
When do toddlers drop to one nap?
NHS Healthier Together describes one daily nap around eighteen months; Cleveland Clinic gives an eighteen-to-twenty-four-month window. These are general descriptions, rather than a deadline for your toddler.
30 July 2026
How Wriggler's wake predictions use your sleep log
Sleep tracking is free. Premium adds a wake prediction shaped by recent sleep records, with clear limits when there is not enough information to make a useful estimate.
16 July 2026
When the numbers are too much
A bright screen can feel like a lot during a night feed. Wriggler's free warm dark mode changes the colours around your records, so you can log the moment and put the phone down.
2 July 2026
What the nappy log actually records
The nappy log is the least glamorous thing Wriggler tracks and one of the most useful. It records what happened, in two taps, and leaves what it means to you and your baby's clinicians.
18 June 2026
The sleep timer you can start half-asleep
Wriggler's sleep timer is built for the moment you have to start counting before you know what kind of sleep this is. Tap to start, tap to stop, and for the nights you miss the start, type it in after.
7 June 2026
What Wriggler records, and where the extra guidance begins
Free tracking keeps the feeds, sleeps, nappies and other moments you log. Premium adds wake predictions and optional AI insights, with a separate choice about whether to enable AI.
6 June 2026
Why a wombat
Wriggler's anchor is a wombat, and that is a deliberate choice. The wombat stands for a temperament — earthy, steady, present, calmly dependable — the kind of company a parent wants at 2am.