Baby Chronicles: Le Leeche

So you all know that we call the baby the leech. From dictionary.com...

leech  /litʃ/ –noun

1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
2. a person who clings to another for personal gain, esp. without giving anything in return, and usually with the implication or effect of exhausting the other's resources; parasite.
3. Archaic. an instrument used for drawing blood.

Very fitting, if you ask me. :)