"We played a team who will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season, and we have picked up a point.
"Other people might tip us for relegation, but we know what we want to achieve within this club.
"On the evidence of tonight's performance, we will be OK, but we need to make tonight the benchmark and repeat it against Southend on Saturday."
The tide turned late in the game when Waddock threw on young strikers Baidoo and Ray Jones, who caused the Leeds defence far more problems than the ineffective Adam Czerkas.
Waddock added: "They played together in the youth team and the reserves, but the standard of the Championship is much higher.
"They need to develop and work hard, although I'm sure we will hear a lot more from them.
"We need to turn Loftus Road into a fortress - and tonight was a good start."
Kevin Blackwell
"I've let a few players know I'm not happy.
"If they do not buck their ideas up, they will not be around here long enough to make me unhappy again.
"We shot ourselves in the foot, and, as a professional footballer, you have to learn not to shoot yourself in the foot.
"The players have felt the sharp edge of my tongue, and they had better learn from it. The finishing is not good enough for where we want to be.
"We committed hara-kiri and I'm not putting up with it. When you get in a winning position, you do not throw it away.
"If I've upset a few people, I'm sorry - but that's life."