To be born in 2020? Fuggetaboutit! The first baby in New York, born in 2021, enters the world at midnight in the Brooklyn hospital
- Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert met Jaxel Rodriguez at 12 a.m. at Coney Island Hospital
- It weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. measured 19 inches and is the couple’s third child
- Two babies tied as the first to be born in 2020 last year
The first babies in New York in 2021 were born at midnight.
Ivett Rodriguez’s mother and Antonio Guilbert’s father greeted Jaxel Rodriguez the minute the ball fell on Friday morning.
Jaxel was born weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. and measures 19 inches at Coney Island Hospital, according to the NYC Health + Hospitals Instagram account.
Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert welcomed their third child, Jaxel Rodriguez, when the ball fell on Friday morning
Jaxel was born 6 kg. 11 oz. and measures 19 inches at Coney Island Hospital, according to the NYC Health + Hospitals Instagram account
He is the third child for Ivett and Antonio, who called him “the best gift of the new year”
Jaxel managed to enter the world when 2020 officially ended.
He is the third child for Ivett and Antonio, who called him “the best gift of the new year.”
The photos show the little boy wearing a proper hospital blouse and shirt and being petted by his smiling mother.
According to the New York Post, two babies tied up as the first to be born in 2020 last year.
Parents Michelle and Anthony Saraceno of Staten Island welcomed their first child, Anthony, to Richmond University Medical Center at midnight on January 1, 2020.
Meanwhile, Jennet and Artyom Zobnin met their son, Aidan, at midnight at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn.
According to UNICEF, an estimated 371,504 babies will be born worldwide on New Year’s Day.
Moreover, more than half of these births will likely be in 10 countries, including India, China and Nigeria, which will have the most – followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, the US, Egypt, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo.