Want to be born in 2020? Fugget about it! The first baby born in New York City in 2021 will be delivered at the stroke of midnight in the Brooklyn hospital
- Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert welcomed Jaxel Rodriguez to Coney Island hospital at noon
- He weighed 6 pounds. 11 oz. and measured 19 inches and is the third child of the couple
- Two babies born first in 2020 last year
The first babies of 2021 in New York City were born exactly at midnight.
Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert welcomed Jaxel Rodriguez the moment the ball fell on Friday morning.
Jaxel was born weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz. and measures 19 inches at Coney Island Hospital, according to 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 lbs. 11 oz. and measures 19 inches at Coney Island Hospital, according to 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 came to an end.
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 matching onesie and hat from the hospital and being cuddled by his smiling mother.
According to the New York Post, two babies were tied last year as the first to be born in 2020.
Parents Michelle and Anthony Saraceno of Staten Island welcomed their first child, Anthony, to Richmond University Medical Center on January 1, 2020 at midnight.
Meanwhile, Jennet and Artyom Zobnin welcomed their son Aidan to Brooklyn’s Coney Island Hospital at midnight.
According to UNICEF, an estimated 371,504 babies will be born around the world on New Year’s Day.
Additionally, more than half of these births are likely to occur 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 the Congo.