
Cook County's first born baby of 2016 arrived early New Year's Day at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in northwest suburban Park Ridge.
Jaylanie Aliyah Rodriguez was the first child born in the Chicago area in 2016, she was born at 12:01 a.m. A few seconds earlier and she wouldn't have made it. Her mother, Aliyah, said Jaylanie is her first child.
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Jaylanie Rodriguez was born weighing five pounds, 10 ounces, according to a statement from the hospital. "I'm very happy," says Arnalis Gonzalez, a family friend. "When we found out we had the first baby in Chicago, we were like oh God for real? We did it."
The Chicago area also welcomed several other new year's babies. Madeline Elizabeth was the first baby born in 2016 at Prentice Women's Hospital at 12:04 a.m. Teddy Sepsis was born 7 lbs. 4 oz. at 12:25 a.m. at Northshore Evanston Hospital, the first child in his family.
At Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, a Carpenterville couple welcomed their second child, Jaxon Lee Erkert, at 6:30 a.m. Friday. He joins older brother Evan, who turns 3 in February. In Downer's Grove, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2016 at 3:11 p.m. Friday.
The baby girl, Emily Louise, weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and is the second daughter of Kevin and tanya Nowakowski of La Grange, Ill. All the mothers and babies are doing well and resting comfortably.
Source: Medindia
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At Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, a Carpenterville couple welcomed their second child, Jaxon Lee Erkert, at 6:30 a.m. Friday. He joins older brother Evan, who turns 3 in February. In Downer's Grove, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2016 at 3:11 p.m. Friday.
The baby girl, Emily Louise, weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. and is the second daughter of Kevin and tanya Nowakowski of La Grange, Ill. All the mothers and babies are doing well and resting comfortably.
Source: Medindia
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