Born in 2020? Fuggetaboutit! The first baby in New York born in 2021 enters the world at midnight in Brooklyn hospital
- Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert welcomed Jaxel Rodriguez at 12pm at Coney Island Hospital
- He weighed 6 pounds. 11 ounces and measures 19 inches and is the couple’s third child
- Two babies tied as the first to be born in 2020 last year
New York City’s first babies in 2021 were born at sharp midnight.
Mother Ivett Rodriguez and father Antonio Guilbert welcomed Jaxel Rodriguez the minute the ball landed on Friday morning.
Jaxel came into the world weighing 6 pounds. 11 ounces and measuring 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, the minute the ball landed on Friday morning
Jaxel came into the world 6 pounds. 11 ounces and measuring 19 inches at Coney Island Hospital, according to NYC Health + Hospitals Instagram account
He is the third son of Ivett and Antonio, who called him ‘the best gift of the new year’
Jaxel managed to enter the world the moment 2020 officially came to an end.
He is the third son of Ivett and Antonio, who call him ‘the best gift of the new year’.
The photos show the little boy wearing a matching jumpsuit and hat from the hospital and being hugged by his smiling mother.
According to the New York Post, two babies joined as the first to be born in 2020 last year.
Parents Michelle and Anthony Saraceno of Staten Island welcomed their first child, Anthony, at Richmond University Medical Center at midnight on January 1, 2020.
Meanwhile, Jennet and Artyom Zobnin welcomed their son Aidan at midnight at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn.
According to UNICEF, about 371,504 babies will be born worldwide on New Year’s Day.
Furthermore, more than half of those births are likely to occur in 10 countries, including India, China and Nigeria, which will have the majority – followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, the United States, Egypt, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo.