The First Baby of 2018

It is always fun to know the first babies of the new year around the world. Here is a round up of the first baby of the 2018 from different countries around the world.

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Parents Craig Ferguson and Amy Coull welcomed Harry Ferguson into the world at Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin. He weighed 9lb 8oz. In Glasgow, the Princess Royal Maternity unit’s first arrival of 2018 came at 12.05am. (Source: Metro)

 

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E’laya Lewis of Camden would appear to be the Garden State’s official New Year’s baby, according to an informal survey among New Jersey’s 51 birthing hospitals. Her mother, Jasmine Walker, 25, and the team at Cooper University Hospital delivered her at 12:01 a.m. Monday. (Source: nj.com)

 

The first baby born in metro Atlanta in 2018 arrived at midnight at Emory Midtown Hospital, the hospital said. Baby Luca, a 6-pound, 11-ounce boy, came into the world at 12:00:00, according to Emory Healthcare spokeswoman Janet Christenbury.

She said the delivery room had a countdown to midnight, and Luca showed just as the countdown ended. The baby was due on Dec. 29 but arrived a couple of days late. (Source: ajc.com)

Ogun new year baby

Wife of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun (left), rejoicing with the mother of the First Baby of the Year in the State, Mrs. Jumoke Olokodana, who delivered her bouncing baby boy around 12.45am today (Jan. 1, 2018) at the State Hospital in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State (Source: Vanguardngr.com)

 

In a one of its kind effort to celebrate a girl child, the first female baby born in the New Year at a civic hospital in the city will be given free education till under-graduation, Bengaluru Mayor R. Sampath Raj said on Friday.

“The first girl child born in the New Year (January 1) through a normal delivery at any civic hospital in the city would get free education up to degree level in a college so that girls are not considered a burden,” Raj told IANS here.

Lagos new baby 2018
Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, Wife of Lagos state Governor during presentation of gifts to the first babies (twins) of the year, born 12:23am and 12:24am, weighing 2.9kg & 3.25kg respectively, at the Ikorodu General Hospital, on Monday, January 1, 2018.

20,210 babies born in Nigeria on Jan 1, 2018

This represents the third largest population of newborns in the world on Jan. 1, 2018, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.

UNICEF also said nearly 386,000 babies would be born worldwide on New Year’s Day, representing some 90 per cent in less developed regions.

The agency reported that Kiribati’s Christmas Island in the Pacific would most likely welcome 2018’s first baby while the U.S., its last.

Globally, over half of these births are estimated to take place in nine countries, according to UNICEF.

These are: India, 69,070; China, 44,760; Nigeria, 20,210; Pakistan, 14,910; Indonesia, 13,370; United States, 11,280; Democratic Republic of Congo, 9,400; Ethiopia, 9,020; and Bangladesh, 8,370.

While many babies would survive, some would not make it past their first day, UNICEF said.

Stefan Peterson, UNICEF’s Chief of Health, said on Monday that the agency was challenging nations around the world to make sure more newborns survive their first days of life.

“This New Year, UNICEF’s resolution is to help give every child more than an hour, more than a day, more than a month – more than survival,” Peterson said. (Source: Pulse Ng)

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