Northumberland Hills Hospital Delivers First Baby of 2024

Northumberland Hills Hospital has delivered Vanessa and Jake Morris’s daughter Georgia Elizabeth Morris, as its first baby of 2024 born on New Year’s Day.

The Maternal/Child Care team at NHH welcomed 537 births at the hospital in the last fiscal year. Photo courtesy of Northumberlan Hllls Hospital.

The newborn weighed eight pounds and 11 ounces at birth and is the couple’s first child. The Bowmanville couple named their child after her maternal great-grandfather, George, whom she met earlier in the morning after her arrival.

“Georgia Elizabeth Morris is named after my grandfather, George,” said Vanessa. “She’s so calm and relaxed. We’re very much in love with her, it’s just wonderful.”

“We’re very excited! There’s lots to learn as first-time parents, and we’re already learning a lot in such a short period of time,” said Jake. “It’s amazing how quickly your life can change and we’re just so happy.”

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Olivia and Noah Continue Reign In Latest Top 10 Baby Names List

The Ontario Government has released its top ten names for baby girls and boys for 2022, with Olivia and Noah remaining as the top spots for the respective genders.

Serenity Bui (pictured) is the first daughter of PTBOCanada’s editor David Tuan Bui. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Top 10 girl names:

1. Olivia

2. Charlotte

3. Amelia

4. Emma

5. Sophia

6. Ava

7. Chloe/Isla

8. Evelyn

9. Lily

10. Mia

Top 10 boy names:

1. Noah

2. Liam

3. Oliver

4. Theodore

5. Jack

6. Benjamin

7. Lucas

8. William

9. Ethan

10. Leo

Olivia has held the top spot for girls for 14 consecutive years. Chloe has cracked the top 10 list for the first time, tied with Isla for seventh place.

Noah remains number one for the fourth straight year. Liam follows closely behind as the second-most popular name while Theodore inched up two spots this year.

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Meet Luna; Peterborough’s First Baby Born in 2023

At 5:51 a.m. on Jan. 1, midwife Sarah Tucker delivered Peterborough’s first baby of 2023 at the Kawartha Community Midwives Clinic.

Photo courtesy of Jacob Werker.

Baby Luna is her parents Anna and Jacob’s second child, making five-year-old Josah a big brother.

Jacob says mom Anna began feeling contractions around 4 a.m., giving birth to a healthy, 6.7 pound baby under two hours later.

“It was an absolute privilege to attend Anna during her birth, as it is with every one of my clients, but a new year with new life is extra special,” said Tucker. “It’s refreshing and invigorating and just sets the tone for the new year.”

Kawartha Community Midwives on Stewart St. provides midwifery care in and around Peterborough.

Two midwives are required for each birth, and Tucker was backed up by midwife Lisa Chappell after the birth of Luna.

“It is an honour to be with someone at one of the most vulnerable times in their life. It’s incredibly humbling to know that people trust me to safely, and lovingly, bring their babies into this world,” said Tucker. “Birth can be so beautiful and normal, it doesn’t have to be scary, and when our clients feel well-supported it takes that fear away.”

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Stella and Foster Among Suggested Names For Baby Born In Bridgenorth Beer Store Parking Lot This Morning

So early this morning, a baby was born in a van in the parking lot of the Beer Store in Bridgenorth, the Examiner reports.

Apparently, mom and baby are doing fine after being taken to PRHC by paramedics.

People have already taken to Twitter to suggest names for the baby, and have created #BridgenorthBeerStoreBaby and #beerstorebaby hashtages for it.

Now we don't know the gender of the baby yet, but some of the names suggested so far are Stella, Sam Adams, Miller and Foster. Add yours below or on Twitter.

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