She shares a birthday with her grandmother. Alexis Curtiss’ mother and Savannah’s grandmother, Mary Ann Fritts, were also born on Jan. 1.
“My mom was also a New Year’s baby and so this is actually kind of cool that my baby is also a New Year’s baby and they can share a birthday together and it’s kind of like a tradition,” Curtiss said in a video clip posted to Twitter by Kettering Health Network.
Fritts said in another clip, it is “amazing” to share her birthday with her granddaughter and this day is made more meaningful by knowing all the struggles her daughter went through to get here.
Savannah also shares a birthday with her grandmother who was also born on Jan. 1. pic.twitter.com/ctp3PuwVUF
— Kettering Health (@KetteringHealth) January 1, 2021
Curtiss said her daughter so far has been “pretty calm, quiet.”
“She just cries sometimes,” she said. “Other than that, she’s been a good baby.”
Credit: Kettering Health
Credit: Kettering Health
Credit: Kettering Health
Credit: Kettering Health
Springfield Regional Medical Center welcomed the second baby in the area, the first baby in Clark County. Marco Van Dixon was born at 12:19 a.m. weighing 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and measuring at 19.5 inches long.
This is Ashley Longshaw and Brian Dixon’s third child. Marco is a baby brother to Brian M. Dixon, Jr., 6, and Laiylah N. Dixon, 1.
Longshaw said she wanted to have Marco before midnight.
“I just went into labor,” she said. “We were actually trying to have him before midnight. I was in labor 22 hours...”
Longshaw had COVID-19 about half-way through her pregnancy. She said it was “rough” but her symptoms were never bad enough that she had to be admitted to a hospital.
“I didn’t have any side effects with my pregnancy, the baby was fine, but (COVID-19) did cause for there to be extra ultrasounds just to monitor his weight and I had to have a little bit of more testing done,” Longshaw said. “We weren’t sure how it would affect him because it was so new. (The doctors) were worried about his weight possibly, but he is just fine.”
Among several Dayton area babies born in the first hours of 2021, Izaiah Samson Powell was the first baby born in Butler County.
He was born weighing 8 pounds, 11.5 ounces and measuring 20 inches long at UC Health’s West Chester Hospital at 12:33 a.m.
Izaiah is the third child of MacKenzie and John Powell of Miamisburg, according to the hospital. He joins siblings Aamyah, 4, and Alaaya, 3. The parents, who were up all night, were unavailable for an interview Friday.
Not one of the earliest 2021 babies but a New Year’s Day baby nonetheless, Vega Delaney was born at Atrium Medical Center in Middletown after Kenee Delaney’s contractions started while she watched the New Year’s ball drop on television.
“I was hoping (daughter Vega) would hold on,” Delaney said. “Her Dad (Chris Miller) kept saying, ‘Don’t come in 2020, it’s a horrible year.’ It’s crazy she was born on New Year’s Day.”
Vega was 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and 18½ inches, “and she’s so cute,” Delaney said.
