COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The first babies of the New Year in central Ohio all arrived within 70 minutes of each other.
- The first baby of the year was born at midnight at OhioHealth’s Grant Medical Center to the Stiles family of Pickaway County.
The baby girl measured 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces. The baby’s mother said the girl was about four weeks early and that everyone was “doing good.”
The girl has an older sibling.
- A baby girl was born at 12:57 a.m. at OSU Wexner Medical Center. The child was the first of several born on New Year’s Day. The child weighs 7 pounds, 2 ounces and is 20 1/4 inches long.
First baby born at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for 2024. A girl born at 12:57 a.m. and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 1/4 inches in length. (PHOTO COURTESY OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER) 
First baby born at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for 2024. A girl born at 12:57 a.m. and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 1/4 inches in length. (PHOTO COURTESY OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER) 
First baby born at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for 2024. A girl born at 12:57 a.m. and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 1/4 inches in length. (PHOTO COURTESY OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER) 
Three generations of the family of the first baby born at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for 2024. A girl born at 12:57 a.m. and weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 1/4 inches in length. (PHOTO COURTESY OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER)
- Mount Carmel welcomed Govanni Cherfils at 1:09 a.m. on New Year’s Day, weighing in at six pounds and reaching 20 inches tall. Cherfils marks the health system’s first baby born in 2024.
The hospital said the parents and Cherfils are doing great.
