2024 Welcomes Four New Babies into Belize

As Belizeans across the country welcome the New Year, some families are welcoming a baby into the world. Every year, the first babies born on January first are celebrated countrywide, as an outpour of gifts is showered on them from various businesses.  On New Year’s Day, four babies were delivered at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. We visited the newborns and their families today at the K.H.M.H.

 

Britney Gordon, Reporting

While the rest of Belize celebrated with fireworks, the K.H.M.H. staff was assisting first-time mother, Sauri Robles in bringing her son into world. The newborn, who is yet to be named, was expected on December thirtieth, 2023, but instead arrived at 1:41 am on January first, 2024, weighing in at seven pounds.

 

Reporter

“What was that like going into labor?”

 

Sauri Robles, First-time Mother

“Pain, Hurt but it’s alright. You know every woman has to go through that so.”

 

Reporter

“And how are you feeling today after welcoming this baby into the world?”

 

Sauri Robles

“Nervous because it’s my first time but happy… excited that I could be a mother myself and teach a baby things….sometimes you feel bad how our mothers treat their child and it’s like if I were to be that baby’s [mother], I’d be a better mother than some mothers”

 

A few hours later, at 9:38 am, the second baby of the bunch was brought into the celebration; this time, a girl. Weighing in at six pounds two ounces, baby Segura was born. She was followed by baby Nyla. The third girl of the day was born to another first-time mother, Roshanna Andrewin. The baby was delivered by C-section at exactly eleven am, weighing six pounds 11 ounces. Andrewin’s only wish for her daughter is that she grows up to live a happy life.

 

Reporter

“How are you handling it?”

 

Roshanna  Andrewin, First-time Mother

“Good. It’s fine. Everything is fine.”

 

Reporter

“Do you have any special wishes for your child being one of the first born in this new year? Any wishes for throughout this year and the rest of her life?”

 

Roshanna  Andrewin

“To always celebrate her birthday and always be happy to see the new year.”

 

Not to be excluded from the celebrations, another baby boy arrived five days before his expected delivery date at 8:01 pm weighing in at six pounds, two ounces. Mother of four, Jeneva Rubio, has yet to name her new son, but she is grateful for having and easy delivery.

 

Jeneva Rubio, Mother of Four

“This is my fourth child so he’s the baby but we we’ll raise him just like we raised the others. Treat  him with love, treat them exactly the same way.”

 

Reporter

“Do you think this birth was easier or more difficult than your last?”

 

Jeneva Rubio

“Easier. I think he came out just like my second son. It was just easier. The two girls gave me more pain”

 

The babies and mothers were also celebrated by San Cas group who kept up their yearly tradition of sending gift packages for the first babies of the year. Included in the packages were Huggies diapers and wipes, Ovaltine, Seven Seas, Jergens, Kotex, and Dutch lady products.