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Baby Born On Leap Year Day

Parents get to pick when to celebrate babies’ birthdays when it’s not Leap Year. The extra day in the month exists to account for the earth’s orbit around the sun taking slightly longer than 365 days. Mom went into labor last Friday, hoping the baby would not delay his entry into the world til February 29.

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The couple plans on making Levi’s future birthdays all about him. “Pretty chill little guy”, Kelley said.

Birthdays are something to usually look forward to once a year, but what if your birthday only came around once every four years? “I don’t know but definitely today is the biggest day we’ve ever had in the thirty-two years that I’ve been here”.

“I thought about having it in March, March 1st. He said he would rather celebrate in March and I like February, so we will disagree on that for sure”, said Thornton.

“We’re happy nonetheless, Leap Year or no Leap Year”, Kelley said. The chances of someone born on a Leap Day having a baby on a Leap Day is one in 2 million.

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There were at least eight babies delivered on Monday at The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern.

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