Montreal’s first babies in 2022 took their time – we don’t blame them

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Évan clinched the title by making his debut at 3:09 am at Ste-Justine Hospital, minutes before the MUHC welcomed its first baby, Sitan.

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Katya Teague • Montreal Gazette Sitan Kaba, born at 3:19 am on January 1, 2022, is pictured with her father, Laye Mamadi Kaba. She and her mother, Oumi Keita, are both doing well. Photo courtesy of Laye Mamadi Kaba Content of the article

With a curfew in effect and plans for New Years Eve canceled due to an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases, Montreal’s first babies of 2022 did not seem in a rush to join in the fun. , arriving in the world shortly after 3 a.m. on Saturday.

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The first to leave was Évan, born at 3:09 am at Ste-Justine Hospital.

“Little Évan came to brighten up his parents’ start to the year by showing up early this morning”, we can read on the hospital’s Facebook page.

Just 10 minutes later, Sitan Kaba became the McGill University Health Center’s first baby of the year. Weighing 3.32 kilograms (just over seven pounds), she was born at 3:19 a.m. to parents Oumi Keita and Laye Mamadi Kaba of LaSalle.

As for who will obtain the title of first Quebec baby of 2022, it goes to a girl born exactly at midnight on January 1 at the Pierre-Le Gardeur hospital in Terrebonne.

According to a report from La Presse, his mother, Kim Desautels-Daviault, works as a nurse in the maternity ward of the same hospital.

No word on whether this has given him a head start in the competition.

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