"New Year's Joy: Hospitals Across the U.S. Celebrate First Babies of 2024"

Washington's Puget Sound region hospitals celebrated the first births of 2024, with Overlake Medical Center & Clinics in Bellevue announcing the arrival of baby boy Caleb at 12:52 a.m., weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces. UW Medicine also welcomed its first newborn of the year, a baby named Phoebe, at 1:33 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces. Both babies and their families are reported to be doing well, with Caleb being the fourth child of his parents, who have a history of holiday births.