{"id":102549,"date":"2026-01-01T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/102549\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:13:12","slug":"south-florida-welcomes-first-babies-born-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/102549\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida welcomes first babies born in 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">South Florida hospitals were celebrating the births of the first babies born in the new year on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/01\/01\/el-sur-de-florida-da-la-bienvenida-a-los-primeros-bebes-del-2026\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/01\/01\/el-sur-de-florida-da-la-bienvenida-a-los-primeros-bebes-del-2026\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Eden Skye Garrido was the first baby born in Miami, arriving at 12:14 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CNZBIML2DZF7PAJUYDAD7ZLKXM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1067\"\/>Eden Skye Garrido, with her parents, Megan Garrido and Ari Garrido. (HCA Florida Mercy Hospital) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She was born at HCA Florida Mercy Hospital and is the third child of proud parents Megan Garrido and Ari Garrido, who have been married for nine years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The couple said they are \u201chappy, exhausted, and excited,\u201d to ring in the new year with their new baby by their side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UFOMNWJMBBH43KFYS65VMPYW7I.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1066\"\/>Baby Isaiah (Memorial Regional Hospital) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Isaiah was born just two minutes later at 12:16 a.m. at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. The healthy baby boy weighs 6 pounds, 1.7 ounces and is 19 inches long.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LTPXT6BBT5GM5MI3CEOOENY5LA.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1066\"\/>Sienna with her proud parents (South Miami Hospital) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">And over at South Miami Hospital, a baby girl named Sienna was born at 12:41 a.m., weighing 8 pounds and 2 ounces. She is 19.6 inches long. Both mom and baby are said to be resting comfortably.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Jackson Health confirmed that a baby boy was born at 1:36 a.m. at Jackson North Medical Center, weighing 8 pounds and 1 ounce, and a baby girl was born at 3:47 a.m., weighing 5 pounds, 7 ounces. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BSVBW2X34JBHFP6DL5CYKYCFYI.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1066\"\/>Iris Derilus and her mother, Fridline Merone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Broward Health confirmed Iris Derilus was their first baby born in 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The baby girl was born at 7:26 a.m. at Broward Health Medical Center. She weighs 8 pounds, 6 ounces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Iris is the second child of her parents, Fridline Merone and Berno Derilus, of Coral Springs.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Florida hospitals were celebrating the births of the first babies born in the new year on Thursday.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":{"0":"post-102549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}