That’s Outrageous!

OH BABY!

EARLY ADOPTER

They say you have to crawl before you can walk. Well, Zyla St. Onge learned how to water-ski before she could do either. Her father, professional barefoot water-skier Keith St. Onge, introduced her to the family business by pulling her across the carpet on a set of junior skis. She loved it, so he tested her on water. Zyla, then six months old, zipped across Lake Grew in Florida – at a kid-friendly 11 kilometres per hour – past loved ones who waded in, ready to catch her. After gliding for 210 metres, the infant let go, and Keith nabbed her within seconds. Zyla declined to comment (she can’t talk yet), but Keith says she’s onto her next challenge: crawling.

YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE

For the Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz basketball teams, it was just another game. But for six babies, the halftime show was the competition of a lifetime. Pitted against one another at Sacramento’s Sleep Train Arena, the pint-sized athletes scurried several metres on their hands and knees, hoping to be crowned the fastest baby. It was soon a two-tot race, as four competitors failed to leave the starting gate. The leading pair was neck and neck until one crawler stopped unexpectedly at centre court – to nap. His rival took the lead and, ultimately, the glory.

UP IN THE AIR

On Mother’s Day in 2015, Ada Guan and Wesley Branch were flying from Canada to Japan when Ada gave birth to a baby girl. Since airlines have firm policies about near-term expectant mothers flying, this is not something that happens too often. Except that Ada – in her 37th week – had no idea she was pregnant. She’d visited a doctor prior to going on holiday, and after putting on weight had even taken a pregnancy test, with negative results. Ably assisted by three doctors who happened to be on board, Baby Chloe was brought into the world over the Pacific Ocean, just an hour from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport.