Newborns on New Year’s Day: Welcome to 2021
The first babies to be born on New Year’s Day in southern Connecticut entered the world with snuggles and hugs from happy parents, as they symbolized hope for a bright future.
At Greenwich Hospital, at 12:02 a.m. Lilah was delivered, the daughter of Dana and Matt Wrigley of Stamford.
The hospital staff was buzzing that Lilah might be the “New Year’s baby,” Dana Wrigley recalled, citing the excitement around the old tradition of newborns and the New Year.
“It was a bit of a surprise,” said the new mother, as her due date for delivery was Dec. 21.
“I ended up going into labor on the 31st, in the afternoon,” she said, “Everyone was saying, “This might be the New Year’s baby.’ And sure enough, she emerged on the first.”
This is the couple’s first child. “We’re really excited about it,” said Wrigley. “We’ve been waiting for her, obviously, and now she has some notoriety.”
At Stamford Hospital, Jacqueline Tenore gave birth to a son, Anthony Tenore IV, at 12:11 a.m.
“It was definitely exciting,” said Tenore, “He was supposed to come at Christmas. He ended up coming last night, and he came quickly. We got to the hospital luckily. Everything went well, and I’m feeling really good. The staff really went above and beyond.”
Tenore said she was thankful and appreciative that her husband, Anthony Tenore III, slept on the floor of her hospital room
— even though he has been experiencing back problems. The couple live in Norwalk and have an 18year-old daughter, Anastasia.
Ashley Grace, the daughter of Lisa and Nicholas Detoro, of Milford, was the first baby to be delivered at the Childbirth Center at Griffin Hospital in Derby at 12:21 a.m. She has two siblings at home: a sister Alys
sa, 9, and a brother, Anthony, 6.
Nathan Alexzander Moore was born at 1:49 a.m. to Tuanaysia Mike and Alexzander Nathanial Moore of New Haven at Yale New Haven Hospital.
In New Britain’s Central Connecticut Hospital, Angel Mario Alejandro was born at 1:45 a.m. to proud parents Karen Cruz and Angel Alejandro.