New Year's baby arrived right on time
Caleb Kornegay spent much of his first day in the world with his eyes closed, sleeping off a New Year's Eve that had his mother in labor for nine hours.
Posted — UpdatedCaleb was one of the first babies born in the New Year in the Triangle. WakeMed officials confirmed Wednesday that a girl beat him by two minutes. Layla Croad was born to parents Amber and Josh Croad at WakeMed Cary at 12:01 a.m. She weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces.
Little Caleb checked in at 12:03 a.m. He weighed 6 pounds, was 19 inches long and had so much hair that the nurses at WakeMed could mold a mohawk.
"He's just adorable and very, very, very sweet," said his mother, Anika Kornegay, of Goldsboro.
He's also very, very punctual – New Year's Day was his due date.
"I thought he was going to come early, but he shocked me and surprised me," Kornegay said with a laugh.
Sandra Langston said she coached her daughter through the delivery as midnight approached.
"I said, 'Hold on. Don't give up. We got it," Langston said. "Truly, this is a happy new year, 2013."
WakeMed gave Caleb a hat knitted by volunteers.
"This was like a miracle, a blessing that he was born on (Jan. 1)," Kornegay said, adding that she knows how she will be spending New Year's Day for years to come.
"Celebrating with Caleb. I don't think he'll have it any other way," she said.
Kornegay and her husband also have two daughters.
North Carolina's first 2013 baby was a child born in Greenville 24 seconds after midnight.
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