Little
Hailey Elizabeth Yancy is settling into her new digs in Venice
Illinois with her mother, Dina
“font-family: Verdana;”> “font-family: Verdana;”>Hill, father, Mario Yancy, and a very excited big sister, Deziree Stiss.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, the newborn made an entrance into the world as the St. Louis area’s first New Year’s baby, born at 12:02 a.m. January 1, 2012 at SSM St. Mary’s Health Center in Richmond Heights, Missouri.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>The family was originally expecting their new bundle of joy around January 6. It all started with the mother experiencing Braxton-Hicks (false labor) contractions late on the night of Dec. 29.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“I was having contractions the day before I went in, but they just kept stopping,” Hill said. “And then, they started back on the 30th and then my water broke at 11:30.”
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Baby Hailey, mom, dad and the rest of the family are doing well. Mom Dina says everyone is healthy, happy and excited about their new addition.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“She’s a night owl,” Hill said. “She’s up all night and she sleeps all day. I have to wake her up to get her to feed.”
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>In order to have a healthy pregnancy, Hill made the decision to incorporate more vegetables and fruits into her diet.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“I tried to eat more vegetables. I’m not a big vegetable eater and kicked in on the fruit – I’m crazy about pineapple,” Hill said. “I gained about 30-35 pounds.”
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>To get back to her pre-pregnancy weight and to provide her baby with a healthy, nutritious start, she is giving breastfeeding a try.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“I’m trying to breast-feed and change my eating habits, because I’m not really a big healthy eater,” she admitted, saying eating more fruits and vegetables during her pregnancy should make changing her diet a little easier.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Being the hospital’s first baby of the year has its privileges. Of course, there is the media attention from an adoring public – but Hailey also received an impressive array of birthday gifts from St. Mary’s as well.
“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“We got a stroller, some Pampers, bibs, bottles, lotion, books and stuff like that,” Hill said. “Some stuff I had that I had not opened yet that I got from the baby shower, so I’m just going to swap it out and buy something else that I don’t have.”
