{"id":66536,"date":"2021-01-06T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/bartlett-regional-hospital-welcomes-first-baby-of-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T18:09:07","slug":"bartlett-regional-hospital-welcomes-first-baby-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/bartlett-regional-hospital-welcomes-first-baby-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartlett Regional Hospital welcomes first baby of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t

This story has been updated to correct a date.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bartlett Regional Hospital welcomed its first baby of the new year on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Madelynn Rose McCallister, weighing 9.4 pounds, was born to Alexus Forehand and Kevin McCallister of Skagway at 7:50 a.m. on Jan. 5, the hospital announced.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“We got here to the hospital here at 5 a.m yesterday morning. The hospital is great over here,” said McCallister in a phone interview on Tuesday. “They took care of everything here.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

Madelynn will join sister Rayelynn, 3, and brother Cameron, 2 who moved with their parents from Athens, Georgia. McCallister said conditions down south led them to Alaska. The birth took 26 hours, McCallister said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Madelynn Rose McCallister, born at 7:50 a.m. on Jan. 5, 2021, was the first baby born at Bartlett Regional Hospital this year. (Courtesy Photo \/ BRH)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

“We decided to follow a dream and move to Alaska,” McCallister said. “We love it up here. It’s a dream come true.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

In a BRH tradition, Bausler said, the couple and their newborn received a boat-shaped wooden rocker, handcrafted by Dr. Lindy Jones, medical director of BRH’s emergency department. They will be the fourth family to receive the boat, <\/a>which is filled with toys and baby clothes, Bausler said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

“It’s awesome,” McCallister said. “They walked this thing in and I thought ‘it’s almost like Christmas.’ There aren’t ever words to describe it.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

The family hoped to return home to Skagway with their youngest as soon as they’re cleared by BRH, McCallister said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

• Contact reporter Michael S. Lockett at (757) 621-1197 or mlockett@juneauempire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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