{"id":167576,"date":"2021-01-01T16:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T21:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=167576"},"modified":"2021-01-11T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:46:46","slug":"uconns-first-baby-new-year-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/01\/uconns-first-baby-new-year-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn\u2019s First Baby of the New Year Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adonis Julius Andrews is the first baby to be born at UConn John Dempsey Hospital in 2021.<\/p>\n

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Adonis Julius Andrews. (Photo by Jenny Caroon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weighing in at 7 lbs. 5.8 oz. and 20.5 in. long, this baby boy arrived unexpectedly nearly two weeks early at 5:40 a.m. on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

Adonis is the first child of \u201cvery excited\u201d and \u201ctired\u201d mom, Kristen Johnson, 30, of Vernon, who labored for 36 hours with dad Anthony Andrews this time by her side. As a dad-to-be, Andrews was unable to attend her regular pregnancy doctor appointments due to COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut this time around I could be there for her, just me, her, and the baby,\u201d shared Adonis\u2019 proud dad. \u201cHis name means \u2018handsome\u2019, and he sure is, he\u2019s adorable!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it was going to be a boy,\u201d shared Andrews, but the couple didn\u2019t expect Adonis to be born so early with a due date of Jan. 12. \u201cHis birthday will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d says Mom. \u201cAdonis is doing very well. He\u2019s a very funny baby already. No matter how many times we wrap him up in his blanket he keeps kicking his feet out, and already so expressive making all kinds of funny faces.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUConn Health did a very great job. I had phenomenal nurses and doctors to get my baby here safely. For me it was like having a bunch of partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it\u2019s time for baby number two we\u2019re coming right back here to UConn,\u201d says Johnson.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Jenny Caroon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After the arrival of her bundle of joy, what is this new mom looking forward to most in 2021?<\/p>\n

\u201cJust watching Adonis grow and becoming a mom for the first time, and hoping for a normal world to return so people can come around to meet him,\u201d stresses Johnson who even had to have a drive-by baby shower outside her home\u2019s garage so family and friends could celebrate with her in some small way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the pandemic may have been a blessing in disguise, since I never got sick at all during my pregnancy since I was not around anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The care team for mom and baby from Labor & Delivery at UConn Health included Dr. Prachi Godiwala who delivered Adonis with Ashleigh Surprenant, RN, and the baby\u2019s nurse Sarah Pelletier, RN.<\/p>\n

Happy and healthy new year to the new mom, dad, and baby boy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He’s here! Introducing UConn John Dempsey Hospital’s first baby of 2021. Adonis Julius Andrews, weighing in at 7 lbs. 5.8 oz. and 20.5 in. long, arrived at 5:40 a.m. on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":167581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-167576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meds","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 19:32:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167576"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167777,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167576\/revisions\/167777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/167581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167576"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=167576"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=167576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}