Health & Fitness

First Baby at Evanston Hospital in 2016 is a Boy

An Elmhurst couple welcomed the first baby born this year shortly after midnight.

EVANSTON, IL - It’s a boy!

Teddy Sepsis, the first baby born at NorthShore Evanston Hospital in 2016, came into the world at 12:25 a.m. on Jan. 1 weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces and is 20 inches.

Teddy is the son of Demetri and Gia Sepsis of Elmhurst. He is the family’s first child.

Both mom and baby are doing well.

Last year, the first baby born at the hospital was a girl.

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