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'Leap Day Baby' Surprises Oak Lawn Couple By Arriving A Month Early
The Oak Lawn couple wasn't expecting baby Malik until next month, and never considered having a leap day baby.
OAK LAWN, IL — Baby Malik was so eager to enter the world that he leaped into it a month early on Feb. 29, shocking his parents.
Mom, Akalya Pittard, and dad, Malik Jordan, of Oak Lawn, welcomed their little leapling at 6:55 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center. Akalya wasn’t due until next month and never considered she might have a leap day baby. He joins big sister Amiri, 1.
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Malik Jordan Jr. clocked in at 4 pounds, 12 ounces, and is 17 inches long. Baby Malik was the first of two leaplings born Thursday at Advocate Christ.
Leap Day babies are pretty rare. It is estimated that only about five million, or around 0.07 percent of the total population, have a February 29 birthday.
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It is estimated that only about five million, or around 0.07 percent of the total population, have a February 29 birthday. The chance of being born on Leap Day is one in 1,461, less likely than flipping a coin and coming up “heads” ten times in a row.
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