Harford County Boy Among Maryland's First Babies of 2015

One of Maryland’s first babies of 2015 is from Harford County.

Zion Dorthalina entered the world at 3:16 a.m. on New Year’s Day, two weeks ahead of schedule, according to MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, which welcomed him as he arrived.

The baby’s mother, Zyteisha Dorthalina of Edgewood, said Zion’s birth was “the best thing ever” to ring in the new year, according to WJZ.

Now the 7-pound, 7-ounce baby boy will go home to Harford County, where hospital officials said he has one sister and two brothers waiting for him.

Maryland’s first baby of the year—Lyne Charegho—arrived at 12:03 a.m. at Sinai Hospital, weighing in at 9 pounds and 1 ounce, according to WBAL, which reported her mother, Dounia Charegho, moved to the U.S. from Morocco last year.

Here are some other reports of first babies of 2015 in Maryland around the region:

• 12:30 a.m.—At Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville, a Germantown woman brought a 10-pound baby boy into the world.
• 12:40 a.m.—Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore City delivered its first baby of 2015.
• 1:59 a.m.—Howard County General Hospital in Columbia greeted Natalie Grossman.
• 4:49 a.m.—Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson welcomed a baby girl.
• 3:46 p.m.—Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air delivered 6-pound, 5-ounce Everleigh Paige Couch of Rising Sun.

Pictured, Zyteisha and Zion Dorthalina. Photo Credit: MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center.