The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) welcomed its first baby of 2020 in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
Landen Douglas Hammond came into the world at around 1 a.m. at Victoria Hospital on Commissioners Road East.
Weighing in at seven pounds, six ounces, the young Londoner is now in the loving care of his mother Robin and father Ryan.
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Along with having the bragging rights of being one of the first babies of the decade, young Landen was also gifted a baby onesie and a teddy bear from the Children’s Health Foundation.
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The London Health Sciences Foundation provided a handcrafted baby blanket, and Landen’s parents received a gift basket from Shoppers Drug Mart.
Landen is the first of about 6,000 newborns the LHSC expects to welcome this year.
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