A baby girl born just minutes into the New Year is being celebrated as the first newborn of 2026 at HealthPark Medical Center.
Rowan White was born at 12:49 a.m. on New Year’s Day, arriving earlier than her parents expected.
Watch Fox 4 meet the first newborn in Lee County of 2026:
WELCOME! First baby of the New Year arrives in Fort Myers
Her mother, Cheyenne Smith, said she went to the hospital thinking she would be sent home before learning she was about to give birth…