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Cook County’s first baby born at 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day

By Daniel Brown

Cook County’s first born baby of 2016 arrived early New Year’s Day at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in northwest suburban Park Ridge.

Jaylanie Rodriguez was born at 12:01 a.m., weighing five pounds, 10 ounces, according to a statement from the hospital. She is her mother Aliyah Rodriguez’s first child.

Rodriguez will speak to the news media Friday at 10:30 a.m.

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