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Leap Yearbabies are getting special gifts across the country!
It’s known that with 28 days, February is the shortest of the 12 months, except for this year. Since 2024 is a Leap Year, there is a Feb. 29.
To celebrate the rarity (in the cutest way possible), hospitals all across the U.S. gavebabies bornon the extra day of the month a commemorative souvenir: little frog hats.
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According toRomper, the stylish pun tradition dates back to at least 2016.
Babies born in a Leap Year technically only celebrate their birthday once every four years. There is a1 in 1,461 chancethat a child can be born on such a day, so what better way to honor the little ones than with the knitted leap hats?
“The leap day babies are wearing little frog hats,” an X (formerly known as Twitter) usertweetedon Thursday along with a picture of a television screen. The image showed a live broadcast from Los Angeles’KTLAwith two newborns lying in their bassinets, each donning a green frog beanie.
Babies born in a Leap Year are often referred to as a “leapling” or a “leaper.”
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Meanwhile, in Florida, some babies received full-on outfits to celebrate their births on Thursday.
Another wrote, “Adorable [frog emoji] Cute idea , way to go [green heart emoji]."
Good Day Sacramentospoke with a woman named Nicole who “finally hit the double digits,” and celebrated her 12th Leap Year birthday, though she did not reveal her actual adult age. Nicole said that later that evening she was having a party fit for a 12-year-old, complete with bowling, race car driving and more.
“I’ve worked here 29 years, I’ve never seen it happen. It’s amazing,” a nurse toldCNN affiliate KCRAat the time.
source: people.com
