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IU Health welcomes first baby of 2025

Parents Annabelle and Ben Craig welcomed Waylon on Jan. 1, 2025.
Parents Annabelle and Ben Craig welcomed Waylon on Jan. 1, 2025.

While the start of 2025 marked a new beginning for some, parents Annabelle and Ben Craig had a new beginning of their own on New Year’s Day. 

The Craigs welcomed baby Waylon Jan. 1 at Indiana University Health Bloomington, marking the hospital’s first baby of 2025.  Waylon weighs 6 pounds, 1 ounce, is 19 inches long, according to the hospital.  

“The IU Health team wishes the family well on their new addition,” the hospital said.  

Waylon and other babies born Jan. 1, 2025, are the first of what some experts call Generation Beta.  

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Aubrey Wright is a multimedia Report For America corps member covering higher education for Indiana Public Media. As a Report For America journalist, her coverage focuses on equity in post-high school education in Indiana. Aubrey is from central Ohio, and she graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Journalism.