Second-Generation New Year’s Baby Born on Mother’s Birthday

  • January 03, 2024
Kaia Rose Madsen was born at 12:52 p.m. on Jan. 2 to Alex Madsen and Andrew Williams, making her the first baby of the New Year at Brookings Health System. She is a second-generation New Year’s Baby, sharing a birthday with her mom, Alex, who was a New Year’s Baby at the hospital she was born at.
Kaia Rose Madsen was born at 12:52 p.m. on Jan. 2 to Alex Madsen and Andrew Williams, making her the first baby of the New Year at Brookings Health System. She is a second-generation New Year’s Baby, sharing a birthday with her mom, Alex, who was a New Year’s Baby at the hospital she was born at. 

Kaia Rose Madsen, the daughter of Alexandra “Alex” Madsen and Andrew Williams, was born at 12:52 p.m. on Jan. 2, making her the first baby of the New Year at Brookings Health System. 

Kaia is also a second-generation New Year’s Baby. She shares a birthday with her mom who was also a New Year’s Baby at the hospital she was born at.

“Her due date was Dec. 31. I thought she’d come around Christmas,” said Alex. “I didn’t think it was going to be possible for her be born on my birthday.”

Alex was induced on New Year’s Day. Since Kaia is Alex's first baby, Alex and Andrew thought labor would progress slowly. Kaia, however, was ready to come out. Alex ended up in labor for only five to six hours. 

It’s special for mom and daughter to both share the honor of New Year’s Baby and the same birthday. However, according to dad, that’s not all they share. 

“She has the same hair color, eyes and nose as Alex,” said Andrew. “We knew she had her mom’s nose from the ultrasound. On a side profile picture, I told Alex, that’s one-hundred percent your nose.”

As the New Year’s Baby, Kaia and her parents received a variety of toys, baby products, and gift certificates from local businesses and organizations. Contributors to the New Year’s Baby gift basket include: 

  • Avera Medical Group Brookings
  • Bisson Dental
  • Blu Salon and Spa
  • Brookings Health System
  • Brookings Health System Gift Shop
  • Children’s Museum of South Dakota
  • First Lutheran Church & Mission Coffee House
  • Gold Medal Gymnastics
  • HyVee
  • Jackrabbit Sports Properties
  • Kelly Odegaard Best Choice Real Estate
  • Lewis Drug
  • Lou’s Garden
  • Maurices
  • Näva Medical Spa
  • Tend Playspace

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.