Hospitals dress babies born on leap day in frog outfits

FILE PHOTO: Hospitals celebrated leaplings, the babies born on leap day, in adorable fashion: adorning newborns heads with knitted frog hats.

Credit: Ranier_Maiores/Pixabay/Ranier_Maiores/Pixabay

Credit: Ranier_Maiores/Pixabay/Ranier_Maiores/Pixabay

FILE PHOTO: Hospitals celebrated leaplings, the babies born on leap day, in adorable fashion: adorning newborns heads with knitted frog hats.

Hospitals celebrated leaplings, the babies born on leap day, in adorable fashion: adorning newborns heads with knitted frog hats.

The chances are slim, about 1 in 1,461, of being born on a leap day, which only occur every four years.

To celebrate, babies born at St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis gave the babies frog hats and special blankets.

What do we do with an extra day? Celebrate our special Leap Day babies, of course! Meet Jai'cee and Noah, our first Leap...

Posted by SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital - St. Louis on Saturday, February 29, 2020

Hospitals in Texas and Pennsylvania also dressed up leaplings born there in the past.

About the Author