Jan 04, 2021

Regional West welcomes Zyaire, first baby of 2021

Posted Jan 04, 2021 3:28 PM

SCOTTSBLUFF – Regional West welcomed its first baby of the new year at 7:46 p.m. on New Year’s Day.

Dakotah Weitzel holds son Zyaire, Regional West’s first baby of 2021.
Dakotah Weitzel holds son Zyaire, Regional West’s first baby of 2021.

Zyaire is the first baby born in 2021 at Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, weighing in at 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and 18.25 inches long.

Erika Carmody, director of Regional West’s Birth and Infant Care Center, presented the family with a variety of baby gifts, which is a Regional West tradition for the first baby born each year at the medical center.

Melissa Guerrero, RN, unit charge nurse, presented the newborn with a onesie commemorating his status as Regional West’s first baby born in 2021.