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Warwick Leap Day Baby Starts on Punctual Note

[CREDIT: Care New England] Pictured here, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time, with parents, from left, Jessica Cullen, and Brian Bilunas.

[CREDIT: Care New England] Pictured here, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time, with parents, from left, Jessica Cullen, and Brian Bilunas.
[CREDIT: Care New England] Pictured here, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time, with parents, from left, Jessica Cullen, and Brian Bilunas.
[CREDIT: Care New England] Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time at Kent Hospital, with her mom, Jessica Cullen.
[CREDIT: Care New England] Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas, shortly after arriving on-time at Kent Hospital, with her mom, Jessica Cullen.
WARWICK, RI — In 2028, Warwick Leap Day Baby Sidney Lee Bilunas celebrates her second calendar birthday, a quirky perk of starting life on a punctual note.

Sidney Lee was born on her exact due date at Kent Hospital in Warwick. Her Mom, Jessica Cullen, and dad, Brian Bilunas, of Warwick, were thrilled she arrived on time.

“When we were given the due date of  Feb. 29 last year, I was secretly hoping she was born today. I mean, how cool is it, to be born on a day that happens once every 4 years?” Brian said.

Sidney Lee was born at 4:07 a.m.; weighing 8 lbs., 12 oz., and measuring 20.5 inches long. She joins the family with her two brothers Christian, 19, Grayson, 5 and her sister, Reagan, 3.

Leap Day Baby Birthdays

According to TimeandDate.com, Some Leap Day babies celebrate birthdays on Feb. 28, while some prefer March 1.

Timeanddate.com notes Leap Days are a tool used to keep our calendar in alignment with Earth’s revolutions around the Sun. The Gregorian calendar is set at 365 days a year, which is out of synch with the actual time it takes the Earth to complete a revolution around the Sun. Timeanddate.com explains this in more detail, with a helpful graphic.

 

 

 

Rob Borkowski
Author: Rob Borkowski

Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at [email protected] with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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