Sarasota Memorial Health Care System labor and delivery teams at both the Sarasota and Venice hospital campuses helped families celebrated the births of numerous Leap Day babies today, with a few parents sharing photos of their new bundles of joy in special Leap Year-themed outfits provided by SMH.

According to SMH, the chances of a baby being born on Feb. 29 are 1 in 1,461. So far, the SMH Sarasota campus has welcomed seven new “leaplings," and there are eight additional mothers currently in labor. Meanwhile, the SMH Venice campus  celebrated its first-ever Leap Day baby, since the campus only opened in 2021.

That means 2024 is going to be a record year for Leap Day babies at SMH. Previously, the healthcare system's Sarasota campus delivered seven babies on Leap Day in 2016, and eight babies on Leap Day in 2020.