First Baby of 2023
The Flathead Valley’s first baby of 2023 is Dempsey Daye Michnal. (Photo provided by Logan Health - Whitefish)
Flathead Valley’s first baby of 2023 arrived a little late on New Year’s Day. Dempsey Daye Michnal, third daughter of Sierra and Josh Michnal of Kila, Montana, arrived at 4:16 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2023, at Logan Health – Whitefish Birth Center.
Several other babies arrived late in the day on Dec. 31 allowing baby Michnal a fashionably late claim as the first baby of the year for Logan Health. Michnal was 7 pounds, 11 ounces and 19 and ¾ inches.
Logan Health – Whitefish welcomed 593 babies in 2022, a few babies shy of their record year in 2021 with 610 babies.