{"id":109186,"date":"2015-12-26T06:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=109186"},"modified":"2015-12-25T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T19:53:02","slug":"six-families-blessed-with-a-christmas-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/image-gallery\/community\/2015\/12\/26\/six-families-blessed-with-a-christmas-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"Six families blessed with a Christmas baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-109186 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4778-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4778-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109184\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109184'>\n\t\t\t\tBaby Thapelo Motene.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4777-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4777-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109183\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109183'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Life Roseacres Hospital welcomed just one Christmas baby to the world. The baby boy named Thapelo was born at 3.20am and weighed 3.5kg at birth, he was 49cm in length with a head circumference of 35cm. Mother Meriam Motene couldn\u2019t be happier with her beautiful Christmas baby.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4769-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4769-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109182\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109182'>\n\t\t\t\tSongezile Ngilana welcomed her baby girl to the world at 5.10am on Christmas morning. The little bundle of joy weighed 3.210kg at birth and was 46cm in length with a head circumference of 35cm. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4767-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4767-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109181\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109181'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy Lesailana was born at 5.12am on Christmas morning to proud mother Moshibudi. The baby boy weighed 2.980kg at birth and was 48cm in length with a head circumference of 34cm.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4766-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4766-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109180\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109180'>\n\t\t\t\tThe second Christmas baby born at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital was baby Sibanda. She was born at 2.50am. The baby girl weighed 2.665kg at birth and was 48cm in length with a head circumference of 38cm. Here the baby girl is cradled by her proud mother Sitshengisiwe Sibanda.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4764-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4764-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109179\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109179'>\n\t\t\t\tBetty Kumwenda gave birth to a precious baby girl at 7.15am at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital on Christmas morning. The little girl, who has not yet been named, weighed 3.025kg at birth and was 53cm in length with a head circumference of 36cm.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4762-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4762-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109178\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109178'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Bertha Gxowa Hospital welcomed five beautiful Christmas babies on Christmas day. The first was Siphathisiw Thodlani\u2019s baby girl, who was born at five minutes past midnight. She weighed 2.505kg at birth and was 44cm in length with a head circumference of 33cm.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/26\/local-hospitals-welcome-christmas-babies\/attachment\/img_4772-custom\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2015\/12\/IMG_4772-Custom-270x203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-109177\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-109177'>\n\t\t\t\tStaff at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital had a busy Christmas as they welcomed five bundles of joy to the world. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='44804468c997c52d9d4f841dc9658350'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germiston\u2019s six beautiful Christmas babies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":109187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8517],"tags":[8297,1012,1003,1106,979,969,2730],"class_list":["post-109186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-image-gallery","tag-community-2","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-leigh-hodgson","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Galleries","SubCategory":"Community galleries"},"tag_labels":["community","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","Leigh Hodgson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}