Our 2026 New Year Baby, Isla
The Birth Center at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital announced the arrival of baby Isla at 4:41 am on Thursday, January 1, 2026, making her the hospital’s first baby born in the new year. Isla is the first child of her parents, Jessica and Laurence. She weighed 9 pounds and measured 20.5 inches at birth.
While Isla’s arrival marks an exciting start to the new year, her parents went on record to share a quote from Frank Herbert’s novel Dune: “A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care…” Hospital staff report that the family is doing well and enjoying time together following the baby’s arrival.
The Birth Center at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital provides compassionate, family-centered care in a warm and welcoming environment supported by advanced medical services. For babies who need extra support, the Haselton Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is a Level III NICU, specially equipped to care for premature or critically ill newborns with round-the-clock monitoring and specialized medical teams.
Families also benefit from access to Cottage Children’s Medical Center, an award-winning regional center offering comprehensive pediatric care, from emergency and intensive care to outpatient services through the Grotenhuis Pediatric Clinics.
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