Dog gave birth in snowdrift, kept puppies alive 3 weeks

Good News Notes: “Temperatures have been at minus 12this winter in Minnesota, so it’s being called “a miracle” that a homeless dog gave birth in a snowdrift and kept her puppies alive there for three weeks. That’s how long it took before  “a concerned family” stepped in and took the dogs to a shelter, according to Red…

Baby born with cerebral palsy never expected to walk takes it step by step

Good News Notes: “Since 17-month-old Lennyn Lyons was first diagnosed with cerebral palsy six months ago, she’s undergone four brain surgeries. Her mother, Brianna, was unsure she would ever be able to walk. On Friday, Lennyn took her first steps at her family’s home in Holiday, Florida. Her ecstatic mom cheered on her little one…

Saving Oliver: Helping babies born with rare diseases

Good News Notes: “Every eight seconds a baby is born in the U.S. That means almost four million little boys or girls will be born in 2020. For most, the delivery will be textbook. But what if it isn’t? We met a little boy who came into this world with something quite unexpected, and things…

Meet Pancakes, the newborn sloth at the Staten Island Zoo

Good News Notes: “The Staten Island Zoo recently welcomed a new member to its growing family of sloths — Pancakes. The tiny Hoffman’s two-toed sloth was born Jan. 13 to mom CC and dad Sid at the Zoo. Pancakes, who currently weighs a whopping 1 pound, is the third baby born to CC and Sid….

Two rare lambs born at Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse

Good News Notes: “Introducing, two new baby lambs! Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon announced the birth of two Black Welsh Mountain lambs at the  Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Black Welsh Mountain ewe Belle gave birth to the two lambs, a boy, and a girl, on Monday, January 20.” View the whole story here: http://cnycentral.com/news/local/two-rare-lambs-born-at-rosamond-gifford-zoo-in-syracuse

Thomas Rhett and Wife Lauren Welcome Daughter Lennon Love

Good News Notes: “Thomas Rhett now has a trio of little girls to look after! The country singer, 29, and his wife Lauren have welcomed their third child, a daughter named Lennon Love Akins, they announced Tuesday on Instagram. Born in Nashville at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10 and weighing in at 9 lbs., 2…

Miracle baby born 15 weeks early

 Good News Notes: “One Natchitoches family waited years for a ‘miracle’ and after several miscarriages, they were finally expecting a little baby boy. But this was just the beginning of their journey. ‘Me and my husband had actually tried for five years to get pregnant with him,’ said Laney McQuillin, mother to five-month-old Riley. ‘I…