Status: 06.01.2024, 14:00 PM
By: Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
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Luzie Willacker is sleepy – here in the arms of her mum Lina. Little Luzie was born on New Year's Eve in the district clinic. © Hermsdorf-Hiss
Since the first of January at 4.40 a.m., Geretsried has had one more little citizen: As the first child in the new year, Luzie Willacker saw the light of day in the district clinic.
Geretsried – Since Monday, January 1 at 4:40 a.m., Geretsried has had one more little citizen: As the first child in the new year, Luzie Willacker saw the light of day in the Wolfratshausen district hospital. "Too early, actually. It was calculated to be Epiphany, i.e. 6 January," says mum Lina Willacker (32), tenderly stroking her daughter's head. "Now it was New Year's Day – she probably thought to herself: 'The main thing is a holiday on which I come.'"
Luzie from Geretsried is the first county child in 2024
The research assistant, her husband Michael (36) and their two daughters Hannah (5) and Leni (4) were still celebrating New Year's Eve together in their home in Geretsried – unaware that they were to start the new year with another family member. "We put the little ones to bed and then wanted to go to sleep ourselves," the 32-year-old continues.
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But the night's rest didn't really last long, the first contractions set in. Willacker called the district clinic. "The answer was short and sweet: 'Come!'" So, after the conversation, the phone rang at the grandparents who live nearby. "They had also just gone to bed, but immediately came to us to take care of the children."
Contractions in the middle of New Year's Eve: Driving to the clinic was "weird"
The trip to Wolfratshausen was "weird", as the young mother puts it. "Firecrackers crashed everywhere, New Year's Eve rockets in all colours could be seen – except that the B11 was so foggy that we could chug along at a maximum speed of 50 km/h." Finally, the parents-to-be reached their destination. "A good two and a half hours later, our Luzie was there, weighing 3090 grams and 52 centimeters tall."
Willacker laughs when she thinks about her daughters' reaction to the birth of their new sister. "They actually wanted a brother so that dad wouldn't be so alone – but when they saw Luzie, they said that they had always wanted a girl." Sh
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