I read this odd news about two babies who were born on 8th August, 2008 at 8.08am and weighing in at 8lb 8oz and I really do not think that this is possible. These babies, Hailey Jo Hauer and Xander Jace Riniker were born in Iowa and Minnesota, and being non-Chinese, all these 8s certainly carry no special significance to them.

But then, I think that this could be a publicity stunt carried by the staff of the hospitals. Sure, the babies were born on 8th August, 2008 but perhaps the time was somewhere close to 8.08am, and they weighed in at approximately 8lbs 8oz.

Who is there to stop the staff from doing a slight adjustment? After all, it will not do any harm to the babies whether their birth certificate states them as being born at 8.07am or 8.0am and neither will it change things to be born at 8lbs 8oz when it should have been 8lb 7oz or 8lb 9oz, right?

Merdeka is coming soon and will there be a baby born on 31st August at 8.31am?

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A couple of months ago, I read about the Duggar Family in the United States and them welcoming their baby number 18. Today, I read about the Ionce Family in Canada, who welcomed baby number 18 as well.

The Ionce family
Photo credit: AP

So, I have been thinking, here are two families who, it seems, have never heard of birth control before, I wonder how they cope with SO MANY children, ahhh the noise, the worry, the RUCKUS and not forgetting, the financial burden.

But then people believe that children are our insurance. Raise them well and our old age will be taken care of, though we know that nowadays, we really cannot depend on our children ALL THE TIME.

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