A little over nine months ago Denver and the surrounding area were hit by a huge blizzard.  Several feet of snow were dumped on the area resulting in the city essentially shutting down for a few days.  The roads were closed, businesses were closed, and residents were encourage to stay home.  Apparently, people listened, they stayed home and did what they could to stay warm and occuppied!!

Nine months after the blizzard Denver is experiencing a little mini baby boom.  Hospitals are seeing an increase in the number of babies being born, some are reporting a 20% increase over the average for this time of year.  Some of the Denver area hospitals are having trouble accommodating the increased number of delivering mothers and new babies.

There is no way to know for sure that the increase is related to the blizzard and it may take years for researchers to confirm or disprove the relationship.  However, the Denver area is having a good time with their self-proclaimed mini baby boom.  Babies born at area hospitals are getting little t-shirts commemorating their arrival as a “blizzard baby” and local residents are having fun talking about it.

Here are a few interesting articles about the baby boom.

• The Denver Channel
• MSNBC
• CNN
• CBS4Denver

Maybe this little baby boom has nothing to do with the big blizzard of 2006, but it sure is fun to think that maybe there is a relationship.