Little Oliver James Taylor was one of the special Hunter babies born on the leap day, February 29.
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Thanks to the numerical magic of the leap year when Oliver turns 60-years-old he will only have celebrated 15 birthdays.
For now though, his doting parents from Branxton are just happy he has arrived.
Oliver was born at 6.44am at Maitland Hospital, weighing in at six pounds and a little more than eight ounces.
"He is our first child," father Calum Taylor said.
"It is so good, I just don't know what to say."
Mother Kayla Piwowarski had a hunch her bundle of joy would arrive on February 29 when she found out 2016 was a leap year.
The only thing she did not guess was the sex of the baby.
"I was convinced it was going to be a girl," she laughed.
The grandparents were the first to arrive at the hospital on Monday to meet baby Oliver.
Joanne and Paul Taylor both cried when they met him and were extremely proud to be first-time grandparents.
Karen Piwowarski was also hugely excited about the birth.
"It was always going to be on this day," she said.
"He is special and it is a special day."
The chances of having a leap birthday are one in 1,461 and people who are born on February 29 are referred to as leaplings or leapers.
Perhaps there is an athletics career in Oliver's future.
LEAP YEAR BIRTHDAYS
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