Carlisle family welcomes baby boys born exactly a year apart

Spencer James Haskins was born on April 9, 2024, which was a year after his older brother, Hylton.

The phenomenon of having two babies born in the same year is known as ‘Irish twins’ and is quite rare.

There is a year between (Image: Supplied)“Honestly, I just never imagined it,” said mother of the babies, Hannah Haskins.

“I was literally in Hilton Hall, having a nice cup of tea with my son, Hylton, and I was just sitting there thinking: ‘I've got Braxton Hicks contractions coming on’... and I was thinking ‘it's definitely not labour’.

"But it obviously wasn't Braxton Hicks, it was actually labour!

“I'm sitting there thinking, this is my son's birthday. I'm meant to be at home with him – so it wasn't expected, but it was quite nice.

“Some of the nurses said: ‘See you in another year!’

“But everyone just thought it was just crazy how they were a year apart exactly – but babies don’t choose the date.”

Both of Hannah’s babies were born through caesarean section and spent time in the special care baby unity (SCBU) before safely going home.

Hylton meeting his younger brother, Spencer (Image: Supplied)Going forward, Spencer and Hylton’s parents, Hannah and Stuart, have said that birthday parties will be fun.

“I think it's going to be quite nice when they do share the birthdays,” said Hannah.

“I'm always a big stickler for birthdays, so I said there's going to be some big parties happening, that's for sure.”

“With our boy's first birthday, we were due to get up and open all his presents, but we ended up in hospital having our next one,” said Stuart.

Stuart in hospital with Spencer (Image: Supplied)“It’s going to be really exciting going forward but I’m not sure how we’re going to do it - get one cake and split it in half, or do two cakes?

“I think it's just that we're going to have to kind of feel our way through as time goes on.”