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An Iowa family recently celebrated a major milestone for a very special baby.

Mollie and Randall Keen welcomed their son, Nash Keen, on July 5, 2024. He was born 133 days early, at just 21 weeks gestation.

Guinness World Records has officially recognized Nash as the world’s most premature baby to survive.

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Earlier this month, Nash — affectionately nicknamed "Nash Potato" — turned 1 year old, defying all odds.

When he was born at the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Nash weighed just 285 grams (10 ounces) at birth — less than a grapefruit — and measured 24 centimeters long, according to a press release from the hospital.

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