The world’s most premature baby who was born at 21 weeks and two days has defied the odds: he is now more than a year old and is learning to crawl. Richard Hutchinson from Somerset, Wisconsin, was born 131 days premature and weighed only 340 grams—less than 12 ounces—breaking a record that stood for 3 1/2 decades. On reaching his first birthday in June 2021, he was declared by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most prematurely born baby to survive. “I still don’t believe it; even though the certificate is in our living room, ” Richard’s mother, Beth, 36, said. “He was so tiny he could fit in my husband’s hand.” Beth discovered she was pregnant with Richard on Feb. 3, 2020, after she noticed her dogs were following her around. Only after taking her first pregnancy test did Beth realize that her pregnancy might be the …