We never got round to celebrating his 1 month birthday, which is a Chinese tradition, since we were exhausted at that stage. I recalled just sitting in a restaurant sipping soup with wife and mother-in-law then in a particular bad week. My Korean colleague tells me the tradition there is to celebrate at the 100th day, when the baby and mom are in better shape. So that's what we did. Got some friends over, catered some Thai food and had a day showing Siyuan around (and having other children get excited about him. One baby was all excited. They do look alike as babies, except Siyuan is quite a bit smaller)
Our friend had a hand in trying out been a parent, but declined our offer to stay the night and complete his experience, including changing nappies :)
Siyuan was held, tickled and talked to by friends, and he seemed to enjoy it, laughing and smiling. The next day, we realized Siyuan was suddenly making louder nosies, more variety of it, and more often. We wondered if perhaps the interaction had somehow stimulated his brain to another stage of development?
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