A hundred days sounds tiny until the baby is not.
Juwon had reached his Korean 100-day milestone — baek-il — which is one of those celebrations that feels both ancient and deeply practical. Tradition says, we made it this far. Parenthood says, barely, but yes, and please do not ask how much sleep was lost.
Juwon, meanwhile, arrived at the occasion with the calm authority of a baby in the 99th percentile.
This is not a small detail. It is, in fact, most of the detail. He is a substantial baby. A serious baby. The kind of baby you do not so much carry as negotiate with. Ji and Kristin say he gets his size from Mom, which feels like the sort of family fact that will be repeated for years, probably during meals, possibly while Juwon is eating everyone else’s.
The session was simple and quiet at home: Ji holding him carefully, Kristin watching with that very specific new-parent combination of exhaustion and awe, tiny feet, soft blankets, and one baby clearly aware that the room had gathered in his honour.
Korean 100-day celebrations are partly about survival, partly about gratitude, and partly about everyone staring at the baby and admitting that yes, this person has changed the building’s entire operating system.
Juwon handled it beautifully.
He slept. He stretched. He yawned. He took up space — spiritually, emotionally, and, apparently, by percentile.
One hundred days in.
Already a lot of baby.
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