Burnaby’s New Year’s baby should have been Burnaby’s Christmas baby – and even eight days past his due date he was reluctant to make his big entry into the world.
Maximus Tam was the first baby born at Burnaby Hospital this year, at 9:52 a.m. to mom Lena Zheng and dad Kevin Tam.
The eight-pound, five-ounce infant’s original due date had been Christmas Eve, and Zheng had been induced on New Year’s Eve to help him along.
Even after 18 hours of labour, though, it finally took an emergency C-section to bring him into the world.
The last thing on his parents’ minds at that point was that their first-born would be this year’s New Year’s baby.
“It’s odd though,” Zheng said. “When we went in on New Year’s Eve, there were a lot of ladies in there; they were in labour as well, but all of them had their babies before midnight.”
Maximus’s mom and dad, both 26 years old and living in Burnaby’s Highgate neighbourhood, were still a little tired Monday but happy with how things turned out for their new baby boy.
“We’re just glad he’s out and there’s no problems with him,” Tam said. “He’s out safely and he’s cute.”
