<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>While most Aussies were glued to the fireworks, New Year's celebrations looked very different for the proud parents of the first little bundles of joy of the year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Not only do they have a memorable birthday, but their arrival marks the start of a whole new generation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Minutes after midnight, Budianto and Siska Apriyanti Sim welcomed their second son Shawn, the first baby born in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> in 2025.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/south-korea-jeju-plane-crash-survivor-awake/ef6710bd-1cb6-4548-bc9f-cb1d91554710"><strong><span>'Been rescued': First words from flight attendant who survived horror crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's a very beautiful moment for us," new dad Budianto said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Shawn wanted to party, he likes (to) party," Shawn's mum Siska told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I planned to go to Darling Harbour to see the fireworks around 11 to 11.30pm but then I got painful around 11, lucky I didn't go," she said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/first-aussie-babies-2025-generation-beta-born/6b872668-248e-40d1-acd4-4e68c54fafc7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baby Shawn entered the world in a hurry, 17 days before his due date, happy and healthy, and weighing in at a healthy three kilos.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gold-coast-drowning-wave-break-island-woman-drowns-at-popular-gold-coast-swimming-spot/bdf9efa6-ed4d-43c6-8526-ad7e3c8c8a41"><strong><span>Scuba diver drowns on Gold Coast</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>In Melbourne, baby Marya was born less than an hour later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just top of the world feeling, you know, because looking at her as soon as she came out, we were in our tears because we just couldn't hold it back," new dad Vivek Menon said..</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Marya arrived on her due date, one of the first of an entirely new generation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone children born between 2025 and 2039 are part of the new Generation Beta.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" title="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" title="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU" title="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>