We sometimes need to be very careful with Matilda because she will sometimes attack Mateo out of the blue. Our client, Karen Deerwester, parenting expert, advised us to remove her from the situation rather than to make a big scene and punish her. Punishing her actually rewards the bad behavior because she wants attention.

Here is pic of Mateo with scratch marks around his eyes. He is doing fine now. And as you can see, he keeps smiling no matter what!

(thanks Joung Hyun for the cute picture!)

We named him Mateo because I wanted another M name that sounds good with Matilda. The name also had to be easily pronounced by both my parents and Pablo’s parents (not an easy feat). We also wanted a name that sounds the same in Spain and the USA. Other names we had on the list were Marc and Matias. Javier and Ignacio were front runners as well, though they met none of the criteria.

Mateo’s middle name is Jaime, after both his grandfather and uncle.

Mateo also has a Korean name which is 이 태 광 (Tae Kwang Lee). My father, who selected the name, explained that the name is Chinese characters is 李 太 光 which means 太(클태): Great 光(빛광): Light or the Sun. As with Matilda, Mateo has my surname in Korean.

In Spain, kids use both parent’s surnames, so he will be Mateo Agüero Lee (note very important umlaut). In the USA, he will be Mateo Jaime Aguero. (no middle names in Spain, and just try to explain to an American what and umlaut is).

I’ve gone into early labor! Will post baby details when baby is born!

Well, the doctor was wrong! I made it to the weekend! No baby yet!

We are going to have another baby!

I am due on the 15th January and we do not know yet if it is a boy or a girl. We are hoping for a boy this time, but I am pretty sure that Matilda would prefer it if we had a little girl.

Watch this space for new baby updates.

PS People have been asking if we were planning or trying to have another baby. The answer is no, not really. We had fertility treatments with Matilda and expected to go through something for another baby. So we lucked out this time.

PPS Matilda will be 23 months older than her brother/sister.

PPS Yes, we have verified, there is only one bun in my oven.