Matt Lauer on his home life with new baby Thijs

Today show co-host Matt Lauer, 48, chatted with People magazine about his home life. He and wife Annette Roque have three children – Jack, 5 1/2, Romy, 3, and Thijs, 6 weeks. Here are the highlights:

- Matt explains why he looks so well-rested – he doesn’t have to get up in the middle of the night to feed the baby! "I’m not breast-feeding – my wife is. That makes it a little easier on me."

-When asked if he and his wife are planning any more children, Matt joked, "No, I’m pretty sure my wife’s not pregnant."

Source: People

Comments

How do you pronounce Thijs?

- Aleah on January 6th, 2007

Those kids are so cute. They look like Matt. I really hope his marriage is back on track and he’s being extra nice to his tired wife. Didn’t Annette file for divorce while she was pregnant, but he convinced her to stay?

- PSB on January 6th, 2007

Aleah, you say it as “Tice.”

PSB, yeah, if you click the source link he talks about it a little bit. They filed but then withdrew it and got pregnant again.

- Sarah CBB News Editor on January 6th, 2007

Jack & Romy are so cute! I’m sure their little brother is, too.

- Jennifer on January 6th, 2007

Thijs is actually a dutch name. I live in Belgium and speak dutch. You pronounce it, like Sarah said, as “Tice”. The name is the shortened form of Matthijs or Matthias. The English equivalent of that name is Matthew.
I don’t know that many people with that name, but I think quite popular here. I think more baby’s in the Netherlands are called like that.

- sara on January 6th, 2007

Thanks Sarah! I’m glad they worked it out :>

- PSB on January 6th, 2007

i live in holland. and thijs is here a very common name! one of hollands bigest actors is called thijs! indeed you prenounce it like Th and than ice!

- kim on January 7th, 2007

thats a nice name

- qwerty on May 1st, 2008