Paz Vega Welcomes Son Lenon

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It’s a boy for Paz Vega!

The Spanish actress and her husband Orson Salazar welcomed their third child, a son, at 11:53 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13, in Madrid, Spain. Baby Lenon weighed 6.05 lbs. and was delivered via c-section.

“The mother and newborn are in perfect health,” a rep for the hospital tells the AFP.

Looks like the couple got their wish — when they announced the pregnancy in March, Vega admitted they were leaning toward a second son. “Orson prefers a boy,” she revealed.

Vega, 34, and Salazar are already parents to son Orson, 3, and daughter Ava, 13 months.

– Anya Leon

Comments

wow that was a tiny baby boy! she is gonna be really busy with two kids nearly a year apart and a 3 year old. good luck into raising all three of those gouragous children!

- ABC 123 on August 17th, 2010

Congratulations!

- Corrie on August 17th, 2010

Congrats to them! We are in a very similar situation to theirs. Three-year-old daughter, 18-month-old son, and a baby girl due next week (and my husband and I really wanted another girl this time so our daughter would have a sister).

- Angela on August 17th, 2010

I’ve never heard of her, but she looks exactly like Penelope Cruz!

- Tiffany on August 17th, 2010

I’d be out of my mind crazy if my kids were three, thirteen months, and infant. Good luck Congrats Orson, Paz, little Orson, and Ava.

- Luna on August 17th, 2010

@Tiffany- I thought the same! When I saw the picture, I thought “Wow, Penelope Cruz kept that quiet!”

Wow, 3, 13 months and newborn. Tough, but I would love kids with those age gaps!

- Bethan on August 17th, 2010

I agree with the others who think along the lines of good luck to her. I have an almost-6 year-old and just over 2 1/2 yr old, have it cruisey in comparison! (having had only two kids in the time they’ve had 3 kids). Way we wanted it though, spaced out a bit for sanity, with less nappies, sleep etc.

The 3 yr gap has worked for us – 3 yrs, 3mths to be exact, and not too much of a gap, play fine together, but everyone diff and some want them closer than that, we prefer it, watching people with under 2 yr gap, more jealousy/stress from what I’ve seen! To each their own but can’t imagine the chaos, all the best..!

- Sam & Freya's Mum on August 17th, 2010

“Looks like the couple got their wish — when they announced the pregnancy in March, Vega admitted they were leaning toward a second son. ‘Orson prefers a boy,’ she revealed.”

I’m sure Ava will be glad to read that some day. Some things people should just keep to themselves . . ,

- gdfg on August 17th, 2010

Was it Dad who wanted another boy, or big brother?

- Kait on August 17th, 2010

come on, even if you prefer one sexe over the other you should say it in another way…
he is said to be named Lenon.

- Tyannah on August 17th, 2010

In France, the information of name of baby’s third to Paz Vega has revealed! The name of Baby is ” Lenon”!

- Katy on August 17th, 2010

Is there really a “correct” way to say what you prefer? I don’t see the big deal with stating a preference but some people take offense to it which is understandable. I hope I have another girl, for many reasons!

That’s a cute name if it’s true, congrats to them:)

- jessicad on August 17th, 2010

I wonder if the doctors intentionally delivered him early because this pregnancy was so close to the previous one and they didn’t want her stomach to grow anymore since her other two deliveries were Caesarean also.

- Marilyn on August 17th, 2010

I agree with gdfg, it’s kind of harsh and sad to have a preference like that and announce it to the general public. Poor ava’s gonna read this someday and see that she wasn’t “preferred.”

- kmb on August 17th, 2010

Oh, people. Moms (and dads) are constantly expressing their preference for girl babies, and no one gets on their case about it. I thought it was refreshing and interesting that someone finally said that they would like a boy.

And from what I remember, Paz herself who said that she prefers boys — it was near the beginning of her pregnancy that I saw that quote. Given that she has one of each, she is free to state which one she prefers. Good for her, for not falling into the boys-suck-girls-are-best mentality that everyone I know seems to have.

- CMS on August 17th, 2010

CMS…That doesn’t make any sense!!! What are you talking about?? For thousands of years men and women have outright preferred sons over daughters. In some cultures a son is so badly wanted and a girl is so needless that they kill the girls at birth. The only times I ever hear pregnant friends or family saying they “prefer” one over the other is when they have more then one of the same gender child in the home already.

I RARELY ever hear people expressing a preferance to have a girl as a first born though.

I do also think Orson’s comment was a little odd. The guy gets one son named after him and he has a preferance for another one. Why? What’s so wrong with his daughter? I don’t know. I feel like people should be happy with what they get. Some people can’t have EITHER a boy or a girl and would feel blessed either way.

- Rye on August 18th, 2010

kmb- Maybe when Paz was pregnant with Ava, they were hoping for a girl then?

- CelebBabyLover on August 18th, 2010

Marilyn- Why would it matter if her stomach grew more? I don’t know much about how stomach size affects C-section scars, which is why I’m asking.

- CelebBabyLover on August 18th, 2010

When my mom was expecting me, my dad wanted a boy! (they already had a boy and a girl) and then I came (a girl ) and my dad loves me just like my brother and sister, so what’s the big deal to have a preference? I know the story, and I always laugh about it because they had choose a boy name for me and everything, it’s a funny story for me, so I don’t think Ava will feel less loved if someday she reads that her dad wanted another boy.
Same here, I always wanted two girls, and I have them My husband wanted a girl and a boy, and now my husband is so in love with his two little girls.
Anyway, congrats to the Salazar-Vega family!!!

- sgv on August 18th, 2010

“I’m sure Ava will be glad to read that some day. Some things people should just keep to themselves . . ,”

What? Where does it say “I would have been so disappointed if I had had another girl, truly I cannot stand girls.”??? Don’t read into things that aren’t there!

The full quote was in fact:
“Orson prefers a boy,” the expectant mama shares. “Personally I have always liked boys, but if it’s a girl, marvelous, because I was raised among women.”

People can have preferences – it doesn’t mean they don’t love the children they already have or will have.

- Kaye on August 18th, 2010

CMS, when you have both a son and a daughter it is extremely rude to express a preference for one sex over the other. I would be devastated if one of MY parents ever said anything like that. While it’s true most people DO have a preference, there is absolutely no reason they should be saying that publicly, any more than they should publicly state who their favorite child is.

- gdfg on August 18th, 2010

It was a harmless comment. Get over it.

CMS, I agree. No one bats an eye lash when a celebrity states their desire for a daughter but if they say they’d like a son, they’re inconsiderate, and ungrateful. I definitely don’t understand the double standard.

- Ashleigh on August 18th, 2010

Preferring one sex over the other isn’t bad. As long as you’d still be happy with the other sex, and thrilled if the baby was healthy, its fine.

- Luna on August 18th, 2010

CelebBabyLover: I’ve heard the area where the incision is made is weak. Also, today on !Hola!’s website, there is a photo of her holding Lenon while leaving the hospital with her husband. It’s confirmed his name is Lenon.

- Marilyn on August 18th, 2010

Could someone please help me figure this out? What does the gender of THIS baby have to do with Ava? They said they preferred if this baby were a boy; nothing was mentioned about their preference, if any, while pregnant with Ava. I just don’t see the correlation.

- Angela on August 18th, 2010

I agree with Angela, she said, “orsen prefers a boy” which I take to mean he wanted this one to be a boy, not that he wished all the kids they had and thus his daughter were boys. There could be a million reasons he wanted a boy, maybe so Ava would be jealous, maybe because he’d like two sons, whatever their reason, they didnt say anything outragous!

Also it may have been lost a little in translation as she is spanish? The sentence seems quite blunt, so perhaps there was more to it and they’ve cut it shorter?

Lenon is a cute name tho.

- Georgina on August 18th, 2010

People can have a preference — obviously they can’t help it. But it is rude to state that preference, just as it is rude to state the you prefer one of your children over another. There is absolutely no reason to announce publicly that you prefer boys over girls or girls over boys.

Of course I know that saying you prefer a boy doesn’t mean you despise girls, and whoever said that was being silly. But it’s never ok to say publicly that you prefer one of your children over the other. And by saying that, after having both a boy and a girl, that they want another boy, that implies that they prefer their son to their daughter. It may not be what they meant, but it sure sounds like it.

- gdfg on August 18th, 2010

Honestly…I read the article and my stomach dropped when I saw the “Orson prefers a boy” comment. Maybe it was taken out of context…but it’s kind of awful considering that he already has a healthy son and daughter. He should be happy with a healthy baby. If i was his daughter, I’d definitely have a complex after reading a comment like that

- Cyndy on August 18th, 2010

Do all oversensitive people flock to this site? For this baby they prefered a boy, last pregnancy they were probably hoping for a girl! They were asked if what they were hoping for and they answered, I don’t see the problem.

- Anna on August 19th, 2010

People, how do we know it was Orson Sr. that wanted a boy? All she said was “Orson perfers a boy”, so for all we know, she could have meant her son Orson, not her husband!

- CelebBabyLover on August 19th, 2010

Oh please. My parents were really hoping for another boy when they were expecting me, and I came out the wrong gender. I’ve never felt any less loved or wanted or whatever than my older brother and sister. I’ve known and heard the story over and over almost all my life and I’ve always thought it was funny. Certainly I’ve never been hurt by something as silly as them expressing a preference for another sex BEFORE I was born or even given any thought to it.

I, myself, am hoping for a boy someday but I’ll still be thrilled if I have all girls.

- LisaS on August 19th, 2010