Recently, Mateo has been coming with us to work and spending an average of 7 hours in school, sometimes even longer especially during occasions when andrea and i need to attend meetings. It’s no wonder that he’s already contacted a cold. I mean with all the interactions he’s getting with so many students (both sick and healthy), I guess he’s bound to encounter at least 1 with a virus that he can’t fight against yet.

It’s really very frustrating. Andrea and i are torn between letting him stay at home or allowing him to continue accompanying us to work. You see, both have very real and significant consequences.

On one side, he’s already entering the age of wild curiosity. He’s always testing everything, tasting anything he could get his hands on, seeing how far he could throw objects, and running all over the place. He likes exploring the school grounds so much that I fear we’d need a GPS just to make sure he doesn’t get lost. It is because of this that I want to let him spend his time in school where there’s so much he can learn and experience.

On the other hand, if he does spend a lot of time in school, it would mean exposing him to more threats such as viruses, accidents, and even some not-so-nice habits - all of which he could get from other kids. The more I think about it, the more I realize that school isn’t really a place for babies. But then again, mateo’s not such a baby anymore.