By Carly Johnson for Dailymail.com

Published: 10:40 PM EDT, March 22, 2024 | Updated: 11:06 PM EDT, March 22, 2024

KIRSTIE Allsopp has sparked a debate about ‘lazy parenting’ after criticizing parents giving their children iPads in prams.

The TV presenter, 52, said it is one of the “saddest sights” when she witnesses it in public.

3

3

3

Via X, formerly known as Twitter, the Location, Location, Location star revealed her thoughts on using phones or tablets for children.

Kirstie, mother of sons Bay, 17, and Oscar15, said: “One of the saddest sights is a child sitting in a pram with a pastel iPad in a case that attaches to the pram so you know it’s theirs and they sit on it often.

“Yesterday a little girl, no older than seven, walked past on our road, she was glued to what was clearly her phone. [sic]”

She added: “The data tells us that devices are harmful.

“Little children in strollers don’t need ‘screen time’, children walking down the street don’t need screen time either.”

Kirstie’s post has racked up 2,600 likes, but opinions are divided among fans.

One person commented on her opinion and said: “You too! Why do you judge people?

“The child may have additional needs. The child may not like a stroller and the only way parents can get anywhere…just stop!’

Another agreed, saying: “Normally I agree, but this time I can’t.

“My two-year-old daughter has a cheap old tablet, but we use it when we go shopping or run errands for desperate measures.

“I have severe anxiety so this helps me when I need it and I’m alone with her. It’s not always bad.”

A third said: “You have no idea of ​​that particular child’s daily routine, yet you have jumped to a story based on a few seconds of observation of that random child.”

Kirstie, who has been married to property entrepreneur Ben Anderson since 2004, replied: “No, the child can just look around and talk to the adult standing next to them. [sic]”

However, one woman agreed with Kirstie’s stance on tablets.

Small children in strollers don’t need ‘screen time’, children walking down the street don’t need screen time either

Kirstie Allsopp

She said: “I am a nanny for three boys aged 10, 6 and 3. When we are together there are no screens whatsoever. We play games, read and participate in imaginary or external activities.

“Tired parents come home and the kids’ personalities completely change and the demand for screens starts.”

Kirstie replied: “We chose to have children, they are not being forced on us. It is our responsibility to raise them well.”

According to research, children who sat in front of the TV were more likely to have poorer speech and difficulty moving at the ages of two and three.

They followed 57,980 children to see how screen time affected their ability to walk, talk and solve problems, as well as their social skills.

Dr. Midori Yamamoto, from Chiba University, said: “Increased TV screen time from early age negatively affected later development.

“To reduce the negative consequences of excessive media use, health care professionals should recommend social support for parents who tend to be media dependent.”

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence suggests that children should have TV-free days and a two-hour limit on the time they spend in front of screens.

A limited amount of kid-friendly screen time can be educational, but it’s important to make sure the content is appropriate for your child’s age, it adds.

Previous studies have shown that spending four or more hours a day can increase the risk of developmental delays.

Women worldwide are now having fewer children on average than previous generations.

The trend, which leads to greater access to education and contraception, more women taking up jobs and changing attitudes toward childbearing, is expected to shrink the populations of dozens of countries by 2100.

Dr. Jennifer Sciubba, author of 8 Billion and Counting: How Sex, Death, and Migration Shape Our World, told MailOnline that people are choosing to have smaller families and the change “is permanent.”

“So it’s wise to focus on working within this new reality, rather than trying to change it,” she said.

Sex education and contraception

An increase in education and access to contraception is one of the reasons behind the decline in the global fertility rate.

Education about pregnancy and contraception has increased, with sex education classes starting in the US in the 1970s and becoming compulsory in Britain in the 1990s.

“There’s an old saying that ‘education is the best contraception’ and I think that’s relevant” to explaining the fall in birth rates, said Professor Allan Pacey, an andrologist at the University of Sheffield and former chairman of the British Fertility Society.

Elina Pradhan, a senior health specialist at the World Bank, suggests that better-educated women may choose to have fewer children because they fear they will earn less if they take time off before and after giving birth.

In Britain, three in 10 mothers and one in 20 fathers report having to reduce their working hours because of childcare, ONS data shows.

They can also become more exposed to different ideas about family sizes through school and the connections they make during their education, which encourages them to think more critically about the number of children they want, she said.

And better-educated women may know more about prenatal care and child health and may have greater access to health care, Ms. Pradhan added.

Professor Jonathan Portes, an economist at King’s College London, said women’s greater control over their own fertility means that “households, and women in particular, both want and are able to have fewer children.”

More women are entering the workplace

There are more women in the workplace now than there were fifty years ago – 72 percent compared to 52 percent – ​​which has contributed to the halving of the global fertility rate over the same period.

Professor Portes also noted that the decline in birth rates may also be due to the structure of labor and housing markets, expensive childcare and gender roles, which make it difficult for many women to combine career ambitions with having a family.

The British government has implemented “the most anti-family policies of any government in living memory” by cutting back on services that support families, along with benefit cuts that “deliberately penalize low-income families and children,” he added.

As more women enter the workplace, the age at which they start a family has shifted. Data from the ONS shows that the most common age at which a woman born in 1949 gave birth was 22. But women born in 1975 were most likely to have children at age 31.

In another sign that late motherhood is on the rise, half of women born in 1990, the most recent cohort to reach age 30, remained childless at age 30 – the highest rate ever recorded.

Women repeatedly point to work-related reasons for delaying having children, with research showing that most women want to move up the career ladder before becoming pregnant.

However, this move could lead to women having fewer children than they had planned. In the 1990s, just 6,700 IVF cycles took place each year in Britain – a technique to help people with fertility problems have a child. But this shot up to more than 69,000 in 2019, suggesting more and more women are struggling to conceive naturally.

Decreasing sperm count

Reproduction experts have also raised alarms that biological factors, such as declining sperm counts and changes in sexual development, could threaten human survival.

Dr. Shanna Swan, an epidemiologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, wrote a landmark study in 2017 that found that worldwide sperm counts have fallen by more than half over the past four decades.

She warned that ‘chemicals everywhere’, such as phthalates in toiletries, food packaging and children’s toys, are to blame. The chemicals cause hormonal imbalance, which can cause “reproductive devastation,” she said.

Factors such as tobacco and marijuana smoking and rising obesity rates may also play a role, Dr. Swan said.

Studies have also shown that air pollution lowers fertility rates, suggesting that air pollution causes inflammation that can damage egg and sperm production.

However, Professor Pacey, an expert on sperm quality and fertility, said: ‘I really don’t think changes in sperm quality are responsible for the decline in birth rates.

‘Actually, I don’t believe the current evidence that sperm quality has deteriorated.’

He said: ‘I think a much bigger problem for falling birth rates is the fact that: (a) people are choosing to have fewer children; and (b) they wait until they are older to get them.”

Fear of bringing children into the world

Choosing not to have children is cited by some scientists as the best thing a person can do for the planet, compared to reducing energy use, travel and making food choices based on their carbon footprint.

Scientists at Oregon State University calculated that each child adds approximately 9,441 tons of carbon dioxide to a woman’s “carbon legacy.” Each ton is equivalent to driving around the entire circumference of the world.

Experts say the data discourages climate-conscious people from having children, while others opt out of having children because of fears about the world they will grow up in.

Dr. Britt Wray, a human and planetary health fellow at Stanford University, said the decline in fertility rates was due to “fear of a deteriorating future due to climate change.”

She was one of the authors behind a Lancet survey of 10,000 volunteers, which found that four in 10 young people are afraid of giving birth because of climate concerns.

Professor David Coleman, emeritus professor of demography at the University of Oxford, told MailOnline that people’s decision not to have children is “understandable” due to adverse conditions such as climate change.

Disturbing footage has captured the moment an Ohio mother calmly lied to police about finding her infant daughter dead in her crib – after secretly leaving the child behind to go on a tropical holiday.

Kristel Candelario, 32, was confronted after her 16-month-old daughter Jailyn was found starving in her own filth after being stranded for 10 days.

The mother, sentenced this week to life in prison, was seen on police bodycam footage in which officers said her daughter had been vomiting throughout the week of June 2023.

Candelario was actually frolicking on a Puerto Rican beach.

In the shocking clip, she coldly told officers: “She had no food, she refused.”

While her daughter was starving, Candelario shared vacation photos of her smiling on a beach, with the caption, “The time enjoyed is the time truly lived.”

A medical examiner ruled the child had died of starvation and severe dehydration, and a prosecutor said the sight “will stay with me for many years to come.”

Although she later pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and child endangerment, the new bodycam footage shows that she initially lied to police when they questioned her about her daughter’s sudden death.

While she claimed the toddler was “refusing food” before she died, an officer asks her, “And how was she Wednesday and Thursday?”

“She refused, perhaps because she hadn’t eaten two days earlier,” she replied, before shrugging her shoulders to feign confusion in the chilling clip.

“But that’s why I was scared, because I’m like, oh my God, we have to go to the hospital because she’s not eating anything.”

Candelario, who did not appear angry or emotional about her daughter’s death, said the child looked “small” and was “losing weight,” and continued to make up a story about being home all the time.

“When I woke up this morning, she was asleep,” she said. “She sleeps every day, twelve hours.”

“She sleeps from 9 p.m. to 9 or 10 a.m., 12 hours, so this morning I slept too, she never wakes up.”

An officer interrupted her to ask what happened the night before, to which the killer said, “She cried a lot last night.

“And I see one moment, when I was taking a shower, she screamed like, ‘Aaah,’ I don’t know, she probably got hurt, maybe.”

“I pick her up this morning and she looks really dry,” she continued, before saying a few sentences in Spanish.

At her sentencing this week, a judge condemned her actions in the strongest terms as the mother was sent behind bars for life with no chance of parole.

County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan told Candelario she had committed “the ultimate betrayal” by leaving her daughter alone without food.

“Just as you failed to release Jailyn from her captivity, you should also spend the rest of your life in a cell without freedom,” Judge Sheehan said.

“The only difference will be that at least the prison will feed you and give you fluids that you denied it.”

Candelario, who struggles with depression and related mental health issues, said she has prayed daily for forgiveness.

“I’m in so much pain over the loss of my baby, Jailyn,” she said. ‘I am very hurt by everything that has happened.

“I don’t try to justify my actions, but no one knew how much I suffered and what I went through… God and my daughter have forgiven me.”

Curiously, she made the trips with her eldest daughter, and it is unclear why Candelario asked no one to help her care for her child while she was traveling.

After ten days of sunbathing on the beach and enjoying the local sights, she returned to her home on June 16 to find her daughter not breathing.

Paramedics and Cleveland police tragically pronounced the one-year-old dead at the scene, and prosecutors said the child was discovered “on a liner soiled with urine and feces with soiled blankets.”

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced the plea in February, saying, “This case is one of those truly unimaginable cases that will stay with me for many years to come.

“As prosecutors, it is our job to represent the victims and today we spoke on behalf of 16-month-old Jailyn – who is no longer with us – because of the selfish decisions her mother made.”

After news of the gruesome death made headlines, a neighbor also revealed that this wasn’t the first time Candelario left her daughter home alone.

An acquaintance told News5 Cleveland, “We keep telling her not to leave her alone, not just me, my girlfriend across the street, but she always leaves her alone.”

Another female neighbor, who was not identified, told CNN that Jailyn was “always a happy baby” and “always smiling.”

The neighbor’s daughter said there were “plenty of people” around who could have looked at the baby. She said, “She could have knocked on one of our doors and asked us to take care of Jailyn, and we would have.”

“When they told us the condition they found her in, I was just heartbroken,” the teenage neighbor told CNN.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden beamed as she held a goat during a visit to a climate change project in Bangladesh.

The heir to the Swedish throne, 46, wore a red and white floral lei around her neck as she visited the women-led community project in Khulna district on Tuesday.

The royal looked bright and breezy in flared white trousers with a blue summer print, which she teamed with an oversized T-shirt and trainers.

Victoria went for natural makeup and her brunette locks were pulled back into a relaxed bun as she smiled for the cameras while holding a small goat, while in another move she held a fish.

The mother of two looked in good spirits as she was shown around the facility, which has received contributions from both Sweden and the UNDP.

The visit is part of the royal family’s work as a goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

She chose to wear a simple silver necklace along with earrings, a bracelet, a watch and rings.

Princess Victoria once again showed off her style credentials during her trip to Dhaka yesterday.

She wore a striking pleated swan print dress by Swedish designer Jennifer Blom as she visited the Foreign Service Academy to see how the country is using digital solutions.

Victoria put her best fashion foot forward for the visit, pairing her statement dress with a vibrant cherry red handbag.

Victoria first wore the colorful dress in 2017, when she celebrated 100 years of independence in Finland together with other members of the Swedish royal family.

Yesterday she opted for stylish light blue pointed heels and a practical beige shopper, which she elegantly hung over one shoulder.

During her visit, the heir received a pale pink scarf, which she wrapped around her neck, made from traditional fabrics used in the country.

She also received flowers from Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology.

Victoria attended the event: Innovate Together for Zero Digital Divide at the Foreign Service Academy, a training institute for foreign service officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service.

The Royal Family heard how technology has created various opportunities in sectors such as education and healthcare, as Mr Palak announced Bangladesh’s goal to ensure citizens have equal access to the digital world.

Victoria attended as part of her role as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, which she has held since October last year.

In her role as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, she plays a key role in increasing awareness and commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.

Victoria said at the time: “It is a great honor to have been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for UNDP. It gives me additional opportunities to support the work for the Sustainable Development Goals.

“I look forward to immersing myself in UNDP’s work to prevent many of the difficult challenges facing the world today that affect people around the world.”

A SKINCARE DIYer in her 40s has shared a natural treatment that will leave your face looking and feeling baby soft.

She revealed how she makes her anti-aging remedy from mainly food from a vegetable garden.

4

4

Ada Nwaimo (@adanwaimo) shares DIY beauty tricks for women of all ages, but especially for women over 40.

She showed in a TikTok video how to get “soft and supple” skin with three ingredients using her anti-aging advice.

The skincare enthusiast provided step-by-step instructions for the handy recipe.

The two main ingredients can be found in the vegetable section of your local supermarket or in your garden.

It will not be complete without carrots and tomatoes to achieve the ‘baby skin’.

She first grated two small carrots onto a plate and soaked them in water to rinse them.

She then grated both vegetables into the same plate until they were no longer fully formed.

She then took a fresh tomato and grated it too before pouring it through a sieve into a small bowl.

She added the grated carrots on top and mixed them with a spoon.

Finally, she added half a tablespoon of honey and mixed it as well.

Once the actual concoction was made, she suggested leaving it on as a face mask for 20 minutes and washing it off with lukewarm water.

For optimal results, try the regimen three days a week.

4

Ada also quickly mentioned that it is a great resource for people who suffer from acne, discoloration, dark spots and dry skin.

The comments section was filled with questions and interesting perspectives.

“I want to save your video so I can follow it every day,” one viewer commented.

“This looks real. I’ll try it,” wrote another.

“Okay, but don’t tempt me to eat before I sign up,” one woman joked.

4

Jenna Dewan proudly showed off her growing baby bump in a casual ensemble as she stepped out in Los Angeles with fiancé Steve Kazee and their son Callum on Saturday.

The Step Up star, 43 — who announced she was expecting baby number three and second with the Shameless alum, 48, in January — was spotted taking a stroll under the warm sun during the excursion.

She donned a black crop top that easily showed off her stomach and also put on a pair of comfortable black sweatpants.

Dewan paired the outfit with a black leather jacket that offered an edgy flair and also opted for a pair of Adidas sneakers that tied with laces.

Her dark locks were parted in the middle and flowed effortlessly down her shoulders.

Jenna completed her look by adding a pair of sparkling silver earrings and stylish black shades for a finishing touch.

Kazee – who started dating the actress in 2018 – also dressed down for the weekend outing, wearing a plain white shirt with short sleeves.

The Broadway star also slipped into black pants and black lace-up boots. To top it all off, he also wore sunglasses to protect his eyes from the bright sun.

A backpack was placed over his left shoulder and Steve also had a small basketball in his hand as the trio walked through the expansive park.

Jenna and Steve welcomed their son Callum, four, in March 2020 and the Rookie actress also shares daughter Everly, 10, with ex-husband Channing Tatum.

The dancer and Tatum first crossed paths while working on the set of the 2006 film Step Up, and got engaged two years later.

The couple married in July 2009 in a romantic ceremony in Malibu, but announced their separation in April 2018. The following year, in November 2019, their divorce was finalized.

In October 2018, it was confirmed that Dewan was dating Steve – and the lovebirds got engaged in February 2020, shortly before their son was born.

Earlier this week on the Not skinny but not fat podcast, Jenna revealed that their romance started when Kazee reached out to her on social media.

She humorously recalled, “He sent me a GIF of Steph Curry taking a shot and saying, ‘Hey,’ adding that it was a ‘Twitter DM.’

“I wrote back and said, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t think this is for me,’ and then jokingly said, ‘He shot and I didn’t get it.’

However, Dewan explained during Tuesday’s podcast episode that she met Steve years earlier when she went to see the production of Once on Broadway in which he starred.

The two briefly crossed paths and had a quick exchange with the actress applauding his performance.

“It really came out of a movie,” the star said. “Years later – of course it’s public that I was divorced – and we just reconnected. He apparently never forgot that moment either. It’s kind of cute.’

Earlier this year, in January, she took to her main Instagram page to excitedly announce to her 9.5 million fans and followers that she’s expecting baby number three: her second with Kazee.

In a short clip, the actress was seen lying in a bathtub showing off her growing baby bump, while her fiancé sat nearby as she sang and played her guitar.

The beauty captioned the post with, “Remember if I serenade @stevekazee every night the baby will get his voice??”

While you’re talking to Romper Around the time of the baby news, Jenna got candid about her co-parenting relationship with the Magic Mike star.

“It’s always a journey,” the beauty told the outlet. ‘It never stops. You learn as you go and get better at certain things, and for me, Evie will always be my top priority.”

Dewan continued by adding, “I just put her first all the time. This way I can handle all the difficult things.’

While also chatting with the outlet, the beauty revealed that both she and Steve have chosen not to find out the gender of their second baby. The dancer also stated that their second child will be her last pregnancy.

“You don’t race to the end because this is the last time. So there’s a little bit of joy and a little bit of sadness. I really try to enjoy everything and not just get through the days,” the actress explained.

Dewan later recounted seeing Kazee with a “little baby” again, saying, “He’s naturally homely and caring, and he’s so loving, and he’s funny, and he’s really… he’s just incredible.” ‘

“It’s one of those things where people just have a natural ability to parent. I’m so excited to see him again with a little baby.”

Jenna also discussed working on set while pregnant, explaining, “It helps balance my mind.”

“And The Rookie really is the most dreamy, incredible track. Everyone is so nice. It’s really fun, it’s easy and it flows, and I think that’s a big part of why I can get pregnant so easily.”

‘I’ve been on other sets that are obviously a lot more difficult. So I love it. You are tired, but when is a mother not tired?’ the star added.

Since announcing she’s expecting her third child, Jenna has taken her fans along on her journey by sharing little updates on social media.

In a few photos uploaded to her main Instagram page, she shows off her maternity style — like wearing a fitted, white jumpsuit teamed with a tan coat and shiny, silver boots.

And in a few other images, the star was seen enjoying a tasty pizza while resting on a spacious couch.

Dewan also shared an adorable video of her dog protecting her belly while getting some fresh air outside.

When your parent works for an airline, traveling around the world is easy, as a self-confessed ‘airline nepo baby’ has revealed.

Joshua Crawford, 23, from New Jersey, has built a growing social media following thanks to his globetrotting content – ​​which he admits is due to the fact that his father works as an Aircraft Tools, Calibration and Support Equipment Supervisor for United, which means that his son can board flights for free.

In a TikTok post, Joshua – whose father worked for the airline for 24 years – showed how he has amassed 260,212 miles over the past five years, after flying 123 flights to more than 30 cities around the world.

In another upload, he outlines the other benefits of being an airline ‘fake baby’ – besides being able to fly for virtually nothing.

The first plus he mentions is that international travel is ‘easy’. This is because it has Global Entry, which includes TSA pre-check.

Although he didn’t get Global Entry for free, he said Business insider Thanks to his father’s job, he got a discount.

Then Joshua says he can score free upgrades – including to first class – on all flights if there are seats available.

In one photo, he shows how he landed a $7,000 fully flat seat in United’s Polaris business class cabin at no extra cost.

And in dozens of other clips, he can be seen enjoying dinner in luxurious cabins, with glassware and silver cutlery in view.

The third benefit of being an airline nepo baby, Joshua says, is that he gets access to airport lounges so he never has to spend money on food in the terminals.

In 2023, the influencer visited four continents, traveling through the US, Europe, Australia and Japan.

At United Airlines, employees’ children have their flight privileges revoked when they turn 26.

However, since Joshua is listed as his father’s “main companion,” he has managed to maintain the VIP treatment.

While Joshua can fly across America for free by standing by, he has to pay taxes on international flights, but he says this is a fraction of what a full-price ticket would cost.

For example, he only had to pay $70 for a last-minute flight from Japan to the US

He told his TikTok followers that he feels “blessed.”

In addition to his posts, other airline nepo babies have weighed in.

One of Joshua’s fans wrote, “My mom works at Delta and my dad works at Southwest. I have had so many wonderful experiences because of it.’

Another revealed: ‘It really is a blessing to be able to hop on a flight when you need to. I used Delta like I used Uber in college.”

Like Joshua, a TikToker said her mother, who works for JetBlue, made her a “flying partner” so she wouldn’t lose the benefits when she turned 24.

“Truly the most amazing privilege,” she added.

Joshua currently lives in California.

After earning a degree in marketing, he is looking for work while working part-time at Trader Joes.

In his TikTok outlining the pros of being an airline nepo baby, United Airlines commented, exclaiming, “We love this for you!”

Joshua hinted that he might be interested in following in his father’s footsteps by pursuing a career in the aviation industry, replying, “I love you guys to my core. I’m also looking for a job.’

Alexander Louis and woman Lauren Ludwig expand their family.

Alexander, 31, and Lauren, 32, announced the exciting news in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, March 14.

“Ooooops New baby Ludwig coming June 2024 and we couldn’t be more excited,” they captioned a sweet photo of Lauren showing off her baby bump while Alexander held daughter Leni, who they welcomed last April.

Fans and friends were quick to send kind words to the couple in the comments section of their pregnancy announcement.

“That’s life, brother. Congratulations. Enjoy every minute with them. It is the time we will long for when we are old. God bless,” the actor wrote Chris Boudreauxwhile a separate social media user added: “Another Ludwig babe for us to love.”

The couple – who tied the knot in 2021 – have been open about their pregnancy journey over the years.

“As many of you know, it’s been a long road for @alexanderludwig and myself,” Lauren wrote in the couple’s first pregnancy announcement in February 2023. “We’ve suffered three losses before this, but each of those losses has taught us about ourselves and each other. For anyone who has suffered a miscarriage before, there is light on the other side of your journey. You are not alone.”

Although daughter Leni’s due date was in May last year, Lauren revealed the rainbow baby arrived a month early as she shared the first photo of their daughter.

“Leni James Ludwig decided to come four weeks early on her own schedule. Born 4/27/23 at 7:24 am,” she captioned the photo, adding, “@alexanderludwig was in another state filming and got back just in time. A labor story for the books”

Nearly a year before she welcomed their firstborn, Lauren wrote an emotional message about her and Alexander’s experiences with pregnancy loss.

“I went back and forth on whether or not I should post about this, but decided we all need to start talking about the truth more,” she wrote via Instagram at the time. “Last week @alexanderludwig and I had our third miscarriage. I decided I wanted to share it because I don’t find it shameful to talk about it.”

She continued, “I want to help others realize how common miscarriage is and that it is nothing to be ashamed of. Experiencing this has made me realize that I am definitely not alone. It’s so common and yet I feel like it’s not talked about nearly enough. If more of us talked about these things, we might feel less alone and guilty. Information is power and I want to share more of it. This will forever be part of our story.”

Kali Uchis And Don Toliver celebrate the birth of their first child.

Uchis, 30, and Toliver, 29, announced the birth of their son in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, March 14.

“You are everything we could have hoped for and more. Thank you God for our beautiful, healthy baby boy and thank you all for the good energy along the way,” the singers captioned a video of them holding their son. “May our home and your homes be blessed with peace, happiness and health forever.”

The happy couple received numerous cheerful comments, including from Halle Bailey, who wrote: “Congratulations beautiful!!”

Toliver also showed clips of the mother and son in his new “Deep in the watermusic video, which he released on Thursday. The “Bandit” singer references the birth of their baby in the lyrics, “Deep in the water, as far as I can see/Deep in the water, from your pregnancy.”

The couple revealed that Uchis was expecting in January 2024, when they appeared together in her “Tu Corazón Es Mio” music video.

Uchis and Toliver started dating in 2020, and he confirmed their relationship in a July 2021 interview with W magazine.

“We’re not a crazy crowd or anything,” he told the publication. “We just feel.”

Toliver revealed that he traveled to Colombia with Uchis to visit her family and shoot a few music videos for his 2021 album The life of a DON. “I already had it in my mind to go out and make a video with her in it, to make it a realistic situation,” he said at the time.

A year later, Toliver and Uchis made their red carpet debut as a couple at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in April 2022.

The pair enjoy working together, and he featured his Grammy award-winning partner on the song ‘4 Me’ on his 2023 album, Love sick.

Uchis stars in the music video as a waitress in a restaurant, while Toliver pours his heart out to her. “I need to hold my bae, baby/ I need to feel your heart, bae, baby/ I need you in my arms,” he moans.

That same year, Toliver appeared in Uchis’ “Fantasy” Red Moon in Venus album. In the song, he revealed that he wanted to have a baby with her, singing, “This is my fantasy / I want to make me a family.”

During an interview in March 2023 on The breakfast club, Toliver said this is the most “invested” relationship he has ever been in and thinks he has found the “one” when it comes to the person he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

“Yes, I would love it,” Toliver said when asked if he wanted to get married in the future. ‘If you’ve been with someone for two to three years, plus me and my girl are still in a relationship like that, you kind of know if you really want to be with that person. That’s kind of how I feel, us here.