Jake Quickenden and his wife Sophie Church welcomed their second child, a baby boy.
The former X Factor star, 36, took to Instagram on Friday morning to share an adorable video of the baby’s arrival into the world and also revealed his name.
Captioning his post, proud dad Jake wrote: ‘Welcome to the world little one. Quickenden Kit 6lb 13oz.
‘Born 25/01/08 – As a parent I just want to say Sophie was amazing, thank you for delivering Kit and being so amazing. ‘.
The couple, who will marry in 2022, are already parents to three-year-old son Leo and are also raising Sophie’s son Freddie from a previous relationship.
The sweet video shows baby Kit wrapped in a white towel and a blue knitted hat while his mother Sophie, 31, cradles him in her arms.
Jake Quickenden and his wife Sophie Church have welcomed their second child, a baby boy.
The former X Factor star took to Instagram on Friday morning to share an adorable video of the baby’s arrival into the world and also revealed his name.
She is then seen breastfeeding her newborn while enjoying some well-deserved toast.
The excited parents are then seen pampering their little one while holding onto his hands before Jake proceeded to dress Kit.
The video later shows TV personality Jake shirtless while cradling his son in his arms, and Jake was no doubt getting ready or had spent some skin-to-skin time with his son.
The special publication received a lot of congratulatory messages from his fans and showbiz friends.
Sophie and Jake previously revealed they were pregnant after “a long time of trying” and posted an emotional montage of the family learning the happy news on Instagram.
Overcome with emotion, he wiped tears from his eyes when he was told that while she was pregnant, Sophie gave her surprised children an ultrasound.
The former I’m A Caleb campmate captioned the post: ‘WE HAVE NEWS….soon to be five. “We can finally let them know, after a long time trying, that we will bring another bundle of joy to the world.”
‘We are very excited. I can’t wait to get back to living on 2 hours of sleep. Have a nice Sunday.’
Captioning his post, proud dad Jake wrote: ‘Welcome to the world little one. Quickenden Kit 6lb 13oz. ‘Born 25/01/08 – As a parent I just want to say Sophie was amazing, thank you for delivering Kit and being so amazing. ‘
The delighted father couldn’t take his eyes off his youngest son in the beautiful video
Sophie is seen breastfeeding her newborn while enjoying some well-deserved toast
The excited parents are then seen pampering their little one while holding onto his hands before Jake proceeded to dress Kit.
Fans and celebrity friends rushed to the comments section to send their congratulations to Vicky Pattison saying: “The best news, congratulations guys.”
While Michelle Visage added: “Congratulations you beautiful people” and Coleen Nolan gushed: “OMG congratulations… so happy for you.”
Throughout the months since announcing the news of her baby, Sophie has kept her fans updated on the pregnancy while sharing several snaps of her growing baby bump.
The couple’s baby joy comes months after Sophie was forced to defend herself after fans criticized her reaction to the gender reveal of her unborn baby.
The couple took to Instagram in August to share a video of them finding out the gender of their child by cutting a cake dyed blue or pink.
The clip saw the X Factor. Star and his wife joined their children as they pushed champagne flutes into the frosting.
Throughout the months since announcing the news of her baby, Sophie has kept her fans updated on the pregnancy while sharing several snaps of her growing baby bump.
Her two eldest children sweetly gazed at her growing stomach in one picture as they enjoyed a family day at the beach ahead of the new arrival.
The couple’s baby joy comes months after Sophie was forced to defend herself after fans criticized her reaction to the gender reveal of her unborn baby.
The couple took to Instagram in August to share a video of them finding out the gender of their child by cutting a cake dyed blue or pink.
They then revealed a blue cake inside, causing Jake to He shouts excitedly: ‘It’s a brother, it’s a brother!’
But Sophie couldn’t hide her disappointment and moaned: ‘For God’s sake. I knew it. Ah man, where are all the girls?
While many fans were left hysterical with her ‘honest reaction’ after finding out she would soon be outnumbered by children, many were upset by her response and said she should be happy to have a healthy baby.
Jake responded to several comments, with one person writing: ‘“For the love of God” consider yourself lucky to be able to have children. I have 3 children and I would NEVER change them!’ and he answering: ‘I don’t think Soph would want to change them either!’
While angering a follower who asked him: ‘Why post this? I have never seen someone so unhappy…’, commenting: ‘Oh my god, then you must live in the land of chubby teles or something! “She smiled throughout the entire video.”
While many fans were left hysterical with her ‘honest reaction’ after finding out she would soon be outnumbered by children, many were upset by her response, saying she should be happy to have a healthy baby.
Jake responded to several comments, with one person writing: ‘“For the love of God” consider yourself lucky to be able to have children. I have 3 children and I would NEVER change them!’ and he replied: ‘I don’t think Soph wants to change them either!’
She later added another comment to the post, writing: “We are delighted, as long as the little one is healthy and happy that’s all that matters, Soph would have liked to have a girl to back her up but we are so used to boys and not we could be happier’
Sophie later took to her Instagram to defend herself, writing that the gender deception was valid and should be talked about more.
She insisted she was “incredibly grateful” to have another child, but admitted she had “always dreamed of having a daughter” and had been “sad” about not having a girl.
She later added another comment to the post, writing: “We are delighted, as long as the little one is healthy and happy that’s all that matters, Soph would have liked to have a girl to back her up but we are so used to boys and not “we could be happier,”
‘I can’t wait to see if he looks like Leo, I can’t wait to see Fred and Leo with him…’ Now we need to get a name?
Sophie later took to her Instagram to defend herself, writing that the gender deception was valid and should be talked about more.
She insisted she was “incredibly grateful” to have another child, but admitted she had “always dreamed of having a daughter.”
She confessed that she had been “sad” about not having a girl to be with at her wedding and on her “girls’ trips,” adding that those feelings were okay.