
Sean Preston peers from Britney's hospital window
One blog is pulling for Hamlet. The kid, presumably, is pulling for anything
but Jailynn.
All baby name bets were off with Tuesday's arrival of Britney Spears' second
child--a boy, not a girl.
Spears may or may not have been caught off guard by the baby's gender, but
the celebrity-watching world sure was.
Reports leading up to the pop singer's labor day declared she was expecting a
daughter to be named Jailynn--a tribute to her father, Jamie, her mother, Lynne,
and her sister, Jamie Lynn, and the presumed palatable alternative to
JamieLynneJamieLynn.
Fully 75-80 percent of the entries for CelebrityBabyNamesBlog.com's "What
Will Britney Spears Name Her New Baby?" contest through Tuesday were fit for
girls, editor Neil Street said.
But a 6-pound, 11-ounce boy was welcomed by Spears and her family 2 a.m.
Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The 24-year-old entertainer was scheduled to undergo a Cesarean section at
Cedars this Saturday, but took an unscheduled trip there after experiencing
discomfort Monday evening, a source tells E! Online.
Cornered outside the hospital on Tuesday, husband Kevin Federline, 28, told
LifeandStylemag.com, "Mom and baby are doing well, thanks.
"But we're all really tired."
Apparently to prove that it spoke to the right Federline, the site noted the
aspiring rapper was wearing "a black T-shirt and baggy black shorts"--in other
words, the usual.
Spears' and Federline's newborn is their second child together. Elder son
Sean Preston turns one on Thursday.
There was no word yet from the couple's camp as to the newcomer's name.
Among the baby-name contest entries at CelebrityBabyNamesBlog.com, a
tongue-in-cheek Street said his favorite was Hamlet Joseph.
"But I don't think she's going to go for it," Street said.
The editor also didn't think Spears would go the way of magician Penn
Jillette, father of Moxie Crimefighter and Zolten.
"Being the American icon she is, I trust Britney will go for a good, solid,
traditional name," Street said. "So, I don't think we'll be seeing a Rocket or
an Ace or a Zolten."
Street's personal preference?
"I think she should name him Barney after her [maternal] grandfather," Street
said. "I think that would be great."