Blippi is now a dad! Stevie John, who plays the popular children's entertainer, announced that on Sunday, March 13, he and fiancée Alyssa Ingham had welcomed their first child.
Website Today.com reported that John revealed the news on social media platform Instagram, with the Youtube personality writing that he and Ingham are now proud parents to a baby boy. John posted a picture of them together with the caption "Lochlan David John 3/9/22. Your mother and I love you so much! Welcome to the world!" John also posted a solo picture of his firstborn.
Ingham shared those same pictures with her followers on her own Instagram page. Ingham also posted a photo of herself holding Lochlan against her chest and another of him in a baby outfit.
John and Ingham ecstatic with baby Lochlan David's arrival
John told Parents magazine in an interview that baby Lochlan measured 20 inches long and weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces at birth. John can't get enough of Lochlan, who he described as "so cute." He said they love him so much and that it has been heaven having him with them.
The couple first shared the news that they were expecting a baby back in October of last year when John revealed he would be a dad on Instagram. Just last month, the couple announced that they were expecting a baby boy, much to the delight of their fans. John revealed the news by posting a trio of photos on his social media account.
John is thankful that his work is flexible as that enabled him to join his fiancée at most of her ultrasound appointments. John said that just like Blippi, he asked plenty of questions regarding the baby that made the doctors laugh so much.
John has been busy, though, the past month as he had been filming so many Blippi episodes to make sure there are plenty in reserve ahead of the scheduled March 4 due date. According to Ingham, her fiancée filmed three week-long trips before taking time off for his paternity leave. Ingham wanted John to be close to their home in Washington when she was near her due date just in case there was preterm labor or something happened with the baby.
Blippi character prepared John for fatherhood
According to the website Fatherly.com, John has plenty of practice regarding fatherhood as he has been making kids learn and laugh for years now. John developed Blippi back in 2013, and the character has become a phenomenon in the world of kid's entertainment on Youtube ever since, with his videos regularly getting millions of views from his plethora of young fans.
John acknowledged that in the interview, saying he knows what kids' interests are more now. It certainly looks like mini Blippi will have a fun childhood ahead of him.
