Congratulations to
Christina Aguilera after the singer gave birth to a baby boy on Saturday night. The 27-year-old put down the gas and air for long enough to post a message on her website, saying that she was "resting and doing well", and that it had been "a very joyful and special day". And painful, no doubt.
So all that remained was a name for the 6lb 2oz little fellow. Thankfully, Christina didn't go down the Beckham or Geldof route and give the child a name it would regret well into senility, unlike Nicole Ritchie who gave birth in the same hospital on Friday and named her unfortunate daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden, which makes her sound like a firm of solicitors.
"Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman are proud to announce the birth of their son Max Liron Bratman," a brief message stated on her website. OK, 'Max' (though the singer is a massive fan of ginger actors on 'Eastenders') isn't brilliant and 'Liron' is simply inexplicable, but she should be applauded for being so sensible.
But it's a real shame that the boy wasn't given the Christian names 'Dinna', 'Dinna', 'Dinna' and 'Dinna', what with his father's surname.