Joss Stone gives birth seven months after adopting baby son and announces adorable name
Joss Stone has said she's absolutely smitten and 'in love' after welcoming her fourth child. The singer already has Violet, four, Shackleton, two, and seven-month-old Bear with her her husband Cody DaLuz.
And now, the star has announced that she welcomed her new baby, as she shared the first photo of herself cuddled up with her newborn daughter. On Instagram, she shared the snap and penned: "Welcome our beautiful Nalima Rose to the world. We are so in love."
Joss and Cody adopted baby boy Bear last year and just weeks after, she found out she was pregnant again. In December, she shared the happy news on Instagram ahead of her live tour, saying: "Honestly. Shocked was an understatement. Nothing and no one can take our joy now.
"We are so chuffed. Maybe we should call the 'Less is More' tour the preggo tour." (sic). The 38 year old admitted that she found the whole adoption process far from smooth-sailing, with numerous bumps in the road, leading to multiple setbacks.
Joss said it had been a dream of hers to adopt a child and even had a conversation with Cody within the first few weeks of them dating. After making the decision following the birth of their two children, Joss said they spent a year and a half going through the adoption process.
"We had some adoptions fall through," Joss revealed. "We've had moments where we were chosen, but we couldn't get there in time. "There's been lots of things that have happened, and you start to feel like it's not going to happen.
"And then, we got that call. And it's just the most beautiful thing." Speaking about her son, she said: "He's so sweet and his birth mother is so sweet. She could not be any nicer. It's just like everything is perfect. We haven't got to deal with a difficult situation. It's all love. Everyone is just full of love for this little guy."
Joss' husband was adopted as a child and she has previously revealed it was something he had always wanted to do.
However, the journey to collect little Bear did not go entirely smoothly, as the couple ended up in the wrong hospital and became confused about where to go.
Then when Bear was just weeks old, Joss revealed he had problems with his lungs and doctors have warned them not to take him out anywhere.
In a video posted on Instagram, Joss was seen sitting in her car with Bear, saying: "I am sat in the car with him because he is so little that he can't go out because he was so premature his lungs are a little bit vulnerable."
The singer-songwriter experienced a difficult birth with her second child during which her uterus split, writes The Mirror.
At the time, Joss said doctors told her she could have another child but that she would be unable to give birth naturally. The star previously spoke about experiencing a miscarriage in October 2021.
The singer said her two youngest babies would be 'Irish twins' as they will they will be 'the same age for four months'. The term 'Irish twins' is sometimes used to describe two children who were born within a year of each other.
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