Joss Stone and boyfriend Cody DaLuz are digging on their newborn son! Nearly one month after their little one’s arrival, the couple love being a family of four.
“Shack is doing great, he is a lovely little guy, growing strong and healthy,” Stone, 35, exclusively told Us Weekly of the pair’s son, Shackleton Stoker DaLuz. “I vaguely remember seeing Cody’s smiling face coming towards me and holding Shack [after his arrival] and thinking, ‘Oh my goodness, he looks just like Violet did.’”
The “Right to Be Wrong” songstress and the 31-year-old military vet, who also share 21-month-old daughter Violet, welcomed their second child on October 18 after a challenging childbirth.
“My uterus split after 32 hours of labor,” she recalled to Us. “It was going slowly but well up until that moment. Then, it was all a bit of a rush to get baby safe, luckily, I had the best docs in Tennessee on the team.”
Stone and DaLuz, who have been dating since 2020, opted for a unique name for their baby boy — one that has plenty of “gravitas.”
“Ernest Shackleton was a brave and noble British Antarctic explorer,” the England native explained of her little one’s moniker. “The story that struck me most was of the fact he risked his life to save his crew; It’s a great story. I wanted to give Shack a name that had gravitas, something he could be inspired by and also something that could be shortened [to Shack] and still sound cool. I hope he likes it!”
The Grammy winner announced in April that she and the Rhode Island native were expecting their second child, nearly one year after Violet was born.
“She is totally in love with him, always checking on him, giving him kisses and hugs and constantly trying to sneak into his crib just so she can carefully sit next to him,” Stone gushed of watching her daughter as a big sister. “It is the sweetest thing to watch. We are so lucky to have her, Violet is truly an angel. I love her so much. Shack is a lucky guy to have such a loving sister.”
Shackleton — who currently looks like a mixture of both his parents and sister Violet — is the “Never Forget My Love” performer’s rainbow baby. Stone has been candid about her fertility journey after suffering a pregnancy loss.
“Last year, in October, I lost a baby,” she revealed in an April Instagram video. “It was really horrible because it was my baby, and I know that a lot of women go through that. It was just hard. I went to the doctor and said, ‘Why has this happened?’ and he said, ‘We don’t know why, Joss. These things just happen, just by the luck of the gods. It’s not your fault.’ I kept pressing him for an answer why, and he didn’t know.”
One year later, Shackleton completed Stone and DaLuz’s brood as their romance continued to flourish.
“Cody’s great. He has a lot [on] his plate and still helps me with all that is on mine,” the Masked Singer UK alum told Us of her beau, noting they have no current plans to tie the knot. “We will one day when we can get both our families together in one place. That will be a fun party for sure!”
In addition to doting over her growing brood, Stone released her first holiday album, Merry Christmas, Love, in September.
Scroll below to see Stone’s son’s first photos: