Adam and Jackie Titone Sandler welcome a daughter

Update: In a CBB exclusive, we’ve learned the baby’s name is apparently Sadie.

Sunday May 7th: Actor Adam Sandler, 39, and his wife Jackie, 31, welcomed their first child in Los Angeles on Saturday May 6th. The baby girl’s name and birth details have not been released, but an announcement on Adam’s official site reads, "Kid is healthy!! Wife is healthy!! [Adam] is still a moron and that’s all that matters!!"

Source: Adam Sandler.com and People.

Thanks to CBB readers Susan, Scott, Melissa, and Jessica.

Comments

Congratulations!

Can’t wait to hear what name they have picked out.

And YAY to all the little girls that are suddenly being born…8)

- gargoylegurl on May 7th, 2006

Congrats to them!!! That is so great! Also, I couldn’t agree more on how happy i am about the sudden insurgence of baby girls. It seemed like it was all baby boys for a while! I guess I always seem to hope that celebs have baby girls-mainly because I think people tend to side with wanting BOYS more than girls (especially for first borns-which I think is ridiculous!) so I am always happy to see celebs having baby girls!

- Rye on May 7th, 2006

Wow congrats.

- Failissë on May 8th, 2006

I new they’d have a daughter. I can just see Adam being so loving and gentle to a baby girl!! Can’t wait to hear her name! Congrats. and what a cute funny statement!

- joy on May 8th, 2006

Aww, congrats to them! Adam always talked about how he wanted kids so badly.

- Stacey on May 8th, 2006

Rye, I’m curious as to why it’s “ridiculous” to want a boy first? I wanted a boy because I wanted the oldest to be the “protector” of his younger siblings.

And I think it’s much more common for first time moms to want girls, actually.

- iternity26 on May 8th, 2006

Congrats to them. He’ll definitely make an entertaining father.

- landroverdisco on May 8th, 2006

girls can’t be protectors? that doesn’t seem right. what if you have all girls? that’s a little sexist to me. besides i have a younger brother and he’s protective of me.

but congrats to adam and jackie…that baby is going to laugh a lot.

- Ekaterina on May 8th, 2006

Awww. I love the name Sadie. We’ve got two Sadie’s in my daycare, and they’re both precious little angels.

- Candice on May 8th, 2006

Iternity-I think it is ridiculous for people to want a boy first mainly because of reasons like them wanting an older boy first who will “protect” his sisters or younger siblings-which to me is a little sexist and odd to me. I actually have HONESTLY not met one person who has said they would prefer to have a girl first over a boy-most of the pregnant couples I have known have either blatantly stated or innadvertantly mentioned that they wanted a boy with there first pregnancy. To me, It seems a little unfair to the female gender. But, don’t take offense because I am biased since I consider myself a feminist and someone who is sensitive to women’s issues in an extreme sense. I just feel that a lot of couples take on a sort of sexist view on kids still-insisting that they have a boy- I can say that I know of 4 couples who are still trying to have boys after having 2 or 3 daughters just to “appease” the husband’s need to “sire” a son-which to me is just some primitive way to think. Most women don’t even see the biggest form of sexism in front of there faces when it is right before there eyes-just look at all the JR’s out there. How come men get sons named after them but it is rare for women to have a daughter named after them? A woman puts in 9+ months and painful childbirth and the husband, who puts in maybe 2 minutes (at best) gets the kid named in honor of him….just seems a little bit sexist to me. Either way, i am just trying to clarify myself to you for that issue. I hope it helped! I wasn’t trying to offend anyone though just in case you found my comment hurtful.

- Rye on May 9th, 2006

Awww Sadie is a cute name!

- erin on May 9th, 2006

Rye – i also personally find it really harsh that not only people want boys first, but also like you said couples try just to have a boy when they already have a few girls. This is what happened with my family. When they first married my parents decided to have 2 children. My mum wanted a boy and a girl (in either order) and my Dad just wanted 1 boy.

First they had a girl (didnt find out the sex till the birth) and apparently my dad was happy, but then they had me (another girl who they didnt find out the sex of) and again my dad was happy cause they decided to have another child to have a boy, but then they had another girl. With her they found out the sex so my dad could get used to the idea in case it was another girl and so he wouldnt be disappointed-he was. Then 5 years later they decided to have another to try again for a boy and luckily they got one or there may have been another 5 pregnancies!!

As much as he loves all of us now, he does favour my brother and he is like the wanted and perfect child in his eyes. I think this is sometimes hurtful to me and my sisters and i find it really stupid that people and my dad insist on having children for the sex.

I also HATE that people name their children after the father. Yeah, it can be a tradition, but then why not make it a tradition to have the mother’s name passed down aswell.

- Shannon on May 9th, 2006

I don’t think it’s sexist for a father to want a son or for a mother to want a daughter. My mom really wanted a daughter and she tried 4 times to finally get me. She wanted to experience the mother-daughter bonding of talking, going shopping, manicures and you know the things mothers and daughters do. A father wants a son for the same reasons… sports, etc. Now sure a daughter can play sports just as well as a son can but can you sit down with your father and talk about how bloated you are or the boy in class you have a crush on? Unfortunately, I lost my mother at a young age and had to interact with my dad as I would with my mother. Now that I am all grown up and ready to have kids I want a girl so I can experience all the things I never could with my own mother. Does that make me sexist?
I also dislike naming your kids after the father but I dislike it just as much as naming your kid after yourself. If you think it’s sexist to name a son after their father why is it not just as sexist to name a daughter after her mother?
Well, now I’m just rambling…sorry!
Anyway, Sadie is a great name and I am glad they had a beautiful, healthy BABY!

- Maria on May 9th, 2006

How is wanting a boy sexist, but wanting a girl isn’t? Everyone has their own reasons and preferences and there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that. For you to suggest that there is, is ridiculous. Most mothers love their baby no matter what the sex, even if they had previously preferred the opposite. It is human nature for a mother to long for a daughter or a father to long for a son. Again, there is nothing wrong with it. I am NOT sexist just for wanting my oldest child to be a boy. I actually would prefer to have all boys, because I didn’t have a great relationship with my mother, simply because of my personality, and I do not feel I could mother a daughter as well as I could my sons. Of course if I have a daughter someday, she will be loved and wanted. But I still prefer sons and that is not sexist.

As for names, I am named after my mother. I know MANY girls who at least have a middle name after their mother or another woman in their family.

- iternity26 on May 9th, 2006

I’d also like to add that my husband does just as much for our son as I do. The nine months I carried him are nothing compared to the lifelong bond he will have with us. He loves his daddy just as much as he loves me, and I don’t consider myself more “deserving” of certain things just because I carried him for that short time. My husband is amazing and I would be happy to name a child after him. He has put in an eternity more than the “two minutes” you suggest.

- iternity26 on May 9th, 2006

Congratulations to them. I can totally imagine Adam being an awesome dad. And I’m sure Jackie will be an awesome mom, too, I just don’t know anything about her.

I don’t want to get too involved in the debate about sexism and what not, I’ll just say that I would name a kid after me, mostly because I like my name and it’s not too common any more.

Also, according to http://www.behindthename.com, Sadie is a pet form of Sarah. Sarah is Jewish/Hebrew/Biblical, and Adam is Jewish, so does anyone else think her name might be Sarah? What my real question is is when celebrities (or anyone else) name their kid something like Sadie or Maggie (Jon Stewart’s daughter), is the name on their birth certificate actually Sarah or Margaret? Prince Harry, for instance, his real name is Henry, and Harry can be short for Henry. Anyways sorry to drag on about this, I’m a bit of an etymology freak. But I’m curious as to what others think.

- fumar on May 9th, 2006

iternity-I wasn’t saying it is ALWAYS sexist to want a boy…I just meant that there are aspects are wanting a boy over a girl or a girl over a boy that can be sexist. For instance, my aunt always said she never ever wanted daughters because she simply never got along with girls and didn’t enjoy feminine things-she had all male friends and her husband didn’t mind that-so I guess that would be normal for her to just react that way to wanting boys-and that is not sexist. The ways that I find it sexist are when the parents have no reason for wanting a boy first-just the fact that they would PREFER a boy because of reasons like passing on the surname of the family or to honor the father-those are somewhat sexist reasons…and it would be equally sexist for a parent to have no reasons for only wanting a girl but to dress her up in pink and make her play with dolls because they don’t want baby boys. It is definetly two sided. I just honestly don’t really agree with the whole, “we need a boy so he can be the protector of the other kids” issue because I DO find that somewhat sexist and mysogonistic. We all have our own views and I wasn’t meaning to disrespect your views at all, so please take that to heart…I just feel that there are some people out there who do favor having boys for reasons that are a little old fashioned and sexist for my tastes. Also, for the naming the son after the father issue-you said you would do it because your husband has put in an eternity and that your baby loves him just as much as he loves you and that is 100% true and I am happy about that-but the naming thing goes both ways-would you name your daughter after yourself? What about the eternity you put in with your kids? Father’s do a lot of great things-but for me, the mother is the one who deserves more of the HONORING in that sense. I would NOT find the naming the baby after yourself sexist if it was common for both mothers and fathers to name the kid after themself, but it is not common, and it is definetly odd to me that parents still continue with doing it. Anyways, I am happy for you and your husband and did not mean any ill feelings to brew up from my beliefs. Sorry about that.

- Rye on May 9th, 2006

I wouldn’t give a daughter my name, simply because I don’t really care for my name. But the same goes for my husband – while I like the IDEA of naming a baby after him, I don’t like his name enough to actually pass it on. Which is why we have a tradition with them having the same initials instead. If I did have a daughter, she would in a way be named after me.. my middle name is Dawn and I would use Aurora, which means Dawn in Latin. I’m not a fan of juniors, thirds, etc.

Also, thanks for clarifying yourself. I don’t really think I’m sexist for the protector thing — it’s not a huge deal to me, I just though it would be cute for big brother to watch over his siblings. But then again, I’m the oldest and was very protective of my siblings, so it goes both ways. I think it just stems more from the idea that I would just rather raise boys for similar reasons as your friend who gets along better with males.

- iternity26 on May 9th, 2006

Yes, and I should clarify that I myself am one of those people who would prefer one gender over the other as far as RAISING THE CHILD is concerned. I think some people are honestly better suited to raise boys or girls-just based on there personalities alone. I am one of those people who thinks i would probably do a better job raising girls, although I think my boys would be extremely enlightened and caring kids too. Some people are just better suited to deal with one or the other, but I just hope that people don’t take it to that extreme sexist level where they get pissed if they have a girl instead of a boy or a boy instead of a girl. If I had a boy but was crossing my fingers for a girl I would be thrilled. The giving your baby initials like your own is fine and I know tons of people who do that. I just get upset at the whole JR’s and 1st 2nd and 3rd thing…that is what I consider a little sexist. I guess the whole PROTECTOR scenario is just ingrained in most peoples minds…that is just natural to think that way since men are physically stronger most times. Either way, as long as the babies are happy and the parents aren’t complete idiots I am content. That is all that honestly matters anyways.

- Rye on May 9th, 2006

Sadie is one of my favorite names! I wonder what her middle name is.

- Lola on May 12th, 2006

They named the baby Lola Marie

- Andi on May 15th, 2006

Congrats to the happy Sandler family, the picture I saw on the internet of little Sadie is just precious!!..As for having boys or girls? I just wanted “healthy” babies. I have 3 sons,(I did yearn for a daughter, but I am sooo glad I have boys) and my youngest SON is named after me! his mom….so come on moms you can pass your name on too!!! btw mine is Maxine and his is Maximilian, but we call him Max for now!

- Maxine on July 18th, 2006