Jamie Lynn And Baby Maddie

Exclusive baby pics are big business, especially if you were a knocked up younger sister to a celebrity going off the rails.

The next issue of OK! Magazine has Jamie Lynn Spears and baby Maddie on the cover.

I guess if you are into baby stories it could be pretty riveting, with pearls like this:

“They’d told me it would be an eight- to 12-hour labor, and I was ready to have the baby in three to four hours,” Jamie Lynn tells OK!. “I had a perfect pregnancy and a perfect delivery. I was very blessed.”

All very exciting stuff…

Why Maddie Briann?

She’s only just been born, but there’s already a buzz surrounding Jamie Lynn’s newborn daughter Maddie Briann.

Many have been questioning the naming choice by Jamie Lynn and her partner, Casey Aldridge, calling the “nickname” name “old-fashioned” and “strange.” Usmagazine.com has enlisted the help of baby name expert Pam Satran to give us the low-down on why Jamie Lynn and Casey chose that particular name, and just what it means.

“[Maddie Briann] is a surprising choice,” Satran said. “It’s cute but nearly old-fashioned at this point.”

Satran continued: “The nickname Maddie has been popular in its own right since the 1980s, when it was the name used by the character played by Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting.”

The name Maddie is short for the French-oriented Madeline, which Satran says was a “top name” several years ago.

“Both Jamie and Maddie are ’80s-style nickname names,” Satran added. “Rather than mother and daughter, they sound like classmates – co-captains of the cheeleading squad!”

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