I think Bridget should raise the baby to be either a Colts or Giants fan.

This is so good for the little guy, but it must break Bridget's heart to see Gisele play Mummy. How could it not?

And I second your motion, Jude.

ugh - this makes me sick seeing gisele with the baby. i feel so bad for brid.

i hate tom brady

I 3rd that motion, Jude! LOL. Would be nice to see pics of daddy holding baby! I know handing off my kids to my ex and his girlfriend (that he left me for) was gut wrenching. I feel for Bridget.

They look cute and Tom hasn't been a jerk. They broke up, he moved on and she found out she was pregnant. I'm sure Briget's moved on by now too.

It would be fun to see her move on to a Manning. I think they're all taken, though.

i think its very sweet that brigittes finally allowed the father of her child to get close to their baby, but when you see pictures like that, your child being held by the other woman (and i don't mean giselle being the bad person here, i know for a fact that tom's very much single when they hooked up), i can't help but feel hurt for brigitte. i think it's just a normal feeling. it feels awkward.

It's good news all around. Tom needs to get to know his son and Gisele is in his life, so she does as well. I'm glad they can be adults about it.

He didn't do anything wrong!! I hate that women always have to be the victims. They broke up in November, he started dating Gisele in December, Brig announced she was pregnant in January. He moved on. Their relationship had been in trouble for a loooong time. They had broken up and reconciled many times. Yes he could have gone back with her for the baby's sake but that's not fair to him nor to Brig. I don't understand why he is cast in such a bad light.

i think it's good to have a good relationship with the stepmom

you're right chiquitita, technically he did nothing wrong. but to outsiders it just looks bad. moving onto someone else within a month after being in a serious relationship is just um, fast? in any case, I hope they all make it work for the baby's sake. he deserves that.

Personally, I think Tom Brady is cast in a bad light because of Bridget Moynahan, LOL.

That Tom Brady is JUST being allowed overnight visits is INSANE...
The fact that Bridget didn't even give the baby Tom Brady's surname is INSANE...
The fact that I let Bridget's immaturity in this situation affect my views of Tom because I despise the football franchise he plays for makes me INSANE!!!

Wow! Bridget's a better woman than I am. My heart is breaking for her. Even though she might have already moved on, it's still an awkward situation.

In my opinion, Tom didn't handle himself appropriately in the media following the pregnancy announcement or during interviews discussing his son. If the other poster is correct about visitation, Tom certainly has available to him a legal dream team who could no doubt secure him more visitation. Though, I would imagine more visitation would cramp his jet setting lifestyle w/ Gisele. He fails to give the impression he is interested in parenting his son. Bridget is tops in my book for being able to stomach this uncomfortable and untenable situation.

Please. You wrote: "last week Us reported that Bridget finally let Tom have the baby spend the night at the place he's renting with Gisele in LA".

The operative word is "finally". Us magazine used no such word. There are no facts to suggest that Bridget has restricted Tom's access to John. How do you know whether or not Bridget allowed overnight visits before two weeks ago? You don't.

Don't try to imply that Bridget is restricting Tom's access. It's utterly unfair to Bridget, and by all accounts she has handled the situation with dignity and aplomb.

That said, I really feel for Bridget. Regardless of what's she's got going on in her life, it's gotta be tough seeing your little baby in the arms of your ex's girlfriend.

As for Tom Brady, it's good that he's sending time with his kid, but you know what? I keep losing respect for him. I can't believe he can't spend alone time with his son. He has to have the girlfriend their all the time. It's not like they never see each other...they've spend almost every minute together since he LOST the Superbowl.

Dublin is right. While he may have done nothing "wrong" when it comes to his relationship with Gisele after Bridget, he definitely didn't handle the situation right at all. And he so could have fought harder to see his son.

That baby is VERY cute though.

reddot, the same argument you made in your post goes for you; How do you know Tom doesn't spend alone time with his kid?

There's nothing about watching Tom hold the door for his son and girlfriend that warms my heart. I've seen Giselle more engaged with a designer bag than the way she's holding the baby.

Just because he's the biological father doesn't mean he knows a thing about handling and caring for an infant, or has an appropriate place to care for the baby. IF this is the start of overnight visits, there could be a number of reasons, such as if she is breast feeding or Tom didn't have a place in LA to live that was baby friendly. If it was important to him, he could have taken care of it sooner.

Tabia, why is it "INSANE" that the baby has his mother's surname? They're not married, they may not have had a great relationship at the time, so why not give the child the name of the mother? It's really quite common these days... even married couples, if the woman does not change her name, the children often have her name. This is not the 19th century anymore... if I was her, I wouldn't have given my child Brady as a last name, either.

I don't think the problem with Tom Brady is that he is dating someone else, or that people think he was cheating on her, etc... I think it's because he moved on SO quickly. I like to think that after such a long relationship, people take the time to heal, not just move on to the next hot thing that walks by. I personally wouldn't be interested in being the rebound girl.

isn't the baby only five or six months old or something? i wouldn't want to have a baby that young spend a night away from me even if it was with his father lol. and i don't know who said it above, but yeah if there were serious issues with visitation tom def. has more than enough resources to hire a legal team to secure time with his son. i don't think he really did anything wrong, but i definitely don't think he handled himself well. such an un-fun situation in general.

So adorable...

Yes, there were a lot of stories about Tom's lack of involvement, but also a lot of talk about Bridgette not allowing Tom to see the baby and not being accommodating to his schedule at all. We really have no idea what really happened between the two of them at the end of their relationship or about the situation of him starting to date Gisele before she announced her pregnancy. Nor does anyone here, really know how good or bad of a father Tom actually is.

I think the important thing here is what is best for the baby. Having his father in his life will (hopefully) be good for him. I think it doesn't matter who broke up with who or who is the bigger jerk, etc. Look, it happens everyday, couples break up, and lots of times a child is involved. It will be sad when this little guy grows up and reads some of the insanely mean stuff that has been written about BOTH of his parents in the press! I just hope they all can work out an arrangement that benefits this awesome little baby!

I agree that we have no idea what is going on with visitation now, nor do we know what happened when they broke up. It also makes me really mad to see the woman portrayed as a victim. I dislike Tom Brady (really, just for football reasons) and perhaps Bridget Moynahan really started to dislike him too! And what is wrong with the baby having her last name?

It's obvious that she is a lot more involved in raising the child, and it's not like they were even married, so I don't get why the child would even have the father's last name? Am I missing something?

First of all cute adorable baby, 2nd patriots suck ass, 3rd why can't he hold his child, 4th can't stand him, 5th I think its good that giselle is there especially if she is in for the long haul, 6th can't stand her and 7th he is a cutie

to vlada,

point taken; I was reacting to the photo.

I don't get all the sympathy for Bridget. The simple solution to not getting "your heart broken" is to wait to get pregnant when the man you are with is as equally committed to a long term relationship preferably after marriage. No guarantees that you will be together forever but getting pregnant by your committment phobic boyfriend does not entitle Bridget to a lifetime of sympathy.

I think it's great that she chose to have the baby but he is Tom's baby too and Tom has every right to be in his life. The last name thing was just bitterness IMO.

I agree 100% jojo up until the last name

It's about frickin time.

I gotta say that I could care less about Tom Brady, but think that Bridget Moynahan created her own press on that one. It takes two to tango. They broke up. I don't recall it ever being reported that he cheated on her or left her. For all accounts and purposes, it seems like they were at the end of the relationship and that "one last time, for old time's sake" turned out with a baby. His team that he is contracted for is not in LA. So, why would you expect him to be in LA all the time? He wasn't in LA all the time for their entire relationship. Giselle lives in the same town as him, of course you see them together all the time. Bridget screams of bitterness to me and the only person I feel sorry for is the baby. Stepping off of my soapbox, now ; )

I feel unclean every time I see pictures of Tom and/or Gisele. She's one of the least attractive women I've ever seen, and he usually needs a shave. His ever-present smirk is such a turn-off. They have behaved with a decided lack of class several times in the last months--- the joint gift basket with the supermodel onesie that was sent to Bridget, being no-shows at his team's post-Super Bowl party, snubbing Eli Manning not once, but on two separate occasions when they were present at the same event since the Super Bowl. Every time I read the gushing praise for their looks, I shake my head and think, "I absolutely don't get it." I'm sick of these two.

I too don't get giselles appeal either overthehill

I agree with faerymagick15's comment about handing over your kid to someone else. I share custody with my ex husband and he is still with the girl he left me for. I am remarried and very very happy, but it still just makes me ill sometimes to think about her with my daughter. She is nice to her, thank goodness, because I would probably kill her. Sorta kidding, not really. I don't like the pic of Giselle with the baby. She looks ill at ease and unsure and Tom just is kinda sleazy. Yeah, they broke up, and she was pregnant and we don't know the story, but it seems like he just wanted to hit it with a V.S. supermodel who isn't very attractive.

Jojo, what last name did you expect the baby to have? Tom was not in the mother's life while she carried the baby, he is not married to the mother, and he is not with the mother. On what grounds, other then the fact that he is a man, should Mr. Brady pass his last name onto this child? What work has he done (aside from a 30 second sperm donation) to earn the privilege?

Glad to see he's being a father, but Giselle can keep her hands off the baby. i donno something about seeing that makes me mad for bridget haha

This is what DRIVES my crazy! Chiquitita, why don't you search the Boston Herald News old news stories. According to the herald Bridget and Tom broke up over Thanksgiving weekend (which also happens to be the date of conception the baby as any one who is good with math would figure out) It was also reported a "tired and exhausted looking" Bridget flew down to Miami the week of December nineth and met with TB-THAT"S WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS PREGNANT!
She issued a public statement in early Feb because Liz Smith of the NY Post was about to out her, she was too thin to keep her pregnancy quiet any longer. Tom Brady started dating Gisele right before Christmas according to both their publicists. Technically neither one of them "did anything wrong" I just wish TB acted more like Matt Leinart about the whole situation, he's been a bit immature and self involved. He even admitted it to Terry Bradshaw in their interview before the SuperBowl. I think Bridget clearly has the best interest of the baby at heart, maybe TB is finally starting to come around. His family lives in CA, he clearly could have put more effort into visiting his child!

Well put annie1958

No one did anything wrong but it's sort of awkward to see this captured. Oh well..

look how she's holding the baby, akward much? like he a garmet bag, lol.

I don't like TB (I'm a huge football fans, and I just dislike his cockiness), but I can understand those two looking awkward. He's a first time dad who is practically a stranger to the baby and Gisele is not a mom (another stranger) so of course they'll look awkward handling the baby.

I hope they have a nanny/babysitter (John's and Bridget's nanny) around, because I can't imagine what they'll go through. But then again, it's only overnight thing, unless John is a really fussy baby, I think it should be...ok.
It's daunting for a baby to be around people he's not familiar with (I believe TB just saw him once before when he's born, right? I don't know, I don't follow this too much)--basically TB and Giselle are STRANGERS to him, and having to spend a night with them. Yeah, at least they're starting somewhere, right?

I kind of put the 'blame' on TB regarding him not immediately jump on a plane (after all the media hoopla thanks to his team's LOSS in Superbowl) and headed to see his son (I don't care if his new gf went w/ him or not), instead he's following his gf around, possibly vacationing.

Oh well, TB most likely didn't want to be a dad, and maybe behind closed doors there's some heavy duty drama happening. I can't fault a guy for not wanting to father his ex's baby. But it still happened. Baby's there. They just gotta deal. So far I think it's pretty decent that both parties haven't tried to make each other 'miserable' PUBLICLY.

I'm pretty glad that the only people gabbing and assuming things are us readers and pop columns

P.S. I just wonder if Bridget will file for child support. Hmmm...

I was thinking more like a sack of laundry. Hopefully away from the photographers they engage more with the child, because in these pictures they don't look like they have a clue what to do with an infant.

IMDB cites 12/16 as their break-up date, so if he was seeing Giselle before Christmas, either he knew her before or he sure dropped his emotional ties to Bridget quickly.

It's never recommended that you delve into another serious relationship a week or two after ending a long term relationship, even a troubled one. Most people would take a little time to reflect.

I don't see how their drama is any different from most other celebrity or athlete relationships.

I know you all want to know what happened so you can place the blame, but I like how they minimize airing their dirty laundry by having barely any photo ops with the baby and no nasty interviews.

I'm going to go out on a limb and be stereotypical and biased. I think both Bridget and Tom are idiots. Bridget was a biatch to Tom and he should just DIAF for hooking up with Gisele. Bleh. Don't feel sorry for any of them. If anyone, it should be the baby.

Also: Gisele needs to learn how to hold a baby NOT like a dang Hermes bag.

"This is so good for the little guy, but it must break Bridget's heart to see Gisele play Mummy. How could it not?"

I kind of agree, but I think as long as she is the primary caregiver she should only feel blessed to have her little cutie. It must hurt to miss your baby, but hopefully with all the wonderful baby love, she is really over Tom, and isn't she much prettier than Gisele?.

yeah, i just googled her and she's way hotter (i have nothing against gisele, but its true)

Yeah, it's NOT COOL for Gisele to be holding the baby. Not cool at all. Why can't he be bothered to hold his own son. The worst is you know he begged for the visit and apparently didn't do any of the work. Gisele has severely overstepped. She should have been respectful enough to not be photographed while holding the baby.

I agree jadelyce. Giselle could have gotten the door while Tom held the baby. I hope for the baby's sake this isn't some territorial competition, with Giselle trying to twist the knife a little here.

Bridget is much more beautiful than Giselle. She's classic Ralph Lauren model beautiful, plus a successful acting career. The object of Nic Cage's desire in Lord of War, Cusack's fiance in Serendipity, Ben Affleck's girlfriend in Sum of All Fears, and the woman Mr. Big left Carrie to marry in Sex in the City.

I found really weird when this scandal first broke and a bunch of Tom Brady fans were calling her some clingy wanna be in gossip blogs, because I had no idea who Tom Brady was, but knew that Bridget has had a long, successful career in modeling and acting. I've always liked her in the things I've seen her in and I think she's handled this difficult situation with a lot of grace.

EWWWWWWWWWWW.Homewrecker!
Once a cheat always a cheat, he'll screw Giselle over too!

Shake My Head...poor Brigitte!

Well, it just feels awkward seeing these pictures and it definitely looks awkward.