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"Daddy Simon in action! Famed British judge and TV producer Simon Cowell welcomed son Eric with girlfriend Lauren Silverman on Feb. 14, and now Us Weekly has the family&amp;apos;s first precious photos.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nWeighing 6 pounds, 7 ounces, little Eric looks very comfortable in his father&amp;apos;s arms as Cowell cradles the newborn. The new father, 54, named his first child after his late father.\r\nEric seems to have no problem resting comfortably on his father&amp;apos;s chest while sleeping, and the photos make it easy to forget that Cowell is, in fact, the cutthroat X Factor judge who has led many a contestant to tears.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\nUs Weekly exclusively revealed the couple&amp;apos;s pregnancy in July 2013, after news broke of Cowell and Silverman&amp;apos;s romance. Silverman divorced the British producer&amp;apos;s former pal Andrew Silverman in August 2013, and has a 7-year-old son named Adam with him.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n\r\nIn an October 2013 interview with Parade magazine, Cowell admitted he was anxious to become a father.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not brilliant with babies,&amp;quot; the TV personality confessed. &amp;quot;I never know what to do. But [once he&amp;apos;s older] I think I&amp;apos;ll be a good dad in terms of advice. And then I&amp;apos;ll get to do all the things I want to do, like go to Disneyland or Universal Studios, teach him how to drive -- I love all that.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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