{"id":856076,"date":"2026-04-06T00:47:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:47:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:47:24","slug":"josh-allens-wife-hailee-steinfelds-parents-react-to-baby-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/856076\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Allen&#8217;s Wife Hailee Steinfeld&#8217;s Parents React to Baby News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2198068512-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills quarterback, and Hailee Steinfeld.\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife Hailee Steinfeld had their first baby, and Steinfeld&#8217;s parents are reacting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Bills<\/a> quarterback\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/josh-allen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a> and his wife, actress Hailee Steinfeld, are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XWdSRccWzx4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officially parents<\/a> to a baby girl, and it\u2019s an exciting time for the couple. The two were also guests at <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/seattle-seahawks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Sam Darnold\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/sam-darnold\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"215857\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Darnold<\/a> and his fianc\u00e9e Katie Hoofnagle\u2019s wedding on Friday, April 3, for their <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/buffalo-bills\/josh-allen-wife-hailee-attend-sam-darnold-wedding-after-birth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first public outing<\/a> since having the baby.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Allen has a new moniker, and it\u2019s \u201cgirl dad.\u201d Even though he\u2019s used to being around sweaty guys during practice with the Buffalo Bills, he\u2019ll have to enjoy the lighter things in life as he raises his baby girl. So far, the couple has yet to announce the baby\u2019s name, but when they do, it will likely be in Steinfeld\u2019s newsletter, the \u201cBeau Society,\u201d where she shared the news of the baby\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Steinfeld\u2019s parents and brother are commenting on the news of the new little one, and they\u2019re sending their well wishes. Her parents are also hinting at what they want to baby to call them, instead of grandma and grandpa.<\/p>\n<p>Hailee Steinfeld\u2019s Parents and Brother Respond to Baby News with Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills<\/p>\n<p>Steinfeld announced the happy news of the new baby in the Thursday, April 2, edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/beausociety.substack.com\/p\/special-delivery-beau-society\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steinfeld\u2019s \u201cBeau Society\u201d newsletter<\/a>. In the message, the couple thanked people for their \u201clove and well wishes\u201d amid the birth.<\/p>\n<p>The two haven\u2019t confirmed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/videos\/bills-post-about-josh-allen-and-hailee-steinfeld-s-baby-announcement-the-insiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">baby was born on April 2<\/a>, but that\u2019s the official day they shared the news. If she was born on April 1, they may have wanted to avoid that day, so it wouldn\u2019t be mistaken as joke. Regardless, the baby is here.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to sharing the announcement in her newsletter, Hailee and Josh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWpTKnYkk9G\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also shared it on social media<\/a>. In response to their post, Hailee\u2019s mom, Cheri Steinfeld wrote, \u201cCha Cha officially clocked in,\u201d with pink hearts, implying that she\u2019ll be called \u201cCha Cha\u201d as her grandparent nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, Peter Steinfeld, also chimed in, stating, \u201cPop Pop officially clocked in.\u201d Hailee uncle added, \u201cUncle Griffin officially clocked in.\u201d The Buffalo Bills also said \u201ccongrats\u201d to the couple on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Buffalo Bills Quarterback Josh Allen and Wife Hailee Steinfeld Are Girl Parents Now<\/p>\n<p>Allen and Steinfeld\u2019s baby girl is being called the \u201cPrincess of \u201cBuffalo\u201d by people online, and that\u2019s really an apt name for her.\u00a0\u201cBuffalo\u2019s princess,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/beausociety.substack.com\/p\/special-delivery-beau-society\/comment\/237128460\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one follower commented<\/a> on Steinfeld\u2019s Substack. \u201cCongrats on the arrival of the Princess of Buffalo,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/beausociety.substack.com\/p\/special-delivery-beau-society\/comment\/237122365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">another stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Followers are also calling Allen a \u201cgirl dad\u201d on social media, which is another moniker that fits. \u201cGirl dad <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Josh Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/josh-allen\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"212303\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a>. New super powers unlocked, put the league on notice,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robbnappo9\/status\/2039710577157644716\" rel=\"nofollow\">one follower said when the news surfaced<\/a>. \u201c<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" title=\"Josh Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/josh-allen\/\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"212304\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Allen<\/a> is a girl dad,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lauren_kropf\/status\/2039709900809355315\" rel=\"nofollow\">another stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Allen and Steinfeld kept the baby\u2019s due date private, it was easy to tell she was coming soon, because Steinfeld skipping the Academy Awards this year, even with her movie, \u201cSinners,\u201d getting nominated.\u00a0Her \u201cSinners\u201d co-star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkR1TA8OogM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael B. Jordan gave the actress<\/a> a shout-out when he accepted his award for Best Actor, stating that she wasn\u2019t there because she was \u201cgetting ready to have a baby right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/aericksonsports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anne Erickson<\/a> is an award-winning reporter for Heavy Sports covering the NFL, NBA and college football. Anne Erickson has years of experience covering the NFL and additional sports, and her work has been published via ESPN, Fox Sports and more. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports, including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Erickson also hosts several podcasts and is a Detroit-based radio host. <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/aericksonsports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Anne Erickson<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Bills\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his wife Hailee Steinfeld had their first baby, and Steinfeld&#8217;s parents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[215,214,53,2086,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-856076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-bills","9":"tag-buffalo","10":"tag-buffalo-bills","11":"tag-buffalobills","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}