Baby joy! The Block 2025 fan favourites Emma and Ben welcome their first child mid-season – and reveal their adorable name

The Block 2025 fan favourites Emma and Ben have welcomed their first child mid-season, while still competing on the popular Channel Nine home reno series.

The Victorian couple shared the exciting news on social media, posting a precious gallery of photos of them doting on their newborn son.

One sweet photo captured the proud parents posing in a hospital room, with Emma tenderly cradling her baby as she beamed next to her husband Ben.

Another showed the first-time mother looking lovingly at her bub as he rested peacefully in his nursery bed.

The pair shared their excitement at becoming first-time parents in the comments – as the official Block page revealed their newborn’s adorable name.

‘Congratulations to Em and Ben on the arrival of their beautiful baby boy, Bailey!’ the page began.

‘Welcome to the world, Bailey Colter Cox, born 25/09/2025, weighing 2.78 kilos. 5 weeks early, but perfectly healthy!’ 

Many of their celebrity friends took to the comments section to offer their well wishes. 

‘How wonderful!!! Congrats Em and Ben Em. You are absolutely glowing xxx,’ gushed The Block judge Shaynna Blaze. 

‘Congratulations. I hope you are well. He’s absolutely gorgeous,’ added former Blockheads Sarah and George Bragias. 

The exciting news follows reports from last month that Emma and Ben may have sparked an unexpected feud between Block host Scott Cam and Karl Stefanovic.

In September, the fan-favourite season 21 couple revealed they were expecting their first child.

They later appeared on Channel Nine’s Today show to discuss the big news with co-hosts Karl and Sarah Abo.

After the Today stars offered their hearty congratulations, Karl jokingly tried to guess the name of Emma and Ben’s baby boy.

‘How’s little Karlos?’ Karl asked, which elicited laughter from the soon-to-be parents.

Ben then suggested that Karl might come up against some strong opposition from the Block’s long-serving host.

‘You’re going to be fighting Scotty for that name, Karl,’ Ben said, which did not seem to deter Karl.

‘Scotty can go jump, mate,’ he replied.

Elsewhere in the chat, the couple said it had been difficult keeping the secret from cast and crew. 

‘It was tricky, at first,’ Ben said. ‘There were a few occasions where I’d have to finish off Em’s drink, which she had been secretly pretending to have – I took one for the team there.’      

Emma and Ben made the pregnancy announcement on an episode of The Block.

‘We just found out we’re gonna have a boy,’ Ben revealed, adding that he and Emma were over the moon.

Ben then began to tear up as he spoke about the family’s exciting future.

‘You can sort of start to, I don’t know, imagine our life together. Feels good,’ he said.