Liam Payne has broken his silence on welcoming his first child with Cheryl

Aw, bless.

Ex-One Direction star Liam Payne has finally broken his silence on becoming a dad for the first time. His girlfriend Cheryl gave birth to their son last Wednesday, but only confirmed the news over the weekend.

She shared the first photo of Liam cradling the newborn to share the good news.

On Wednesday 22nd March Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy, weighing 7lb 9 and looking like a dream. Although he still doesn’t have a name he is already stealing hearts. We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with our little arrival. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers around the world. A day that now has a different meaning to me forever ?

A post shared by Cheryl (@cherylofficial) on Mar 25, 2017 at 1:25pm PDT

Now, Liam has taken to social media to thank fans for their support and also to crack a new dad joke.

Thank you to everyone for the love and supportive messages for myself and @CherylOfficial ❤ It really means a lot

— Liam (@LiamPayne) March 27, 2017

When the fourth nappy happens in 5 minutes pic.twitter.com/cQfH9X0wAG

— Liam (@LiamPayne) March 28, 2017