Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara's 2 Kids: All About Riley and Barry

Mar. 15, 2025

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara and their son Riley.Photo:Meghan Trainor Instagram

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara and their son Riley

Meghan Trainor Instagram

Meghan Trainoris all about her boys: husbandDaryl Sabaraand sonsRileyandBarry.

The Grammy winner and theSpy Kidsactor began dating in 2016. After dating for a year, Sabaraproposedto Trainor in front of her family during a trip to Palm Springs in December 2017, and theywed in December 2018, on Trainor’s 25th birthday.

Two years later, the pair announced they were expecting their first child, and theywelcomed son Rileyin February 2021. Since then, Trainor hasbeen openabout both the trials and joys ofadjusting to motherhood.

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara and their son Riley posing.Daryl Sabara Instagram

Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara and their son Riley posing

Daryl Sabara Instagram

Becoming a mom has impacted not only Trainor’s career but also her mental and physical health. “I thinkwhen you have a kidyou just realize, ‘Wow, life is beautiful and precious. I want to be the best for my kid.’ I’ve never been more motivated,” she toldParentsin her March 2023 cover story. “I look at Riley and think, ‘I’m going to do anything I can to live forever.’ "

She told PEOPLE in April 2023 that she waslooking forward to being a mom of two. “I look at my husband and go, ‘We are so lucky,’ " she said. “I’m the best version of me. Each kid’s going to bring a new version of me that I think is going to be badass — so I need four, at least!”

That same month, she released a book on motherhood,Dear Future Mama,in which she talks about her pregnancy experience and shares information from her OB-GYN, registered dietician andpersonal trainer.

“I’m an open book, and Ilove telling everybody everythingabout my grossness and all my truths,” she told PEOPLE. “When someone goes, ‘Oh my God, me too,’ then it makes me feel like I’m not alone, and I’m like, ‘I’m not weird, my body’s not different. It’s normal.’ "

Trainor and Sabara’s second son, Barry Bruce,was bornon July 1, 2023. Trainor shared the news on Instagram, posting a series of photos of their newborn son on Instagram. She later shared aTikTok videoof Riley meeting his little brother.

A month later, Trainor opened up to PEOPLE about being a mom of two.

Here’s everything to know about Meghan Trainor and Daryl Sabara’s two children.

Riley, 4

Riley Sabara wearing bunny ears.Meghan Trainor Instagram

Riley Sabara wearing bunny ears

Trainor and Sabara announced they wereexpecting their first child togetherduring an October 2020 appearance onToday. They welcomed their son, Riley, on Feb. 8, 2021, six days before hisValentine’s Day due date.

Both parents revealed the happy news on their social media accounts, with Sabara calling Trainor his “forever Valentine” and telling his wife he was “beyond grateful for you bringing our son into the world.”

Trainor wrote about her pregnancy in her 2023 book,Dear Future Mama, sharing her experiences that includedgestational diabetes, blood clots and blistering nipples. “When I was pregnant, it was in the middle of Covid. I had zero friends who were pregnant. I was alone, so scared,” she said.

Months after Riley was born, Trainor shared thestruggles she had during Riley’s delivery, as he was breech and had to be delivered via cesarean section. He then had “breathing issues” after his birth and was rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit and intubated. He soon recovered, and Trainor took him home after five days. She toldTodaythat “it was one of those horror stories where he didn’t cry. He didn’t make noise when he came out,” calling the entire experience “terrifying.”

“We had a rocky start.. but Riley is perfect, happy and healthy 💙,” Trainor captioned anInstagram videodocumenting her son’s first few days. “So lucky to be your mama sweet boy.”

“It was just really frustrating not having an answer. Not having answers for why my kid didn’t wake up for a week was very frustrating,” she shared, adding that she worked with a therapist on thetrauma of the C-section.

“If I walk in a room, he just lights up, [he has] the biggest smile,” she said in July 2021 of her then-4-month-old son. “Nobody told me he’s gonna love you so much and light up when you walk in a room. You’re like, ‘Oh my goodness. We’re his everything.’ "

Meghan Trainor family

To celebrate Riley’s first birthday, the parentsshared photos of their sonsitting in a high chair enjoying birthday cake on Instagram. “You are my everything! I love you to the moon and back. Best year of my life,” theycaptioned the joint post.

In June 2022, Trainordescribed Rileyas “a person” with “a personality nowadays.” At the time, she had just found out that her son wasgoing to need glassesand was “going to be so freaking cute!”

“They’re going to like be strapped around his little head. I don’t know how he’s going to keep him on,” she told PEOPLE. “I doubt it. My kid takes pots and pans and just slams them and doesn’t flinch. He’s just like, no ways and destruction. So I don’t see it happening, but we’ll see.”

Now that he’s older, Trainor can’t get over that her son is now old enough to express his love for her. “He finally knows who I am, and he gives me those running hugs. It’s like my little koala. He just squeezes me so tight, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, he knows who I am, and he loves me,’ " she told PEOPLE when Riley was 20 months old. “Because this boy says, ‘Dada,’ and that’s about it. So I’m like, ‘Does he even know I exist?’ But no, now I finally feel like he loves me, and it’s the greatest feeling ever.”

The toddler has made plenty of appearances on his mom’s social media accounts, including inan adorable videoin June 2021 of her infant sontrying to say “I love you”to his parents on his dad’s birthday. Trainor alsoposted a videoof Riley’s first trip to Disneyland in November 2022, as well as afamily photo on his second Christmas, for which Trainor said she “got him eight outfits” so he could one day look back at his “cute, but also embarrassing” holiday photos.

Daryl Sabara and son Riley.Daryl Sabara Instagram

Daryl Sabara and son Riley

Riley is already his mom’s biggest fan, havingjoined her onTodayto celebrate the October 2022release of Trainor’s album,Takin’ It Back. During the interview, she looked at Riley, who was in the crowd wearing a large pair of colorful headphones, and said time with him is “just a dream.”

“It’s the greatest thing in the whole world,” she said of parenthood. “I look at him and I’m like, ‘Oh, I need three more,’ you know? You just want more of him.”

In February 2023, the red-headed toddlermade an appearance onAustralian Idol, on which his mom is a judge. Sabara led Riley onto the stage, delighting Trainor and her fellow judges. After Sabara andHarry Connick Jr.helped Riley bounce around to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” Riley — rocking a black “I am the nextAustralian Idol” tee — swiftly knocked down the golden ticket he was handed.

“He’s too good for this show,” Trainor quipped. “It’s a no from him!”

In July 2023, Riley officially became a big brother. Trainor shared a video of him meeting his little brother Barry for the first time onTikTok, writing in the caption: “Riley is so gentle, sweet, and absolutely in love with his new best friend.”

Barry Bruce

Meghan Trainor gives birth to Baby no.2

In January 2023, Trainor confirmed to PEOPLE that she and Sabara wereexpecting their second child, noting she was four months along at the time. “What a blessing,” she told PEOPLE exclusively. “I’m just so grateful I can get pregnant. And I’m like, ‘I’m crushing it. This is amazing. This is my dreams.’ I’m halfway there — I want four kids!”

A couple of weeks later, Trainorshared on Instagramthe moment shefound out she was pregnant again. In the short video clip, the pajama-clad singer could be seen putting her hand over her mouth in shock, mimicking an excited scream and placing her hand on her chest to remind herself to breathe. “Oh my God. Oh my God. That s— lit up so fast. Oh my God,” she said, holding up the pregnancy test with a positive symbol to the camera.

She did not realize she was expecting at first because she “bled at the beginning of this pregnancyto the point where I thought there were periods.”

“So when I found out how far along I was like, ‘What? No, I just got pregnant and how am I that far?’ So I didn’t know bleeding is normal,” she told PEOPLE that February.

Daryl Sabara with Baby no.2

The “Dear Future Husband” singer told PEOPLE that her second pregnancy was very different from her first one. With Riley, she had “zero symptoms,” but during her first trimester with her second child, she had nausea, exhaustion and migraines. She also noted that she wasn’t “extra hungry with Riley,” but this time, her cravings were “everything and everything” and felt so intense, shethought she was having twins(which shewas hoping for, but her husband, who is a twin himself, was not).

Meghan Trainor smiling.Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty

Meghan Trainor smiling

Charles Sykes/Bravo/Getty

Theirsecond son was bornon July 1, which also happens to be the anniversary of Trainor and Sabara’s first date. The couple revealed his name, Barry Bruce, on Instagram when announcing the news of his birth. Trainor shared a series of photos of the newborn as well as images from throughout her time in the hospital.

“He was a big boy at 8lbs 7oz…and sideways (transverse), but we had an amazing, successful c-section, and I finally got my skin to skin time! Thank you to all of the incredible doctors and nurses who took such great care of us ❤️,” she captioned the post.

source: people.com