Britney's baby news brings few smiles

Yes, it's official: Britney's got Baby No. 2 on the way.

The timing of that news, mere months after the birth of Sean Preston last September, left many readers wondering what Mrs. Spears Federline could possibly be thinking. Doubly so given reports that her marriage is on the rocks.

While she still has her share of loyal fans, readers were overwhelmingly skeptical about her decision to have another child. Nor did you see much cause for hope that the musical duo could salvage their marriage.

Or perhaps there's simply Britney fatigue settling in. As several readers replied, with extra exclamation points and punctuation: “Who the heck cares?”

Some of your thoughts:

I love Britney Spears and I think she's a great mother, but Kevin needs to go! I think she'd be better off without him raising Sean and the new baby. You know she'd get support from her family. Kevin is not a responsible father (as we've all seen with Shar) and Britney deserves someone better. If she stays with Kevin much longer, it will be a disaster. -Kelsie, Ohio

No one is born knowing how to raise a child. With exposure comes experience. I'm sure she'll be a good mother to her children. -Vivian, Fla.

You can take the girl out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl. Spears is white-trash and her true colors are beginning to show — at last !! -Patrick, Nev.

Hopefully, she will make the right decision and follow her heart. She will have two children to think about now, and the relationship she has with her husband doesn't seem to be working. Britney needs to make Britney happy again. Too much time is being wasted on her husband. Have kid #2, be a great mom, and be the great entertainer you are! -Kristine, Maine

Britney can probably be as good a mom as anybody if she ditches the loser and concentrates on managing her millions rather than trying to continue to live the 'pop star' high life. I think her musical career is pretty much over but she'll have a hard time giving up her celebrity persona. I just feel sorry for the kids. -Donna, Tenn.

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Britney Spears should be the poster child for Planned Parenthood. We have birth control products available for a reason. -Kim, Ind.

Disaster in the making, you can't fix a broken marriage with the bandaid of new baby. The bliss experienced after a child is born will eventually be replaced with every day life and stress. She should have known better ... she is like the friend that everyone has, who dates the total loser and you can't figure out why they stay together! -Katherine, Texas

I don't think that by having another baby it will preserve her marriage, nor is it a disaster in the making. She's a young mother and her parenting skills will continue to improve as her first born gets older and when she has her second child. I feel the media tries to read too much into her personal life. Maybe they should watch more of what some other parents do with their children (abuse, neglect) rather than worry about Britney's parenting skills. -R.D., Neb.

Having a baby never makes problems go away. How does she think she is going to take a loser like Federline and make him into Ward Cleaver? Her life is a train wreck. -Gina

I think it's good that her son will have a sibling & she has the money to raise two children but I think she should get out of her marriage to financially-abusive, immature Federline. -Laura, Ore.

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