The 47-year-old singer is said to be expecting his third child with his wife Alicia Etheredge, whom he married in 2012, just seven months after they welcomed their daughter Bohdi into the world, reported the New York Daily News.
This will be the seventh time Bobby has become a father as he also has Cassius, six, with Alicia, LaPrincia, 25, Bobby. Jr, 23, from his relationship with Kim Ward, son Landon, 29, from his fling with Melika Payne, and late daughter Bobbi Kristina from his marriage with fallen star Whitney Houston.
"This has been a difficult year [for Bobby]. When a person goes through something like this it makes you look around and think, 'What the hell is going on?' When you bury your child, it's just really hard - it's not how it's supposed to go. Under the circumstances, he is doing as good as can be expected," a source said.