March 5 (ET) Jenna Dewan posted a birthday tribute for her son Callum that paired a loving message with a video of his C-section birth. The timing matters because she used Callum’s sixth birthday to make a private family memory public and to offer reassurance to other mothers who have had C-sections.
Dewan and Steve Kazee became engaged in 2020, just a month before Callum was born; the couple began dating in 2018. Dewan also shares an older daughter, Everly, with her ex-husband Channing Tatum, and described co-parenting Everly, who is 12, as happening with “very positive energy” in Harper’s Bazaar after their split.
Jenna Dewan’s birthday tribute: words and the birth video
In her March 5 posts, Jenna Dewan described Callum as her “ray of sunshine, pure joy embodied, the most happy full of life little boy I could ever ask for!” She added that “the way we all love you is more than words could express” and called him “the glue. ” Dewan wrote, “I cannot believe you’re six. I will never forget the day you were born. Thank you for choosing us to be your family and making us crack up everyday. We will love you now and forever always!!”
Alongside the written tribute, Dewan posted a video of Callum’s birth by C-section. She reflected that “rewatching this video on Callum’s birthday had me in tears all day, ” and she called Callum a “little angel” whose “beautiful spirit” moved her both then and now.
Steve Kazee, Callum and the household described in the posts
The posts positioned Callum as the center of a blended-family household: Dewan identified Callum as her first child with fiancé Steve Kazee and noted his sisters by name. She said Callum’s younger sister Rhiannon Kazee and his older half-sister Evelyn are “obsessed with you, ” using family language that emphasizes sibling bonds.
Those references underscore the family relationships Dewan made public in the birthday posts while celebrating a private moment; the engagement timeline and the mention of multiple siblings situate the tribute within her current family structure without additional commentary from other family members.
Dewan’s message to other mothers and the public framing of birth
Beyond celebration, Jenna Dewan used the post to speak directly to other mothers who have had C-sections. She wrote that for “any mamas in a similar situation and having a c section, please know it can be beautiful and as powerful a bonding moment as any other you got this. ” That phrasing frames a C-section as both emotionally powerful and affirming.
By pairing an intimate birth video with encouragement, Dewan turned a private memory into a public reassurance aimed at normalizing different birth experiences; she tied that message explicitly to the emotional response she had when rewatching the footage on Callum’s birthday.
Her Instagram tribute was published on March 5 (ET); no further public events tied to the birthday posts were announced in those messages.
