As did the presence of "daddy" who was there at night most of the time. The child is loved. It was too bad Brees' mother committed suicide just before the season began. She never got to meet her grandchild.
According to Wikipedia, “Brees’s mother, Mina Brees, died in 2009 at age 59. The death was ruled a suicide. Brees was briefly excused from training camp for a ‘family matter’. In 2006, Brees described their relationship as ‘nonexistent’ ever since he refused to hire her as his agent when he entered the NFL. After her death, Brees stated that this quote was three years old and that his relationship with his mother had been improving.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees