Looks like the cat’s out of the bag!
Little People, Big World star, Amy Roloff just revealed that Zach and Tori’s daughter “will be a little person.”
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Thing is, she might not have been supposed to reveal that just yet…
But don’t worry, we’ll explain that in a second!
With Zach and Tori Roloff being just days away from giving birth to their first daughter, fans have wondered if she will be a little person.
Well, in a now-deleted Facebook video, grandma Amy Roloff just revealed that the new bundle of joy will, in fact, be a little person.
If you’re not familiar with the Roloff family, they’re the stars of TLC’s popular show, “Little People, Big World.”
One of my personal fav TLC shows.
Together, the family is made up of parents, Amy and Matthew Roloff (who are now divorced) and their kids, Jeremy, Zach, Jacob, and Molly.
Out of all of their kids, Zach is the only one born with dwarfism.
If you don’t know what that is, dwarfism is defined as a medical or genetic condition that results in a person being much shorter than the average height of a male or female.
When Zach and his wife Tori were expecting their first child together in 2017, Tori had expressed feeling “anxious” that their son was carrying the dwarfism gene.
That ended up being the case, as they found out that their son, two-year-old Jackson, had dwarfism when Tori was just 34 weeks pregnant.
When this happened, there were some fears, but it was nothing that the family couldn’t figure out.
“There was obviously some fear, but I have the best resources at the palm of my hand and I was fortunate enough to have some background knowledge,” she said .
“I can only imagine the fear of a parent who has no experience with dwarfism but I can only hope we can provide some sort of reassurance to them.”
For the expecting mom, having a child with dwarfism hasn’t been easy.
She said that she doesn’t “do a very good job” at making sure Jackson doesn’t bump his head or not fall.
“He has to learn to navigate his world and I can’t put him in bubble wrap,” she explained.
Even finding clothes that will fit Jackson can be a struggle!
Roloff wrote that “it’s not easy, but thank goodness joggers are in!”
Now with the couple expecting baby number 2, there’s been obvious speculation over whether or not their daughter will be born with the condition as well.
That’s because dwarfism is a dominant gene in their family.
Since Zach carries the gene, that means that any of Zach’s children have a 50 percent chance of being born as a little person.
Well, looks like the wait is over!
In a now-deleted Facebook Live video, Amy just told fans that the new baby “will be a little person.”
“And just to give you a quick synopsis, they have a 50/50 chance of having a little person like Zachary, or be an average size person,” she explained.
Amy’s other grandkids were all born without dwarfism as Zach is her only son born with the condition.
“So, I commend Tori, she’s a good mom. I also commend her because realizing when you’re not used to it, she’s going to be the different one in her own family, instead of maybe Jackson or something like that,” she added.
Amy was super confident in her daughter-in-law’s abilities to manage everything.
“I think she is going to be great,” Amy remarked.
“She is doing great. And I love how they are both parenting Jackson,” she continued.
“I think they’re both doing wonderful in how they are doing that.”
But then just hours after the video was posted, it was deleted.
Fans are now speculating whether Tori planned on not revealing the news until after their daughter was born.
If that’s the case, then looks like Amy spilled the beans!
Oops!
Oh, well! With the news out, now fans can celebrate the soon arrival of the couple’s new bundle of joy!
Because at the end of the day, all Tori and Zach cared about was that their baby was healthy.
