Behind-the-scenes details about Zack and Tori Roloff's life

Tori and Zach Roloff were introduced to us on the TLC show Little People, Big World. Zach and his family portray their lives on the show with their dwarfism as the main drawing point for audiences. The lives of the Roloff’s are documented for all of us to see, which includes the good and the bad. Most recently, Zach and Tori welcomed a baby boy in May 2017. It turned out that the little baby boy inherited his father’s condition and was also diagnosed with dwarfism. There are complications to this for the baby and for the couple, as Tori does not have dwarfism, and they share it all on the show. What many people have not seen in a while is what they are up to now, and how the entire Roloff family is doing, especially since they are in the public eye and that could easily go in a direction that they did not plan for it to go. We went into the past and cataloged the family’s struggles and events leading up to today, and what they are up to now.

Just love

Zach and Tori were dating just like any other couple for four years prior to Zach proposing to Tori in 2016. People magazine interviewed the couple and it was then that Tori explained that she was nervous about being on the show but that after being on it realized that she did not need to fret about other people’s thoughts of her.

Zach had said that it was thanks to Tori that he became more social and stepped outside of his comfort zone.

Big news

Good news came often with these two, who announced in 2016 that they were also pregnant with their first child. The initial happiness was sweet and sour as they knew there was a high likelihood that their child would be born with dwarfism. The couple, who had that as a concern, knew from the beginning that if their child was indeed born with dwarfism it would absolutely not matter or change how they feel about their child.

Zach knows what it is like to grow up with dwarfism and would make sure that his child would not feel different.

And baby makes three

Before we all knew it, Zach and Tori welcomed baby Jackson into the world! Much like many new moms, Tori was worried about being a mom for the first time and the responsibility that that meant. However, as soon as she lay her eyes on Jackson she knew she was meant to be a parent.

Not to their surprise, Jackson was indeed diagnosed with dwarfism upon birth. The couple couldn’t care less about the diagnosis and were happy to have a healthy and beautiful baby boy in their arms. Dwarfism is not new to their family, as both Zach’s parents have it.

Dwarfism

Matthew and Amy Roloff, Zach’s parents, both have the condition and the result of which can vary. Zach was diagnosed with dwarfism at birth as well and had to go through several surgeries growing up to correct certain discrepancies, while his dad endured dysplasia when he was growing up that called for a significant amount of medical attention.

Tori and Zach knew that they would have to go through similar happening with Jackson, but they did not care as he was healthy and there with them. Now that we know where they are at now, we want to go back and see how this whole thing happened.

Date

During the early days on the show, the world got to know Tori as the girl who worked on the farm. Audiences wanted the two – Tori and Zach – to get together so badly! Well, the audiences wanted and the audience got what it wished for.

Within a few months on the farm, Zach asked Tori to go out on a date with him and she took him up on his offer. This was the beginning of their beautiful relationship that grew into the love they share today and the family that they have started with one another.

Dwarfism

Little People, Big World was such a rating success for TLC that a spinoff was a sure thing to happen. The spinoff was called Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm, and follows the wedding planning journey of Amy and Matthew who dreamt of being wedding planners.

While the spinoff was not a total bomb, it certainly did not do as well as the original show and the network decided to remove it from the small screen after just a single season.

Jacob

With television, stardom can sometimes come with drama. The Roloff’s are no exception to that. Jacob, the Roloff youngest brother did not want to be a part of the show after being on it for a little while.

Jacob had a few choice words as to how he felt about the show and how his family acted while being filmed. He called his other family members “characters” that he felt like he did not connect with anymore.

Wedding day

On July 27, 2015, Tori and Zach exchanged vows in front of their nearest and dearest, as well as camera crew. The wedding took place during the ninth season of the show and was the second wedding to be filmed as Zach’s brother Jeremy and lovely wife Audrey was the first.

Jeremy and Zach’s weddings took place on the family farm and were a true celebration. Fans of the show also loved seeing this family grow.

Tori’s road to motherhood

From the very beginning, Tori knew that kids were going to be in her future as they were a part of her present. Tori was a kindergarten teacher and loved being around little ones.

When Tori had to leave her kids at school when she had her own little one, she was sad to do so but knew that she would be back to teach them as soon as she could and that comforted her greatly.

Complications were expected

Upon learning that they were pregnant with their first child, Tori and Zach knew that there was a chance that their child would inherit Zach’s condition. In addition to dwarfism, Zach has achondroplasia. Indeed, when Jackson was born he was also diagnosed with achondroplasia.

However, the parents handled it like champs and only cared that their son was healthy and that as a family they could handle it all. They consider Jackson the perfect child they wanted.

Prior to baby

While Jackson is a blessing, to say the least, the couple truly enjoyed one another prior to their son’s arrival as they were in a relationship for seven years before Jackson’s arrival. On the day of their seventh anniversary, Tori melted the world when she posted a loving caption to a photo of them together.

The caption talks about the smile he puts on her face, the conversations they have, and the fact that she feels so blessed to be his wife.

Not so great news

While Tori and Zach were in a loving marriage and were on a high from welcoming Jackson, less lovely things were happening amongst Amy and Matthew. After 30 years of marriage, the couple decided to file for divorce. The divorce came as a shock to those who knew the couple.

They stated that their family remains their top priority and that they want nothing more than to be happy with their family around them.

Zach’s worries

While Zach was complete with who he was as a person, he did not forget that he had a hard time growing up with dwarfism, so when Jackson was also diagnosed he was worried for him.

He stated that he knew what he needed to do and say to encourage his son to grow up strong and remain positive. Zach said that he wanted to raise his son to work hard and earn the good that will come to him.

Home with Jackson

Once the family was able to bring Jackson home, Tori kept the world updated as to his development. She posted photos on social media and gave everyone a piece of information every time.

She would write how he is growing, how much he is sleeping, how he is eating and what he does with his mommy and daddy now that he is home and doing so well. This family valued one another overall.

Not the smoothest

While the show was showing one aspect of their lives, not everything was smooth. Tori shared with the world that she had a very hard time breastfeeding her baby boy and that she did not expect to feel this way as she thought it would be the most natural of occurrences.

The women that read her post quickly came to comfort her with words of advice as it is far more common to have trouble with that than she thought.

Honesty was the best policy

Tori decided to continue to share her struggle with the world due to the amazing feedback she was getting. She posted about the classes that helped her figure out how to do it all, as well as working as a representative to try and remove the stigma around breastfeeding.

While many women struggle with it, it is not spoken about as openly as it should be according to Tori and she wanted to change that.

Audrey’s struggle

Tori was not the only one who had some trouble. Audrey, Jeremy’s wife, opened up on social media about the mental difficulty that was put on the mother once she has given birth.

There is a lot that is not talked about in the open when it comes to post-partum and Audrey wanted to be vocal for other mothers so that they do not feel ashamed or discouraged in any way. What a great way to use one’s status!