Time is already flying for Zach Roloff and Tori Roloff.
On Monday, the Little People, Big World stars took to Instagram in celebration of their son’s first milestone birthday.
He’s now one month old! Can you believe it?!?
The popular couple welcomed their first child into the world on May 12 and have talked openly about little Jackson ever since.
They’ve gushed over his presence in their lives, of course, while also telling fans that the newborn is, indeed, just like his father:
He was born with achondroplasia, the gene for dwarfism.
Because he grew up with “name-calling” and was always in the “back of the pack,” Zach understands how this condition will affect his son.
“You have to encourage a dwarf child a little more because it will take them five steps to do what others can do in two,” Roloff explained to People Magazine last month.
Adult males with Jackson’s condition grow to be an average of four feet, four inches tall – but the baby is measuring “normal” height at the moment.
He’s also incredibly cute and precious!
“Jackson is one month old today!” Tori wrote as a caption to the following image, giving followers a few more details about her son:
“He is eating and growing like a champ, loves watching soccer with daddy, starting to find his voice, sleeps 5-6 hour stretches at night, loves his Uncle Jacob, hates having his diaper changed, tolerates bath time.
“Love you so much baby J!”
Zach shared the same photo and message on his Instagram page, along with the hashtag “#zandtpartyofthree.”
In various interviews and on social media, the Roloffs have acknowledged how Jackson will require extra attention as he gets older, but have also said they have no regrets.
They knew there would be a fifty percent chance that their child would be born this way.
“Dwarf or not, I was going to parent my child with the mentality that not everyone gets a trophy. You have to earn it,” Zach has said, adding overall:
“We’re super excited… We’ll hope to just give him a healthy, happy life and support him in every way.
“He can experience as much of the world as Tori and me have been able to and hopefully much more!”
Meanwhile, expecting aunt Audrey posted a new image of her and her nephew on Instagram.
She’s clearly pretty darn smitten.
“Loving this little nephew so much,” wrote Jeremy Roloff’s wife as a caption to the above snapshot.
“I can’t believe it’s already been a month since we got to meet him for the first time.
“You are a precious child of God baby Jackson and we cannot wait for you to meet your cousin in just a couple months!”
Indeed, Audrey is due to give birth early this fall. She’s expecting a girl.
And while we’ve wondered whether a sibling rivalry between Jeremy and Zach is brewing as a result of these babies and their family farm and who may one day inherit to property, all family members just seem over the moon with happiness these days.
As one would expect when tiny human beings are involved.
“This makes it so much more real…oh my goodness we are going to have a daughter?” Audrey wrote in a caption on Instagram in April, adding at the time:
“This whole pregnancy we thought it was a boy up until the last 3 weeks all signs pointed towards girl… so we both wore pink today, and we were right!
“Baby girl I hope and pray you have a head of curls and a heart of gold.”
Tori, who works as a kindergarten teacher, has made it clear she doesn’t care that Jackson is like her dad when it comes to dwarfism.
She hopes he’s like his dad in every other way, as well.
“I just pray that he’s caring and thoughtful, like his father,” Tori says.. “I just want him to be a good person.”
Surrounded by so much love in his immediate family and extended family, we can’t see how this won’t be the case.
Congrats once again to Zach and Tori!
Your son is amazing!