Now that Eric and Courtney Waldrop’s nine children — from the eldest to the famous sextuplets — have grown up, fans are in awe of how far they’ve come.
When “Sweet Home Sextuplets” aired, the show offered an intimate look inside the Waldrop family’s daily life as they navigated the challenges of raising nine young children, from round-the-clock feedings to diaper duty on a massive scale.
Seven years later, the cameras may have stopped rolling, but the Waldrop family’s story is still unfolding — and their nine children have grown into a vibrant, dynamic bunch. Here’s a closer look at their rise to fame and where they are now.
Meeting the Waldrop Family
Courtney and Eric Waldrop never planned on becoming a household name. But their journey from a small-town Alabama couple to the stars of a hit TLC show captured hearts across the country.
What began as a quiet life in Albertville seemingly transformed overnight when the Waldrops went from a family of five to a family of 11, thanks to one extraordinary pregnancy.
The couple, who met as eighth graders and eventually married in 2004, always dreamed of having a big family. Their first son, Saylor Waldrop, arrived in December 2008, followed by twins Wales and Bridge Waldrop in January 2012.
The twins were born after Courtney underwent fertility treatments, a step she took after enduring several heartbreaking miscarriages. Sadly, she also suffered another miscarriage before the pregnancy that would change everything.
In 2017, the Waldrops learned they were expecting sextuplets — three boys and three girls. The news brought a flood of emotions. As a first-grade teacher and mother of three, Courtney admitted she was terrified when doctors confirmed she was carrying six babies:
“I was scared to death. I’m a smaller-framed girl, and my first thoughts were on how I was going to successfully get six kids here without something happening to them or me. There was a lot of fear. We didn’t know what to do or think.”
The pregnancy was high-risk and filled with uncertainty, but Courtney remained hopeful, describing the journey as one marked by “fears, excitements, worry, happiness — everything.”
On the day of delivery, the odds-defying sextuplets — Blu, Layke, Tag, Rawlings, Rayne, and Rivers Waldrop — were born just shy of 30 weeks at Huntsville Hospital.