Andrew DeMarco

Andrew Scott DeMarco is the second of Melissa and Dylan DeMarco's three children.

## Early Life

### Pregnancy

On December 20, 2016, Melissa and Dylan DeMarco announced that they were pregnant with their second child, who was due in July. In a joint statement, his parents said, "We are so excited to be expecting DeMarco baby #2! Children really are a wonderful blessing from God. Having Peyton has been such a delight to us that we know a second sweet baby will only continue to add joy to our family. We are thankful to God for this sweet child and we cannot wait to see her or him face to face!"

On January 31, 2017, they announced that they were expecting a boy.

On June 6, 2017, Melissa and Dylan announced that they would be naming their son Andrew Scott DeMarco.

### Birth

On July 8, 2017, Dylan announced on the couple's blog that Melissa had given birth to their second son, Andrew DeMarco. After forty hours of labor, Andrew was born at 1:02p via a C-section. He weighed 9 pounds and 10 ounces and was 22 inches long.

Due to the gap between Andrew's birth and this announcement, as well as the limited number of photos released of Andrew after his birth, many speculated something had gone very wrong with the birth, and perhaps Andrew's health had been negatively impacted. This theory was furthered by the fact that Melissa had previously discussed a home birth, but pictures showed that Andrew had been born at a hospital via C-section. Dylan later claimed that a hospital birth with a planned C-section was the intention all along, despite videos shown on TLC where Melissa talked about prepping for a home birth.

On January 6, 2018, in a birthday post to his mother, Dylan shared a picture of Andrew at the hospital shortly after birth. The tubes and wires coming out of him only furthered speculation that something had gone wrong. Some commenters said it was a routine part of C-sections and they had had similar experiences, but Dylan and Melissa neither one commented on this.

## Resume

### Television Appearances

Before he was even born, Andrew was the subject of a number of episodes in seasons 5 and 6 of the TLC show *Counting On*. These episodes included his parents learning they were expecting and throwing a gender reveal party.

Although it is speculated that Andrew's birth was filmed for the show, that footage (if it exists) was never aired. On November 11, 2017, amidst negativity surrounding Dylan DeMarco's criticisms of the parents of Caroline Cummings, a transgendered teenager and the focus of another TLC show, *I Am Caroline*, TLC announced that they had stopped filming Dylan and had no plans to film him in the future. A month later, on December 15, Dylan posted on his own twitter that he felt it was best for his family to cut ties with TLC and head in a "different direction". At that time, the show was on a hiatus, with the timeline of the most recent season ending about two months before Andrew's birth. TLC posted a photo album announcing Andrew's birth the day he was born, but he has never officially appeared on the show.

### Sponsored Social Media Posts

Andrew is often featured in sponsored posts on his mother's instagram account. Generally he is seen in advertisements for children's clothing or toys, often from Christian companies. It is unknown if his mother makes any money from these posts or if they are primarily for the free products.