Photo of nude baby

[Sailinghappy]

Genuinely interested to see if I'm being unreasonable here... what do you think?

So today my husband was playing with our baby daughter in the paddling pool having the loveliest time. She just splashes around in there nude in this heat and loves it! He took a funny photo of her playing with her duckie in the water and shared it on our family whatsapp group - with both aunties and uncles. I do think the photo is cute and I'm glad they had a lovely time playing but I'm fuming because my baby is nude in this photo and she has her legs wide open!! He way she's sitting isn't very dignified and I don't want everyone having photos of that!!!

Husband thinks it's just a funny photo shared with family - AIBU??

@BaronessEllaSaturday Just read the original post in full. It's clear enough that the OP thinks it's a bit too much to be shared with people!!!

She says

I'm fuming because my baby is nude in this photo and she has her legs wide open!! He way she's sitting isn't very dignified and I don't want everyone having photos of that!!!

Ugh no. Absolutely not cool to take a photo of a baby's genitals. It's really unfair on the child. I feel the same about all those bloody Youtuber types who showcase their kid having a tantrum, or on the potty, or whatever. Children deserve privacy and dignity.

Lots of cute and fun pictures can be taken without showing a child's private parts ffs.

100% agree with every part of your post @honeybadgerapparently.

Also agree 100% with @enjoyingsummer18 too ^

I think I'm the only person who still uses shit bag

I'm very retro.

littlemissdynamite sorry it still doesn't say anything was actually on view also the op says undignified not indecent they are different things

I give up!

Legs wide open!! suggests genitals on show Baroness.

And the law is clear. It doesn't matter how innocent the intentions of the photographer, it is the content of the photo that matters.

Xenia speaks good sense further up the thread.

I had forgotten about 'shit bag' as an insult, but may well revive it.

Why would OP ask the question if nothing was "on view"?

Legs wide open doesn't not suggest that to me, this is a child sat in a paddling pool, the photo would not have been taken at ground level so very very little if anything of the genitals would have been showing. The op never states that they do.

Thanks @teggun

Why baroness is not getting it is just baffling me.

Weird.

Baroness from the op second post:

She plays in the nude and has a lovely time, I just wouldn't choose to take photos of her with her legs wide open etc

I can’t work out the point you are trying to make.

Anyway regardless which bit of the child is showing or not... the mum has the right to even not want the photo of a baby nose being shared... her baby , her rules surely

I think if we only photographs of children looking dignified it is best not to take any domestic photos of them at all. (Just buy the ones where they are in school uniform)

YANBU! Firstly why does anyone need to see your baby's privates, they belong to her and no matter how old she is, they are private! Secondly how does your partner know how secure the devices he is sending it to are. Peoples phones could be work phones or downloaded on to work laptops or used on unsecured networks, it's extremely irresponsible of him. I'd message the group and say you're uncomfortable with the image and ask them to delete it permanently off all devices and clouds. Then have a serious word with your partner about respecting the privacy of young children. I'm furious for you!

Don't be so pedantic @jennieLee!

Thanks @littlemissdynamite yours too

Exactly @babydreamer1

And on that note, I must go. Think I have said all I wanna say anyway now and I am only repeating myself.

Unless the op comes back to confirm one way or another we don't know for sure that is all the point I am making. People are making assumptions of what she means I'm not convinced they are right. I just can't see how the genitals can be fully visible in the description given unless dad took the pictures led down on the grass and the would be very concerning.

Thanks @honeybadgerapparently

Just buy the ones where they are in school uniform

By using your definition of dignified our school uniform ones are probably quite off the mark too.

The op clearly meant something very different.

It's baffling littlemissdynamite

No way will anyone share pics of themselves as a child with their genitals on full view.

Not on an Internet forum full of complete strangers no. Which is not what happened with the photo in the OP. Can you really not see the difference between a public Internet forum and a family group?