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To ask about baby modelling?

42 replies

Cardiffclare88 · 11/01/2019 12:28

DD is 7 weeks and everyone comments on how gorgeous she is. She's also quite happy and chilled, so might she be a good candidate for baby modeling? What would it involve?

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Eifla · 11/01/2019 12:50

Of course everyone comments on how gorgeous she is. No one goes around telling people their kids are pig ugly.

First born?

secureCompartment · 11/01/2019 12:52

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MonkeyfaceThereturn · 11/01/2019 12:54

😁😁

Bless you OP.

ToffeePennie · 11/01/2019 12:55

Both of my boys have done it. Next ad campaigns, infacol baby, couple of acting jobs in pampers televised ads. The agency wanted to keep them on their books, but I stopped it when my biggest turned 3. It’s unfair with all the travelling, time and effort it takes, it’s just too much.

livingthegoodlife · 11/01/2019 12:55

We did some toddler modelling but just for fun, often they don't get paid cash but just vouchers or merchandise. I quite enjoyed it but I wouldn't pursue it.

Biancadelriosback · 11/01/2019 12:57

This reminds me of when I was in hospital after having DS. The lady in the bed opposite me buzzed for a nurse in the middle of the night to ask the nurse to confirm that her baby was genuinely gorgeous and better looking than the average baby. Poor nurse just smiled and said that her baby was gorgeous and for them both to get some rest. The next day she kept telling her visitors how even the nurses were commenting on how beautiful he was. Made me giggle anyways

halfwitpicker · 11/01/2019 12:58

Yeah man

bsc · 11/01/2019 12:59

If you live in London where the casting/shoots are, then it would be easy enough, but I'm guessing you're a little further away from your username?

Sparklfairy · 11/01/2019 13:00

Phyllis? Is that you?

RosemarysBabyDress · 11/01/2019 13:06

no need to be nasty, some kids are models, so why not the OP's?

I don't find all the baby models or actors to be "cute" frankly, so it's not the main requirement by the look of things. Contact a respectable agency or 2, and go from there. Do not give them any money, that's a scam.

DSHathawayGivesMeFannyGallops · 11/01/2019 13:07

My friends little boy did JoJoMamanBebe. I don't know if/what she got paid but they got to keep the clothes.

They sought her out, but she pretty relentlessly did "here's baby johnny oooh he's sooo big now in this cute @jojo jumper!!" with loads of ### on insta, which probably helped! She still does it although I don't know how well it's worked since. You could see if that garners any interest, OP?

FevertreeLight · 11/01/2019 13:25

When my DD was born we lived in central London (covent garden). She could hold her head up from birth and so was tiny but looked older. We used to get approached all the time but I never did it- she is glad now as an adult- doesn't regret it.

ItsQuietTime · 11/01/2019 13:38

There are kids modelling groups on FB, they will be much more helpful and far less judgmental then MN.

HighlyUnlikely · 11/01/2019 13:52

Personally, I wouldn't. I've been on the 'other' side as a designer commissioning shoots involving babies and toddlers. You'll have to attend casting sessions, which can be nightmarish, plus having to put up with your child being 'rejected' when they're not chosen.

The amount of parents that dragged an obviously unwell child to these castings was dreadful too... and casting can mean waiting around for hours.

Shoots can be long, long days and rather stressful if your child is too tired and doesn't want to perform for the camera too.

I will never forget the almost robotic 3 year old with the archetypical 'pushy' mum who could get her little girl to snap into a pose or performance on command. It was really saddening. Thankfully, I only had to do it once or twice, but it left a rather bad taste in my mouth.

GhostSauce · 11/01/2019 13:57

@Sparklfairy Oh I miss Phyllis and her fajita fridays. I wonder what happened to her. Do you think her child has changed the world yet?

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 11/01/2019 14:00

someone once told me that to be a good child model its not about looks its about their temperament in front of the camera, you also have to not mind random strangers holding your child and give up the idea of a routine....not something i would be comfortable with.

Sparklfairy · 11/01/2019 14:02

GhostSauce I suspect she hasn't been back as she gave birth to the Messiah and has since been incapacitated by the harsh reality of motherhood...

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Cardiffclare88 · 11/01/2019 14:21

Thank you for the responses, gave me some things to think on. Reckon I wouldn’t much like dragging her about or having strangers constantly pick her up, dress her, etc.

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flugelhorn811 · 11/01/2019 14:26

I need to know more about Phyllis - can someone enlighten me?

blackteasplease · 11/01/2019 14:29

In assumed my d's was quite a gorgeous baby /toddler as he was always the child they used for the nursery web pages etc. I don't really agree with child modelling though as I think it can teach them looks are the most important.

Also I think sometimes what we consider "gorgeous" in general isn't what agencies look for. They might want "quirky" or old fashioned looking. Seems to be curly hair they mainly want from when I buy clothes on line!

LightDrizzle · 11/01/2019 14:31

Also feeling my life is incomplete without further acquaintance with Phyliss...

LightDrizzle · 11/01/2019 14:37

Cardiff, it’s nog my field but I watched a TV series that was on a couple of years ago about child modelling.
I agree with previous posters, if you have time on your hands, a super-chilled baby, and liv

LightDrizzle · 11/01/2019 14:46
  • sorry pressed by accident, - and live in London, it just might be a hobby, if it’s something you would enjoy looking back on. However the reality of getting to castings, waiting around and faffing about with a baby, doesn’t really sound that enticing. Parents often talk about how they will save the child’s earnings as a nest-egg for them, but I don’t think earnings are really in that order of magnitude, even for the minority who do get jobs. Most aspiring parents will be out of pocket.
Babyhood is so fleeting, if it were me, I’d enjoy all that deliciousness myself and rely on the countless photos we all take of them ourselves for future memories. I think it would be hard to take your baby being passed over too, which is inevitable at times. It’s not going to increase her happiness in the moment is it? So I’d need to be sure there were other significant benefits for her.
Thurmanmurman · 11/01/2019 14:50

Who’s Phylis?

TimandGinger · 11/01/2019 14:51

@Cardiffclare88 DS did modelling through an agency when we lived in London. I have to say most of the work is in London so you'd have to be prepared to travel there with no expenses paid. No problem for me as I used to just hop on the bus and I knew my way around but if you live in Wales it could be more difficult. My DS had castings and jobs including Next, Boden and for TV adverts. Castings aren't much fun and it's not the friendliest business. On the flip side he did some jobs where we were given the photos as well and the photos are beautiful. Now we don't live in London he is with a local agency and has done a few local jobs and one for a very large brand who wanted to shoot in our area. In my opinion lots of companies like JoJo Maman Bebe rip parents off as they don't even pay them - just offer them a little voucher and that's it! At least if you're with an agency you will actually get paid. If you want more info welcome to PM me.