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to unfollow a friend who shares photos of her baby’s poo?

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 17:44

My friend had a baby earlier this weekly and rightly so is thrilled - I’m thrilled for her!
However she is posting dirty poo shots all over Instagram daily, including today when she posted a photo of her baby plastered in mustard shite.
She is also going into extreme poo detail in a group chat and it is nauseating.

I understand the first year of having a baby is full of developments you feel the need to obsess over or share but sheesh, no one wants to see your baby’s poo.

AIBU to unfollow her?

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Butchyrestingface · 27/06/2019 17:46

Actual photos of actual shite?

What are her followers saying? Does she have any?

BorisBadunov · 27/06/2019 17:46

Do you really need to ask?

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 17:47

It’s mostly on her Instagram Stories. Today it was a photo of her baby on a changing mat wearing a nappy and loads of shit spilling out.

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Kittykat93 · 27/06/2019 17:48

Who takes their phone with them to change a nappy anyway? Some people are surgically attached to their phones, it's fucking weird. I would definitely unfollow

ColaFreezePop · 27/06/2019 17:49

Poor child.

Imagine being 12 years old and finding those photos have been spread all over the internet. When there is a picture of a baby with a soiled nappy it was you as a 3 month old.

Bananalanacake · 27/06/2019 17:49

i would follow for the amusement value. thought you meant this is fb but I see it's Instagram which I have no idea how to work.

Didntwanttochangemyname · 27/06/2019 17:49

Unfollow, and ditch her as a friend too. It's not going to get any better as the child gets older! I had a friend once and me a photo of a shit in a toilet that her 3 year old did, it's fucking disgusting. Yes I know everyone does it, but I do not need to see a photo of your offspring's shite!!

BonitaBonita · 27/06/2019 17:50

I had a friend who did this. I unfriended her and told her why. It's an odd obsession some parents develop with babies shit and telling you about it - I've seen it few times.
She now posts embarrassing photos of her teens - asleep on a plane dribbling etc. I don't understand it at all and feel sorry for them, it's humiliating!

MyNameIsCharlesII · 27/06/2019 17:53

I’d unfollow. Poor child Sad

Pa1oma · 27/06/2019 17:54

Yes let’s all share poo stories - yay!

TrixieFranklin · 27/06/2019 17:55

Poor kid, I can imagine her following them into the toilet when they're older and love streaming their first time on the loo Grin

TrixieFranklin · 27/06/2019 17:55

Live streaming *

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 17:55

Thanks. One friend had said “oh she struggled getting pregnant, now she is just getting over excited”, so I worried I was harsh unfollowing.

“Poor child” is right! I would be mortified.
And on another level, I don’t want to see shite!

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 17:56

Yes let’s all share poo stories - yay!

That’s what her post to our group chat felt like! Grim.

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Peachesandcream14 · 27/06/2019 18:07

If you unfollow her she will know and no doubt be offended. I'd tell her that maybe the baby won't appreciate those pictures being in the public domain in future or is she the sort that would take great offence to that suggestion? I admit I developed a bit of a poo obsession when DD was a newborn, but I kept it to myself and her dad and certainly didn't take or post pictures of her shitty mess.

Weathergirl1 · 27/06/2019 18:10

I'd unfollow but not make a big song and dance about it. If she asked you can tell her why (and maybe send her the link to the appropriate section of the STFU parents blog that deals with this type of overshare). Grim 😬

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 18:16

Yes I don’t think I’ll make a point about it unless she asks. I just don’t want to see that as I’m quickly scrolling through.

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Guadalquivir19 · 27/06/2019 18:21

I'd approach it from a different angle & say that as fb/instagram are public platforms, she won't know who is looking at pictures of her semi/naked baby. It might make her think twice about maintaining a more private profile online to protect her child.

TheDarkPassenger · 27/06/2019 18:28

I had to unfollow someone who posted a picture of her daughter puking in a bowl, complete with vom. Then later posted a pic of her own vomit in an empty bin. Bye bye 👋🏼

magicstar1 · 27/06/2019 18:29

Take a photo of your next shit and send it to her...see how she likes it.

Jakesmumandbump · 27/06/2019 18:34

You could comment on it ‘gorgeous photo, definitely one to frame for the mantelpiece.’

Wallabyone · 27/06/2019 18:54

I think you might be able to block her stories without unfollowing her, so she won't know.

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ScaryBunnyPainting · 27/06/2019 18:58

you might be able to block her stories without unfollowing her, so she won't know.

Thank you for this!

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DontPanic42 · 27/06/2019 19:13

Oh dear! How old is the baby? I think it would be better to have a word with her, she sounds like she has just got overexcited and I remember how important my first baby's poo was to me, but obvs not anyone else Grin

Sagradafamiliar · 27/06/2019 19:15

What is the matter with her? Does she think it's funny or something?
I'm thinking back to when mine were newborn, I'd proudly post a few 'cute' photos or of them dressed in outfits bought by relatives. Shit-clad and undignified- no. Who tf wants to see that?!