Would you make an Instagram account for your baby?

[ohflowerofscotland]

I have a friend who has an Instagram account for her 3 month old.

Would you do this for your DC? I'm a bit on the fence about it.

Absolutely not.

Add a few baby pics to yours, but avoid boring all your followers but no, seriously no.

No.

Nope

I personally wouldn't but it's a way to only show the people who are interested in seeing lots of baby pictures and keeping your own Instagram for you. As long as it's set to private! I don't think it's right to set these things to public.

No...its weird. Weirder when the parents write the captions as if the baby wrote them

No, I prefer my children to have privacy. No need for random internet strangers to be gawping at them.

Or is it a private account for family/friends only?

I can see the reasons for and against! I think she's hoping that a child modelling agency will find him on there or something.

Forgot to mention - the account for her DS isn't on private either. Available for anybody to view!

I personally like sharing pics of my DS on my own social media accounts. Means only family and friends can see pictures I post.

No

I use insta to upload pictures of my child (mostly her but other bits are thrown in). I only have friends and family members on it (and even then they need to fit a certain criteria as in would I leave my child with them).
I wouldn’t have an account which is public on the off chance my child would get spotted by an agency.

No, children deserve privacy

No I wouldn't

@TheTrollFairy Me neither! Unless it was a completely separate private account with only families and friends. But then it seems pointless as you could just post pictures on your own SM accounts.

@PortiaCastis Exactly, not as though they have a say in the matter.

I would, and make sure it was locked down. Then when they were 18 I'd give it to them and it's a whole log of their life for them. The alternative to this is creating an email address and sending things to that, which is probably better as you can send letters and all kinds to it.

yes, why not?

I don't know anyone who is ever embarrassed by baby or toddler photos, unless they are trying to lie about their age.

Kids need privacy when they are growing up, but as baby no one cares. I'd keep it private to avoid all the weirdos, but that would be the only possible restriction.

No. I like to respect their privacy.

I haven't but I wish I had! People are always telling me DS is beautiful and to get him into child modelling 😄

Is the baby age 13 or over? If not, nope. No LinkedIn profile either.

Not if you paid me a million pounds. No way

Crazy, absolutely not.

I think she's hoping that a child modelling agency will find him on there or something.

I personally don't like it. I think the problem is that baby photos are ok to put up but I don't think photos of older children are - but people seem to find it very hard to know when to draw the line/get a bit addicted. It's easier to never do it. We have a 'never put DS's face on social media' policy - some of the things friends put up about primary age children, who are old enough to be embarrassed about it, horrify me.

What I find interesting about threads like this is that they are usually pretty unanimous again at doing it, yet I know quite a few people who share photos (and videos) of their DC at various ages on public social media. Would love to hear their justification for it (though not enough to risk offending them by asking ).

Anyway, no way. I wouldn't put my DC online at all, they are entitled to privacy.

I'd make a private one for family and friends only - I don't have kids, but I'm always really conscious of how far away my and DP's families are and that we don't see them very often. Our parents would literally never tire of seeing grandchild pics, so I think if I had kids I'd make a private account and lock it to just them and my siblings and close friends. I wouldn't have a public one though.

Sorry my other post should say "unanimous against".