To not understand why some babies have a FB or Instagram account ?

[planningforlife]

So I already knew one of my friends has a Instagram account for her babies

And now another one has created a FB account for a newborn .

I only discovered this as she was tagging dc in posts and I was really surprised.

AIBU to not understand what the point is ?
Who is it for ?
I mean technically it is not the dc's account as they can't even talk let alone wanting a social media account . Why not just post about your child on your own social media accounts if you must why the additional accounts ?

Ofcourse this is all lighthearted but it really does baffle me .

I don’t know anyone who does this.
Madness.

Either like hungry or claiming they are doing it as a memory site for their child when they are older.

Quite silly and I imagine would be pretty wierd for the DC when they grow up. How long would the parents keep the account up for??

@D4rwin , good point but a memory site sounds a bit creepy doesn't it ? Sounds like something you may do for a dead person but why not just keep a digital or a printed album for your children's pictures?

Also do they not worry about the privacy and safety of the child ?

For utter strangers on the internet to know your children so intimately seems odd .

Pictures of the following
Actual birth photos ,
Day to day activities
Hobbies
Baby clubs and mother and infant activity classes
birthdays
Family pictures
Etc

It's because their parents want attention.

For free stuff? The more followers and engagement they get, the more #gifted #ad posts you’ll start seeing. Message me for my discount code hun.

It is a first for me. My cousins dog has social media accounts.

An acquaintance has a FB page for each of her 4 kids, their ages range from 3 to 10. She tags them in photos. I don’t get it, I’ve stopped following her as it was irritating me!

Its to keep others informed about their baby and show pictures to family members without giving them access to their normal pages

I have an Instagram for my DD. It has private settings so people have to request access and I only let people have access that I know. My Facebook has some old acquaintances on so I like her images being shared with less people and only those who are interested to see. Its nice for family to see regular pics, her grandparents on one side live quite far away and dont get to see her often so they like it in particular

@planningforlife

Also do they not worry about the privacy and safety of the child ?

For utter strangers on the internet to know your children so intimately seems odd .

Pictures of the following
Actual birth photos ,
Day to day activities
Hobbies
Baby clubs and mother and infant activity classes
birthdays
Family pictures
Etc

Whats the difference of the children having their own accounts and the same thing being posted on their own personal accounts?

An old school friend of mine has an account for her 1 year old DS. A fully public account. School friend has spent a long time trying to be "insta famous" and it hasn't really worked so I'm guessing she's now hoping her DS might be. All the photos are tagged with the businesses where the clothes/toys etc are from followed by 'dm for collabs!'. Its cringeworthy.

Absolutely OP. It's terrible to do it. That's why I say claiming. They're either deluded that it'll be lovely or they fancy themselves as some sort of "influencer".

My friend has a completely locked down account for her daughter. Nobody can friend request her, she can find people and add them. She never posts pictures of daughter on her FB due to an abusive ex husband, however she has family and friends spread around the world so wants to update them.

Daughter has 37 friends. That’s it. All
Family or close friends.

I see why she’s done it, and I don’t find it that weird.

Yeha a lot of insta famous people do this too. Sooo annoying because by the time that child is grown up, insta prob won't exist anymore.

Also do people ask you why you never post pictures of your yourself or kids on social media? Is it an expected thing ?

My friend has one for her baby, because she thinks her baby is the most beautiful baby ever (doesn’t everyone!) and she might get scouted by an agent. So every day there’s one if her in a different outfits and loads of random hashtags like #milk #cardigan #crib #chubbycheeks.

It’s a total cringe fest and it amuses me to see it, but purely from a piss taking point of view.

I do this, my son has an Instagram, it’s fully private, it’s a nice place for me or family to reminisce. Now I’m really worried that I’m a bad mum for doing this.

It's narcissistic attention seeking behaviour though probably not as loony as those who make profiles for their pets.
They're not harming anyone though so.....

I have a private one for my sons. Just my husband , me and my mum can see it.