To think there's no need for this excessive fb posting?

[Aibuabouteverything]

Acquaintance of mine on fb has just had a baby 6 days ago.
Leading up to the birth there were daily updates about how excited she was, belly pics etc which is fair enough as being pregnant is exciting.

But now she's had the baby she's been posting at least 10 separate posts a day (yes I've counted 🤣) of multiple pics of baby and its starting to drive me mad.

I will just block her posts if it continues so that's not the problem but AIBU to think its excessive?

I have DC and I know new babies are exciting and I did my fair share of posting while they were young but it was once a week at most then less as they got older. I had a group chat with family/friends to send pics more often but I certainly wouldn't have wanted to share so much all over fb.

Maybe I'm just a miserable sod and it's the norm now?

Perhaps your response could be not to look at Facebook every day? There will always be people who think they have the most joyous event in the world and want to share it.

Thanks uncle d for the card with no money inside.

Being happy or excited doesn't seem to be enough for some, unless everyone knows they're happy or excited. The modern world is strange, like all the people at festivals, gigs etc who spend all their time filming it, instead of fully experiencing it- it's like they need evidence of how fantastic things are for other people and I think that can sonetimes stem from poor MH, self image etc or just being so immersed in SM that they've forgotten how to just experience and enjoy a moment.

I would've muted/unfollowed so fast! No guilt

People seem to think they are the first people to have given birth and that there child is the most wonderful gift to man kind

One of the reasons I am having a fb sabbatical. A few friends have had babies this year and they all seem to be competing with each other for the most liked photo of the day. In the bath, in the pram, in the garden, one went into solids and there a photo of the full bowl before consumption, then one during consumption, then one of the empty bowl. Yes we all know babies eat. More than once a day.

And then the daily photos of baby with the sign next to them of how many days, weeks, months old they are.

I'm think I'm just generally a grouch at the moment though.

She’s lonely. She’s had a baby in lockdown and she can’t go to baby groups or show the baby off to old ladies in the supermarket. Just mute her but check in every now and again. If you can’t be arsed to do that then delete her as you’re obviously not actually friends.

Is her name Catherine 😆 as my cousin has been doing the same and my mum has unfollowed her 😂😂 I don't mind it so much I just scroll by but usually like at least one post a day as her kids are cute 🥰

I have one of these too! 🙋🏻‍♀️

I gave her the benefit of the doubt at first as her first born was born very prematurely last year and tragically passed away, so her little girl being born healthy was obviously such a relief and a very happy occasion for them

It is however wearing very thin after 6 weeks of it. She is making multiple (I'm talking 10/15) posts a day about the baby and then a few passive aggressive posts about not enough people liking them. Her initial posts when her daughter was born got hundreds of likes because everyone was so happy for them. But people are now obviously a bit fed up with the constant posting.

She also keeps uploading pictures of the baby dressed in different babygrows that have "hand picked for earth by my big brother in heaven" printed on them in different colours of glitter. I honestly don't know how she has the time!

Just unfollow her. I have unfollowed people not because they've done anything wrong but because their excessive boring posts are blocking more interesting posts from my other friends.

She’s been pregnant through a pandemic and given birth in lockdown can’t have her baby to meet her family and friends. I bet she’s had no end of people say to her “make sure you post lots of pictures so we can see the baby” as well.

It's probably a lovely way for her to share her newborn with friends and family considering we are in the middle of a global pandemic, and a lockdown. Yabu.
You don't like it, unfriend her. She can do as she pleases on her own social media.

Also to add I don't post to facebook, but my dd is 1 (2 next month) and I still take at least 10 photos of her a day and share with family through photo sharing albums or WhatsApp.

Use “snooze for 30 days” she may have calmed down by then

I use it all the time. My sister in law kept wanging on about losing her husband for weeks and that’s not what I want in my feed

She can post whatever the feck she wants on her own Facebook page, that's what it's for.

Yabu

You could snooze her for 30 days, hide her post, or simply keep scrolling instead of complaining about her on another social site.

If it is really that bothersome unfollow her. She’s excited and is allowed to post however many pics she wants. Why do you care?

I totally get the whole being pregnant/having a baby in lockdown is hard and yes maybe posting these pics is what is keeping her sane! (Maybe I'm jealous as for the first few weeks let alone months I didn't have time to post on fb multiple times a day)

I will snooze or unfollow her I said that isn't a problem, at the end of the day she is free to post what she likes and people are free to unfollow or unfriend if they are finding posts annoying.

She is alot younger than me, I think the younger generation in general post alot more and dont seem to keep anything private these days.

@SteffieIUI her name isn't Catherine 🤣