To think hourly baby photos on social media is excessive

[Rollercoaster21]

Some friends had a baby a few weeks ago and since then it’s been hourly photos on Facebook- every feed, ever single moment of every thing that the baby does (or doesn’t do as it’s only a few weeks old)

I know babies are cute and all and it’s their first but Jesus, 20 photos a day! I have had to unfollow them on Facebook.

Aibu to think it’s really OTT!! Is it a thing now to document every waking hour of your babies life on social media? It definitely wasn’t when my kids were young! Or do I sound old fashioned and out of touch?!

I’m 30 weeks pregnant and honestly couldn’t think of anything worse than posting the same photos of my baby day in, day out! Why don’t people realise nobody cares 🙃 the worst ones are when parents post photos of their children asleep in bed, such weird behaviour

@nokidshere they are in your news feed, which I scroll through to see other friends' posts so you can't avoid

@Rollercoaster21 sharents and sharenting we call it! Every tiny thing the family does is documented!

what do they do for the rest of the day. we know what a baby looks like

I'd rather see photos of kids than photos of the daily dinner they just cooked

I think plastering your kid on Facebook is piss poor in the first place. Never mimd hourly.

Respect the damn kids privacy.

Not that anyone understands that or values it anymore.

People will live to regret that though sadly. Its not just one of those inevitable things in life.

This is exactly what closed family groups are for. Only the grandparents want to see that many photos.

Tbh, if it was that much I would be wondering if my friend was particularly lonely, craving adult company. Spending g all your time with a baby can be very isolating, and SM is a way of keeping people in the loop with what you're up to..
Rather than just block, I'd get in contact with her before pushing her out with unfollowing/blocking. If she's one of those that will only talk about her baby, fair enough to distance yourself and unfollow, but she also may not have much else to talk about right now...how about trying to give her some to break up the baby monotony?

@RockingMyFiftiesNot yeah, trust me when I say I understand that. We had a MMC then secondary infertility, 4 years and ICSI until our little boy came along. I had a friend who posted about her little boy constantly. It was pretty painful to see. So I unfollowed. It's not deleting your friendship, it just means you don't see posts for a while. Whenever, she popped back up again, I just unfollowed again. Now, I have my little boy and my upset and angry has left me and I can see my friend's little boy again without her knowing I unfollowed.

I think it's often a sign of moms who are struggling. You feel alone and a bit lost, post on FB and people comment nice things, you feel better. Phone down, feel sad and lonely again - post a picture, people comment, you feel better.

Unfollow/ hide their posts and let them enjoy their new baby happiness.

@Cyw2018

Unfollow/ hide their posts and let them enjoy their new baby happiness.

This

They are just happy and excited. Keep on scrolling if you don't want to see baby pics.

YABU to even care about this. You’ve unfollowed, not your problem any more. Hardly worth a thread about it.

I have a very dear friend like this ... however ...

thousands and Im serious, there are literally thousands of photos of her kids on FB which is linked to snapchat instagram etc.. since the moment her kids were born.. they're in their teens now and loathe it but she soldiers on...

she shares them on our group whatsapp chat (I don't use FB) so I had to turn off my 'save photos to camera roll' as my phone was blocked up with photos of her kids..

she is the loveliest person but this need to over share with everyone.. its odd..

Lots of people have tried to hint.. then tell her to share less .. we all have kids too... but on she goes.. so now I delete every photo she shares in whatsapp... lord knows what the FB Inst friends do 😂

@NakedAttraction

YABU to even care about this. You’ve unfollowed, not your problem any more. Hardly worth a thread about it.

oh charming 🙄

@Direstraitsmates

They are just happy and excited. Keep on scrolling if you don't want to see baby pics.

And this

Your not wrong. I'm happy that people have managed to produce a child but absolutely do not care or want to see any photos of their progress, days out or updates on potty training.
The only people it's remotely special to is the parents and grandparents. Nobody else really cares. There is also the issue over the child's right to privacy.

But I'll still never understand why people get so worked up about what others do with their social media. It's their social media, they can post however many pictures they like.

That's true, of course, but you still have to scroll past all the photos in your news feed and it starts to annoy you, but you don't necessarily want to unfriend them . We have similar with a pregnant friend. Posts most days with some reference or other to her baby bump. Again, her FB so her choice BUT even amongst our mutual friends there are several recovering from miscarriage and one a still birth, another with several failed IVF attempts behind them. Of course, she can celebrate her pregnancy however she likes, but daily, sometimes multiple time, is driving me nuts so can't imagine what it's doing to those who may find it distressing.

I imagine those who find such things distressing will already have her on hide or unfollow which means they only need to see what they want to see.

I post pictures of cakes, should I stop doing that in case my friends who are gluten free/lactose free or have eating disorders find it distressing?

I post pictures of cakes, should I stop doing that in case my friends who are gluten free/lactose free or have eating disorders find it distressing?

Add MEeeeeeeeeee 🤣

cakes I like 🌸

I posted loads when I was the loneliest I've ever been. Some people it'll just be that they want to share everything because they are besotted but often it's a sign that things aren't great

Equally weird is a friend posting photos of her baby with her name, date and time of birth, hospital, made available but every single photo has a massive emoji sticker placed over her face to conceal her identity.

It's bizarre. If you're worried about privacy you conceal the name and date of birth because that doesn't change but the appearance

It's absolutely bizarre

• the appearance does change.

I have a friend who was like that. Everything was documented publicly in minute detail (the potty training was a wonderful treat for us all ).

Her PFB (only child actually) is now 10
and during the school holidays (she's a SAHM), we're treated to an hour-by-hour update of what little Jonny is up to. Every piece of craft, cake he bakes, what he's having for lunch, him on the swings at the park, then the monkey bars..
Often 'daddy' is tagged into the photos ("look Daddy @MrSAHM, Jonny can't wait for you to taste these amazing cookies he made for you today"). Basically posts that should be a private family text. It's all rather tiresome.

OTT and I’d be worried about their mental health tbh.