To think baby instagrams are super super weird!?

[Keke94LND]

So, I don't have any kids, but my friend had a baby last year, I messaged her recently just chatting about life and asking about how being a mum is going etc, asked to see a pic of the baby, she sent me one and then told me she has an insta page for the baby and I can follow it if I want.... So I go and have a look, its endless photos of the baby, she has over 1,000 followers, the bio page is 'regular updates and baby spam', she even gets gifted baby stuff from companies! sorry but surely the only people who are following baby pages are other mums with baby pages..and ... weirdos? (and now me I guess lol)

Are people aware that their babies aren't accessories? Its like they don't see their babies as human? how long are they gonna have the page for? will they still be posting when the kid is 15!?

I can get on board with pet pages, cause they're animals, privacy isn't an issue, you can keep the page forever, theres no real consequences (other than perhaps pet theft), whereas surely posting pics of your baby sleeping, playing, laughing, bathing!? has consequences...

I don't even think I'd post my kid on my own instagram when I have one,

anyway, vent over! am I being too judgemental?

Yes, you're being too judgemental.

I'm with you OP. It's awful. Not only are they putting thier pictures out there for anyone to see, but it also feels exploitative getting free stuff from brands and using the kids to promote them. I absolutely hate people who overshare their kids on social media.

What consequences do you think there will be?
Lots of companies use babies in advertising, in print, on TV and online, how is doing it on IG anymore exploitative?

Call me judgemental but I think it's weird to tbh. I don't use Instagram much anymore any way but I have noticed that a lot of reality tv stars seem to do this with their kids. I wouldn't personally, there's a lot of weirdos out there...

I have a baby IG but the only people who are allowed to follow are me, DH, my sister and my parents. It's more meant to be an interactive scrapbook/album for when she's older.

It's awful if it's a public account. Yes this is my opinion and not gospel. A friend of mine does this and appears to court minor brands and has managed to get her (admittedly gorgeous and beautiful) toddler and baby dds brand ambassador positions whatever that it. I really really don't like it but it could be worse.

My friends 9 year old kid has a TikTok with about 900 followers. Apparently it’s fine though because ‘it’s set to private’. Yeah I’m sure you know all those people in real life and there are no creeps.

Yes v weird and self obsessed.
Just let the kid have a private childhood ffs

I wouldn't personally make one, but I think it largely depends on what you put up on it.

Anything that may potentially become embarrassing (toilet training etc.) is just cruel.

Posted too soon. Identifying information isn't great either.

'Are people aware that their babies aren't accessories?'

Very good question. There's delighting in your baby and wanting to capture every stage of their development, and then there's plain obsessed. I adore looking at photos of my nephew but an entire IG account about him? No thanks

Is she doing it for the free stuff?

Creepy, and those kids would have every right to sue the parents in later life when they find out how exposed they’ve been.

Any earnings accrued by the parents through these accounts should be legally the child’s too. I think people see it as an easy money maker… which is a whole other level of sad.

I find it odd too. I’ve never posted my baby on Instagram because I don’t think it’s right for me to make that decision for him. I also read a horrendous article about baby pictures being stolen from social media and doctored into images of child sexual abuse to be sold online and it really freaked me out.

I totally get people sharing the odd snap on social media for the benefit of friends and family, but a dedicated baby page is weird imo. I don’t see how it benefits the baby in any way, and it could end up causing harm.

@Chikapu

What consequences do you think there will be? Lots of companies use babies in advertising, in print, on TV and online, how is doing it on IG anymore exploitative?

Yes true, babies are used in adverts, but then are they ever named? is it possible to find out who that baby is? In terms of consequences I'm thinking in terms of when they're older, they're friends can find these old baby pages, what about when they try and get a job in the future employers seeing pics of them as babies lol, not to mention that 50% of the photos on paedophile sites are stolen from social media (read that in an article from a few years ago)

@nevernotstruggling

It's awful if it's a public account. Yes this is my opinion and not gospel. A friend of mine does this and appears to court minor brands and has managed to get her (admittedly gorgeous and beautiful) toddler and baby dds brand ambassador positions whatever that it. I really really don't like it but it could be worse.

Yeah its a public account, I kind of understand when people use private accounts and limit who has access to it, but a public page trying to get sponsorships and using hashtags to get more followers is weird to me...

@ValidUser

I wouldn't personally make one, but I think it largely depends on what you put up on it.

Anything that may potentially become embarrassing (toilet training etc.) is just cruel.

i used to follow a girl who was like an 'adventure influencer' so had quite a lot of followers, she had a baby, in one of her stories her baby was in the bath and had pood in the bath, she was filming it and laughing! not only was I eating my dinner but I also just thought jeez! if you wouldn't post it about yourself, your friend, your partner, don't post it about your baby! unfollowed after that