MIL resharing/posting baby pics
Bit of a rant: I always share pics of my baby girl with her grandparents (my mom and my husband’s mom) as we live in another country so it’s the only way they get to see her. Which I have no issue with.
I recently shared a very cute pic of my husband holding baby on his lap. Due to the heat, she was only in a nappy. My mom knows better than to share that with everyone, but my MIL instantly made it her profile picture! I feel so upset, mostly at myself for even sharing the pic with her. I don’t know who her contacts are in WhatsApp that can see my child. You never know who might be a creep.
Both mums will reshare some of the pics I send them, usually just WhatsApp. Neither of them fully understand how to make a WhatsApp status so they make it their profile pic which can be seen by all contacts, they not tech savvy enough to limit to certain contacts even though this is an option.
I immediately asked my husband to have a word with his mother and help her understand that not all pics are okay to share, especially where we don’t know who’s looking at it. Especially if she’s not wearing clothes! Her contacts include work people, old family friends and a host people we have no idea who they are.
I’m just so upset I feel like never sending her any pics. Anytime I post a status on WhatsApp it’s limited to certain people that I know and trust. MIL always asks me to send her the pic and she reshares it. I feel like now anything I share with her will get reposted. And she doesn’t understand what is okay vs not okay to share.
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You’re not in the wrong here she’s your daughter and you have every right to tell her not to share pics especially delicate ones xxx
You should check out the family album app!! You and dad can add who you want to the app, add photos, make it to where no one can screen shot and if they do they get warnings before being kicked out, it’s REAL EASY to work for those that aren’t tech savvy!
Your not in the wrong, no one but my spouse and I have permission to post or share our babies photos on any social media platform just because of what you mentioned above “creeps” so I too would be livid and would ask that pic be removed and put herself or something up else and going forward if she gets a picture it’ll be of her smiling and that’s it & everything not meant for the entire world to see, my child one and people see my child by FT or video chat and I’m okay with that
She quickly removed the pic and hasn’t said anything about it after my husband’s message. But it’s certainly made me more weary of sharing pics with her. I’ve also realised she often shares pics or videos with us of other kids in the family, cousins children etc. recently her niece who was just born, in the scale naked getting weighed seconds after being born. 😓makes me wonder if she’s also sending our baby’s pics and videos to other people
As sad as it is if she’s sending photos of one kiddo she’s sending pictures of others..
Don't share delicate pictures with her
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