Sharing pictures of a new born baby to people

I have a close group of work colleagues I will definitely share a photo with after the baby is born. I won’t be putting anything on social media. I don’t really have distant family members and anyone who is important to us will get a notified of the birth. I personally feel that it’s my child choice when they get to an appropriate age to decide if they want to be on social media or not.My work has shown me the worst side of these things… to me it’s not worth it. Unless you go through and lock your social media down, remove everyone you have no contact with or relationship with…but who has time for that?

We only send photos of our little one to our immediate families. For really close friends and known work colleagues, probably only sent 1 photo. Both husband and I personally don’t want our child’s face on social media just because social media is a scary place! 😅 I only sent 1 picture of my baby to my work colleagues when he was about 1 day old and non after that. If they want to see my little one I just show photos from my phone not send them. Also, I’ve always had this thought in my head that not everyone will always be happy for you or have well wishes and we choose to protect our own peace from others opinions 😁

exactly good point who has time to be doing that!

I sent photos/ updates to those who were present during my pregnancy. I have not sent updates etc to even family to did not and continue to not bother to check in. One member of my family hasn’t even acknowledged the birth of my daughter so he’s not going to ever know the privilege of meeting her and being in her life 🙂 (she’s nearly 5 months)

In terms of social media, if family want to post photos of her they run it past me first. I don’t allow photos of my baby in just her nappy online because I dread to think of the creeps online.

If they have been there since day one day in and day out then yes 100% but if they have been distant only asking about baby then not a chance x

As soon as Ive had my little one Ill be sending a video and pictures to my mom sisters and nieces. A day later ill post a few pictures to my facebook introducing her to everyone (this is the only social media I have) i only have very very close friends and immediate family on my facebook and my profile is entirely private (ive got about 70 fb friends in total) ive told people not to share the picture around so strangers can see her

I don’t share any photos of my kids faces on social media :) the people who know what they look like personally can have photos of them :) xxx

Huge no with social media, the internet is forever and children should have a say in what’s out there of them when they are old enough to understand. Only people who check in and respect our boundaries are sent pictures, we haven’t sent to all immediate members of family as not everyone understands/ can be trusted not to share with strangers or post on socials. Most friends got a picture when she was born, only our dearest are sent updates and videos 🫶🏽

Me and my husband decided before baby was born that we would only share her pictures with close friends and family. I shared her picture with two close colleagues but not the rest of the team as I don’t really talk to them. We have not and will not be posting her on social media as, to put it bluntly, you don’t really know anyone too well. I rarely post myself on socials and my husband doesn’t have social media so we are very cautious about people having access to her pictures. The people that are close to us see her often so it’s not like we need to post for them

No, only to my mum

I have sent my closer friends and family pictures directly with the preface that the photo is intended for them unless otherwise stated.

We have allowed the initial "she's here" photos to be sent around places of work.

It's a difficult decision with socials especially when we are talking about other people's social. We are allowing the initial baby stage to be posted scarcely. When she has grown up ( up to a year) and she can understand to a degree then we will not be posting anything at all.

I think we will send one picture to our work teams and then as we have family in Canada, the USA, Australia and Poland we will also send them one via a family WhatsApp chat when the baby arrives. I'm cautious about sharing pictures on social media, a child can't consent properly and I hate the idea that I have no control over where these pictures go. I'd possibly do a non-identifiable picture, e.g. of her feet or something, because I think my husband is keen to do some kind of social media announcement for our wider friendship group.

Has anyone use the "MyFamilyAlbum" app? I'm considering using this to share updates to close family as I understand it's more secure and private than facebook/instagram etc, and you get free prints each month. Would be great to get some feedback on it if anyone has used it!