Little ones and social media

If you cover the face with an emoji, then take a screenshot and share the screenshot rather than the original image, nobody would be able to recover what was behind the emoji 😊

We don't post our boys on social media and have asked family not to also. I think they've been included in some big group pictures maybe over the years that's made its way on FB via a relative or featured on a baby and toddler group page but other than that their social media presence is pretty much zero. That's just our preference. If I'm posting on my Strava or insta I just usually cover their face with an emoji x

@Sophie this is handy to know! Thank you x

@Brydie they’re so precious and social media is absolutely wild. When I say to people that we’re not having her face on social media I always feel a little bit silly but I know my reasons for our decision is 100% valid and makes sense x

I dont plan on posting mine on social media at all, and will ask family to respect that too. Similar to you itll be back of head etc if we are posting ourselves. Probably will only send pictures to family on Whatsapp x

@Hannah can I ask if the reason for this is the same as mine? Our family and friends respect our decision. However, we did end up having a little tiff with a family member as they couldn’t wrap their head around it and got upset because THEY wanted to show her off lol x

We do similar, back of head etc and we use Family Album to share photos with family so we don’t constantly have to message both sets of grandparents the same stuff. It’s totally valid x

I felt silly at first but people got onboard in the end

Incog the family member who was upset about your decision, be very wary of that person. I’ve heard so many stories about similar people who were banned from sharing private images of children, sharing them on their own profiles and blocking the parents so they couldn’t see what they were doing! I will never understand the level of entitlement someone feels over a child that is not theirs 🥴

I post pics of my bubba .. on instagram I mostly do stories to close friends so no one outside of that can see him. The world is a sick place but to me, someone sick could see him with me out and about and take a photo .. so I’m trying to relax a bit .. I want my family and friends to stay up to date without having to send tons of seperate messages x

@Amanda it really is and that is so true. I think it’s absolutely crazy how we even have to think like this. Please know that you are not being criticised! I’m just interested in what others think and do!x

Also just wanted to say I agree with you Incog and don’t share any pics of my daughter on socials. I remember reading an article a couple of years ago about a pedo who stated he stalked mothers who had open profiles and posted innocent pics of their kids such as in school uniform, climbing trees etc. and used to save these pics in order to create fake profiles to befriend other mothers in order to gain access to their children for their fellow pedos to then use that info to try and groom the children in person. Have also heard about them using the child’s face merged onto porn pics using AI. You can never be too careful. Far better to be safe, than sorry.

Check my profile to see what I do :) face blur is good in my opinion because no one can use with malicious intentions but still get to share a little ❤

I post pics of my little girl but my socials are private and on FB I cleared out most of the people I had on it before she came. I never ever share pics of her half dressed/naked and would never post her school uniform when the time comes. I’m super conscious of what I put where as well.

I don’t use social media for anything personal. People wouldn’t know I had children if they didn’t know me