Baby pics on social media??

I only have a private instagram for family and friends only. I post as cute pictures come along! Lol. As far as others posting, my family all knows to ask me before posting anything. No permission, no post. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I post pictures of my kids and have no problem with others posting pictures either. I think the kids are probably in more "danger" when I take them out in public, but that doesn't mean we hide at home all the time.

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I agree!

I post baby pics on Facebook sometimes. Only my friends can see them and I have less than 50, all close friends and relatives.

I’m curious!!?? Why do some have a problem with posting their beautiful babies ? I post my son all the time but if I’m missing something PLEASEEEE LET ME KNOWWW !!!!!! 💙❤️

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I love my baby, but I do not post him online (other than Tiny Beans because I can monitor that and choose who to invite)(and I just started it yesterday but I’m thinking about deleting it) because like the mom above me said people can use it for perverted purposes. Also, for me, I’ve cut my mother out of my life, but she knows about my child and continuously tries to harass me and other family members for pics and information about my child. Even going as far as trying to hack my or my dad’s Facebook accounts. She even got a pic once (I still don’t know who gave it to her) so I had to get stricter and stop sending photos to people and not let those who see him takes pics while they’re with him. I’ve even had to stop talking with a family member I had reconnected with because that person MIGHT HAVE been giving her info. She’s a very toxic person and I don’t doubt that she’d harm my child or me in some way since she’s physically abused me before and has put my life in danger.

I’m afraid of stalking and having people take and use pictures of my kid for unwholesome reasons (people can photoshop pictures of your kid naked and sell them). I know many military families who are high up enough that posting pictures of their kids poses a security and safety risk for them (think death threats from ISIS). ETA: just because you think something is SUPER private doesn’t mean that someone you “know and trust” can’t take a screenshot and use the picture or distribute it without your permission.

Naw its just i had other mums going through my fb telling me i had to many pics of my son up .... but it taken me 10 years for him so im very proud of him.

personally, i am a person that barely posts pictures of myself let alone of my baby or my family. if you want to post all the pictures in the world then go for it. it's your world. i have too many people i don't know on fb. but my mum does post of my baby & i'm okay with that because my mum knows who is on her fb. & that applies to my spouse too. they know exactly who is on fb. goodluck mama!

I do it but don’t like when others do it without my consent. I especially hate when I walk out of the room at home, with baby with family friend or strangers &&& when I come back I see them snapping pictures of my baby. When they see me or hear my footsteps they ALWAYS put the phone away quickly. So secretive... these are people I’ve either never met or people I barely know smh

I don’t post my children on social media. I use my fb and ig for business purposes only. I have too many people on there. Some I don’t know. Also I look at it as, if your in my life you’ll see my kids. I don’t mind other people posting their children. that’s their business and they are cute to look at lol

I post pics of my babygirl on social media, not all the time but I do. When others do it like other family members I’d appreciate if they asked us first if we’re ok with it before posting. It’s just out of respect, even tho I post her she’s my child but I’d appreciate the thought & consideration of checking if we’re comfortable with them posting her on their social media.

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It's frustrating how many opinions there are. There's no way to make everybody happy. I know people who get upset if you don't ask first AND I know people who get upset if you DO!!! I'm supposed to remember that? Guys, I have 1,112 people on my flist. I will try but won't always remember. Deal.

i post pictures of my son on all of my social media accounts. he's pretty much the only thing i post besides yoga lmao.

I posted a lot when I had a page, but my settings were private. My family can only privately post my daughter if I even approve them to do so - I don’t know what weirdos they know.

I personally don’t and asked my family/friends not to. My husband is a very private person so I try to respect his wishes! We have a shared album in the cloud with our family and friends to share photos ... LOTS of photos lol 😍💙👶🏻

Can I be honest . If I could go back I would never ever ever ever let my MIL post all those pictures of my children . Back then I hardly had a backbone and was a pushover . If I could I wouldn’t allow anybody to post any pictures of my children . I don’t hardly post them at all , but some people (ahem) . Go way overboard posting every single fucking moment “oh look he’s brushing his teeth” “ look y’all he’s taking a shit” “ aw look at her trying to do this” like it’s rediculous. . . I understand Christmas , and all that other shit . But I’m not about to have my kids every single move photographed . For what ? I mean damn . Just a reclusive thing I guess I don’t want pictures of my children all over the internet .

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Girl my grandmas church friends made a comment about their grandson dating my daughter and I wasn’t amused.

Thank you . How is that even cute ? Some people are so wrapped up into their Facebook life . Put the phone down and stop tryna force that baby to cheese every thirty minutes lol

The thing is that the images that you upload online are public for everyone whose wants to take them. Even when you say no and you put privacy on them, the copyright of that picture is now from Facebook (Instagram is fb too), so they can sell them to whoever they want (and they do). I have a friend whose photo was taken to be used in an article about drugs, and he has never ever even try them! His photo was private on fb, and he didn’t know how it happened, but the page of the article was defaming his photo… So, much of the pictures that you see in underground random advertising are stolen or bough very cheap from fb or people who stolen them to sell them. That’s a reason for me for not doing it. And the other one is that sometimes there are toxic people surrounding you and doesn’t have anything better to do that judge the crap out off you by the pictures you post. Whatever the picture is in, is a subject to be judged… so that’s it.

I don’t have any pics of DD’s face on social media. I don’t have anything on Facebook, but I have a VERY private Instagram, and I’ll either do the back of her head, face cropped out or blocked out, or just post pics of her feet. I’ve had friends and family post pictures/video of her and I request to have them taken down first from the friend/family member, and if that doesn’t happen quickly, then I will report a privacy violation to Facebook/Instagram. If the kid is younger than 13, the site removes it for you. I just tell people that we don’t want pictures of her face on social media...because it’s not as much fun they generally just don’t post. So far no one has asked, “Why?” But if they do, we’ll let them know that there are creepy people out there. I CANNOT BELIEVE how many people I know post pictures of their kids in their underwear. Plus, we want our DD to be the one who dictates and decides her online presence. She can’t do that if we’ve already posted a ton of stuff for her before she’s even talking

My hubs and I rarely post pics of the baby on social media. There are some that we absolutely have to share, but her life is not chronicled online. It absolutely pisses me off that people, including family, post up pics of her that we shared privately with them. They don't ask for permission and just do it. Seriously... who does that when we made it perfectly clear not to do it

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I have the Facebook privacy rights violation report bookmarked on my phone for occasions such as this. https://m.facebook.com/help/contact/144059062408922

I post most along with updates, except for anything well revealing. So his 1st bath pic its cropped so u only see his face n belly. Both me and my husband just dont like nudity to be shared. I also do monthly status lil home photo shoots of him, some where hes bare bummed are also not shared its more for us while hes this lil. But the reason i post often is a.) Im quite proud of him and b.) All my friends & family are across the country. Just let ppl know how we are doing

I rarely post, and if I do it’s on one app, Instagram, and it’s a story because those expire and disappear. I don’t post many pictures on Instagram of my child either, I have about 3 of her and in one her face isn’t even showing. She’s only 6 months too. I send pictures directly to family and friends over text and that’s it. It’s just how I am. I’m cautious and my parents raised me to not put everything on the Internet, also I don’t particularly enjoy when new parents or parents just spam social media with posts of their children, it gets annoying. I see it as this is my account, and I also have a life besides being a mum so I don’t feel the need to put my daughters face out there all the time, like I said I just value her and our privacy as a family and think it’s more appropriate to enjoy those things to yourselves. Also times are changing and there are weirdos out there and people who don’t care so much for you they just are curious/nosy and I don’t bother entertaining either of those types of people.

I also don’t appreciate when others post about me or my family, and my Family knows how private of a person I am and like to keep things to myself or my select circle, so they don’t post about me without my consent or knowledge.

I made my baby his own Instagram lol. Me and my partner post photos of him alllll the time. Only because I’m so obsessed with him! Plus the family can all see them.

I post photos of my kids and don't care if anybody else does. However, that choice is 100% up to the parents and everybody else should honor that. No exceptions.

I've made a separate Insta for my son, which is very private for family and very close friends. We don't live near our family so it's a nice platform to share daily updates without putting them on my own social media, we share every photo with the date and a silly caption :)

All my social media is private and it’s mostly close friends and family. I do not post too much about my LO for safety reasons. I don’t really like other people posting pictures or information just because I don’t know who they are friends with / who their friends are.

I don't have a Facebook account. So no problems here. But even on this app, I will never add a picture of my daughter to my profile. I would love to show the whole world my cute girl BUT she can't decide for herself yet and who knows if she would appreciate the fact that I posted pics of her when she was little!?! And once it's online it stays there... So no pics online.

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Why are you the first person to say this lol this is how I feel!!

I do not stand for anyone posting pics anywhere of my child. I post some on Instagram and have shared google albums for family.

No pictures of my LO on social media. I saw a Dr. Phil episode where a couple's twin girls were "digitally kidnapped." The internet is not a safe place and I think keeping my son off social media just keeps him safe.

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Digital kidnapped huh? What’s that

I post a lot of my son on my Instagram, not so much on my Facebook but that’s purely because I don’t use it. I don’t really think much of it, I know who my audience is so it’s not a big deal to me. I don’t mind other’s posting photos of him either - as long as I’m tagged so I get to see it too!

We will post our children once or twice a year that’s it. Grandparents always ask permission to post a picture which is lovely. Too many weirdos and our babies are so young. As time go on I’m sure things will be different.

We post a few here and there and our friends and family know to ask our permission before posting anything. I want him to be able to create his own online presence as he grows. I save the super cute to me but could be embarrassing for him pictures for just me.

We use an app called tiny beans. We have chosen not to post pics on social media and have asked family and friends not to as well. The tiny beans app is fantastic and can only be accessed and seen by the people you add.

Yes, I do. I’m not adding locations to my posts or images. I do not allow my teen to wear her sports uniforms in photos for safety reasons, but otherwise I’m fine with it. I’m also an insta-blogger.

I don’t like family posting pictures of my kids but I myself post pictures of me kids 😊

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I totally agree and I have actually asked some family member not to post anything. I want to have a choice is to when and what pictures to share.

I post pictures of my baby but I would expect friends or family to ask before they did!

So with my eldest shes not on FB no one posts pics of her on FB but i have a private IG so family can see it. Reason i dont like my eldest on fb is that she is a product of domestic violence and for her protection thats why shes not on

I post my little one pictures on Instagram but everything is on private.I also made my little one account for my daughter, to post all her modelling pictures of her outfits and she’s also brand rep for some small baby company’s.

I post a lot of photos of my kids on social media for friends and family that are not close to us. But we do turn off location so they are safe

I post pictures of my baby all the time. 🙈 I just requested that people ask before reposting or using a picture I send them. Obviously I don't add location to them or anything. But I don't see anything wrong with posting pics on social media as often as you want of your kids!

I use to post once a month but I stopped at 6 months.. A gut feeling to stop posting him so I did! I just text photos to his Godmother,grandparents,one or two cousins,my brother and 3-4 friends! I’m very picking when it comes to sharing photos of my son.

No... I have a private fb page that only family and close friends can see with pics of my baby

I don’t post very often on Social Media. I do use this app called TinyBeans, which is fantastic in so many ways which would take too long to explain. It’s free. It’s amazing. Just get it.

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I use Tinybeans too! I rarely post on social media.

I don’t post much on Facebook. It’s where I have most of my husbands family. No one calls to ask how my daughter is doing. No one bothers to see how we’re doing since we moved. So they don’t get to see my daughter growing up. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I don’t post pics often. She’s 8 months and I’ve only posted her birth pic. I don’t feel like its a need to post her all over the internet, if people like friends and family really care to see her they can come visit.

I do but I have strict privacy settings. I don't let others post public pics.

We post photos because we relocated 700 miles from all of our family when our son was about eight months old. We both keep Facebook just to stay in touch with them and 90% of our friend lists are family members, otherwise they are good friends. Other than this app we have the tendency to keep our photos as private as possible. It doesn’t bother us when friends or family post photos of our LO.

As long as they are clothed

I don’t close photos of my daughter online. I no longer have a Facebook but I am active on Instagram. I have only posted one photo of her and that was to show off her cloth diaper but you could not see her face. I only text family and friends photos but my family doesn’t care enough to check up on us so it’s just a few friends and my niece abroad who get photos.

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I am in the same boat. What if others post pics of your kids?

Anyone who’s taken pics of my baby has forwarded them to me and because they’ve noticed that I don’t post pics myself, they don’t post the photos either. I haven’t had to explicitly remind them not to post photos but I am modeling the behavior. My brother in law says he now regrets posting photos of his daughter (my niece) online when she was younger. Peanut is the only place where I have photos of my baby.

I post pictures all the time. I don’t add random people. My mother in law will share my photos but she’s the same way. Only family on hers and close friends. I don’t mind at all. I could be more cautious tho.

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I totally responded to the wrong person...

That's how I am too. I have tons of family and friends all over that love seeing updates and pictures of her. They don't get to see her so it's nice for them to have those pictures.

Me&my partner have agreed not to for the simple fact we want privacy! We have a private Instagram account for our little boy with all of his pictures on which only family and close family friends can see. We would rather show our little one of face to face rather than all over social media!!😊💙

I watch too much SVU for that. 😥

I do post a lot of photos and videos of my kids on social media. It is more to stay in touch with friends and family. A lot of my hubbys family is in Canada and my family is very far away. So it gives them a chance to see them grow up. We do have a hi security setting and do other safety measures to protect them

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That's how I am too. I have tons of family and friends all over that love seeing updates and pictures of her. They don't get to see her so it's nice for them to have those pictures.

And my husband is into computers so he makes sure that we have tons of security settings. The