Baby photos on Facebook....?

[SparkleUK]

Having a small argument currently with OH about putting pics of baby on Facebook.
I am worried as aprox 4 years ago a guy I went to school with was removed from Facebook and my friends list as he was convicted of having and creating child pornography. This at the time obviously shocked me and I now have a very small and close friends list with no one that I wouldn't stop and chat to if I saw them in the street. No randoms, no pages for hair salons or businesses etc etc....

Also in the Uk we currently have a trial going on for murder of April Jones a little girl murdered last year and the suspect had hundreds of photos of the girl and girls from the area stored on his pc (he was a friend of the family and so had access via fbook)

But I really want to show off pics of my baby girl when she is here!!! I have gone on for 9 months about this amazing thing so I know a lot of my friends or family can't wait to see pics especially those who don't live near us.

So what are your thoughts? I'm thinking of changing privacy settings on the baby album when it's created to only close family and friends, but that's half my 200 friends list!!!
Interested to see what you guys think. Oh also my profile and pics are ALL private x

 

[iwantabub]

I am going to send pics by txt and all to my family and friends but IMO if your not close enough to have their phone number ur not reli true friends (in most cases)

I will not be putting any pics of my baby on fb or any other site and IMO it's weird and creepy thinking about what weirdos would or could do with em....

I'm not willing to risk it...

I just finished reading the Jamie bulger story and I am not willing to feed people's disgusting habits...

Also even with privacy settings u can still hack fb pics and anything uploaded on the net....

And on a side not tbh I am sick of seeing people's kids and stuff on fb... People I'm friends with on real life I txt and pic msg and all that be ause they wanna see kids ... On fb half the people get sik of seeing people kids

 

[sophie22]

I have pictures of my little boy on Facebook, I just don't think you can live your life that way

 

[little_cookie]

I don't- A) because I have friends who aren't interested in seeing babies and B) you just don't know sometimes.

If people want to see Aden- they know where I am.

 

[Dani_Ldn]

I will be putting pics on FB, all my family & friends live in Australia & I want them to see him. I trust everyone on my friends list & all of my settings, pics etc are all set to private (friends only can see).

Frankly, there are weirdo's everywhere, if they want to get a picture of your kid, they will. I have been on a train before where there was a random guy sneakily taking pictures of 4 & 5 y/o kids who were out with their teachers & then you have parks where anyone can get a photo of your child with a long range lens, you could be 100m away from them & not even know they are taking pics.

 

[Xuxa]

I agree with Sophie22. I don't think it's healthy to live your life worrying about every little thing like that. People can take photos of your baby without you even seeing, there are a lot of stories of paedophiles coming from within the family, etc...
I have photos of my kids on fb, and it's SO SO SO nice to post that first photo straight after the baby is born and get all the messages and comments, makes you feel like your baby is loved and appreciated and it's so special!!

What will be, will be. We can't control everything around us, and we can't focus on the negative things only.

Saying that, each to their own. And do know some people that won't post photos of their kids on fb. Do what makes you comfortable! xx

 

[HoneyBee144]

If I'm honest it is something I would never do but I don't really put anything on Facebook anyway. I have everything set to private but do have old school friends on there or people I don't necessarily speak to often. I never announced my pregnancy on Facebook and I haven't put anything on there about it but purely because everyone I want to know or tell about it I've done so personally, including my relatives in Australia (I live in the UK). If I don't have someone's number or email then I probably don't know them well enough to want to tell them about our baby anyway.

Plenty of people on my Facebook put pictures up of their babies and whilst a few go overboard it is lovely to see the majority, I just worry who else can see them as well though.

When we went on honey moon to Australia we wanted to be able to keep in touch with both our families and show them what we'd been up to so we used Dropbox. That way we could upload all our photos to there (from either our mobiles or computer) and they could look whenever they wanted but we chose who had access to what folders and it was only people we invited. However I did find out MIL had invited DH auntie to view the folders (who I don't think too highly of) so I removed her from it. If you have a lot of people though it might be a bit time consuming to invite everyone!

 

[smokey]

Iv always had pics of lo on my fb, I have my privacy setting high and only allow family and a few close friends to see the albums hes in.
Anything other then that I dont think you can live life in fear of everything and if there are friends that dont want to see pics of him then thats down to them to delete me.

 

[CatherineK]

I agree with those that say you can't live your life in fear. It's good to be carefull, but everything you do in life has some risk. Do as you wish, but don't live life paranoid! I post pictures of my family often. The joy I get, and close friends my long-distance family gets from sharing out lives to me way out ways the minuscule risks.

 

[special_kala]

Someone looking at innocent pictures of my child on facebook isn't a risk to them, they can't touch them or hurt them so I don't see why the very few sick people out their should effect what pictures I put on my personal facebook.

 

[disneydarling]

I will be. Before I announced my pregnancy on Facebook both my husband and I deleted anybody that we don't class as 'real friends' and I've also put both our privacy settings up, so I don't feel too worried about it.

 

[SparkleUK]

Yes I deleted a lot of ppl I simply don't speak to for that purpose.
I agree with so many of you!
I think it's a compromise me and my partner are gonna have to find! I have used Facebook as a massive support tool throughout pregnancy much like these forums! Had a lot of advice off ppl regarding sickness or generally just getting excited about impending baby!!! X

 

[cantwaitforu]

I post pics of my boy on FB, but am only friends with real-life friends and family.

I read this article today about a sick game people play on Instragram. Will be taking photos of my baby off of my profile:

https://www.thestar.com/life/techno...am_baby_photos_used_for_sexual_role_play.html

 

[Breadsticks]

We will put photos on Facebook. All of our family members live in other states so this is the easiest way for them to see Aisling. Everything is set to private and I trust all of my friends (I don't have many on there, it is mostly family) so I'm not worried. Also, my mom likes to post pics that I text her to Facebook. I text her weekly bump shots and she'll occasionally post them, I think she's done it maybe three times. I know most of her friend's list too so I don't mind.

 

[xdxxtx]

I post photos of my kid(s) on Facebook all the time. I don't wanna raise my kids in a bubble because there are bad people in the world. Instead, I'm just going to monitor them and do the best I can to keep them safe and educated. But, yes, they're friends only. I know better than to post certain things on Facebook, like where we'll be and at what time, etc. I try not to let people "stalk" me using technology, but I do like to keep my close friends and family members in the loop.

 

[Bethi22]

I have pictures of my little boy on Facebook, I just don't think you can live your life that way

WSS ^^ I'll be putting plenty of photos on fb as my family is 3000 miles away and otherwise some would miss the entire first year of her life. I'm not going to live in fear for the slight chance that something may happen.

 

[sue_88]

I don't see a problem with it but then I've got about 75 friends, all of which I speak to regularly via text/phone/person so I would be putting pics of Millie on FB. Plus my privacy settings are that high I am actually invisible to those who arent my friends (I don't even show up on friends Friends Lists).

 

[xxLeighxx]

Ill be putting pics up of my little one as I have with my DD! I think as long as the people you have on there arent randoms and you put no pics of say bathtime etc on then youre fine! Its each to there own but I want to show off my little one and let people see them! Like previous posters have said, if people want pics they will get them!

 

[Emma867]

I will be putting a couple of pics on but mainly for the reason that I don't want to bore my friends with baby looking to the left, baby looking to the right, baby with one eye shut....you get the picture lol

 

[Scout]

I won't be, but I don't post anything personal on FB. I'm just not a huge user of it and typically only go on there when I'm really bored to see what other people are talking about. I don't necessarily see anything wrong with it tho if that's what you want to do. Privacy on the internet as a whole is a joke, but somebody would have to want to get to your stuff to bother hacking, so for most people it's never an issue. I have friends who have posted baby pics and I enjoy seeing them, but for me personally I won't be just bc, like I said, I don't post personal stuff anyways. (My profile pic is a flower..I have no pics at all on it other than that)