Is it normal to document my daughters every move online?

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Two years ago I gave birth to my first child. My husband and I hoped for a boy but we got a little girl instead, I couldn't believe how much I loved her.I met up with other new mums and would let my friends and family know when she reached milestones 'first tooth' etc, mainly via facebook. Since then I've taken to putting up comical or holiday themed photos of her on my page. I honestly thought that it was a normal proud parent thing to do,until my friend confronted me about my 'constant spam' on her newsfeed. Sure there have been times when I've posted four or more pictures (usually in an album from a special occasion). but there is normally just one a day and some are really funny or cute! I've got a picture of her in many princess outfits and animal costumes. Is this normal? Should I stop?

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  • Drummerguy729
    11 years ago

    I think she could use some privacy.

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  • Couman
    11 years ago

    Really I blame Facebook for this more than anything else. If it were a normal website it would be fine to post whatever amount of baby updates you wanted, and people could come read it (or not) at their leisure. But on Facebook everything you post gets splattered all over the place and you can't really control who it goes to, and neither can the people receiving it, short of defriending you.

    So quit Facebook and start a blog instead.

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      great advice. mostly my facebook consists of commercials, requests from shitty games i'll never try, or some crappy status update from some dumbass who met me once in highschool, didn't like me then, added me now not even really thinking of ever making social contact with me.

      and then they wonder why i leave rude comments on their status feeds when they say stupid things...

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    It's normal to be proud of your offspring but I really think you should document off line. I don't agree with people sharing private things for the entire world to see. Your daughter needs some privacy.

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  • ProseAthlete
    11 years ago

    It's normal to document everything your daughter does. Proud parents do that. However, it's frankly annoying when people who used to be friends with you for YOU are now treated to a constant running commentary of everything your child does. The fact that your friend confronted you about it means you're probably blowing up her newsfeed, which means you're doing the same to a bunch of other people who feel the same way but are just too polite to say so.

    No one else is going to love your child as much as you do, and that's totally as it should be. You can't expect your friends to be as charmed by her first tooth or her princess dresses as you are. Tone it down on the constant kiddie updates. Take all those pictures and save them, print them out, make them into photo albums, you name it, but don't give constant hot and cold running updates on everything your child does.

    Instead of feeling hurt that your friends aren't as interested in your daughter as you are, look at it as a compliment; it means they miss hearing more about you -- you as a person, not you as a mother. Another thing to consider: How will your daughter feel at 15 about the presence of her potty-training pics on permanent display?

    Save that stuff for family.

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  • Stifler
    10 years ago

    HAHA I wonder how many pedos are on your friends list

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    • sunshinemoonlight
      7 years ago

      lol

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  • heyitsmeteeheehee
    11 years ago

    Let her have a bit of privacy, even though your trying to look out for her

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  • theMonkey
    7 years ago

    privacy? SHE'S TWO!! my two year old sister runs around the house naked and doesn't give a shit who sees her!

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