I don’t hate baby photos.
I don’t like babies either, but i could careless about your affinity of posting pics of your love-making manifestation. You want to show how beautiful your baby is, or how amazing “God’s gift” is—please, it’ll be great for my already-crowded Facebook timeline, above a disturbing image of Rick Ross’ tits shared by Complex and right below an article link from Refinery29 about “losing virginity for the first time”.
No, i’m not being sarcastic. I’m really happy for you. Congrats for the baby. Jennifer? Oh wow, what a great name. Very western, though, but of course you wouldn’t want to name your child “Fauziah” or “Fitri” because that’s just, well, Indonesian.
I don’t mind of you posting pics of your baby. On Facebook, on Instagram, on Path, whatever—even on Twitter (you might be a little weird, though). But what i do mind is when you share those baby pics in order to get some attention.
I’ve seen some of the most ‘staged’ baby photos on Instagram. A baby adorned in black-and-white-checkered blanket to match your black-and-white-checkered mattress? A baby wearing your oversized aviator shades? Did you really think people will believe that your baby was the one who wanted to wear those things? Did you really believe people would not know that YOU were the one who put that blanket or that aviator to your baby’s body parts? And i don’t even want to know how you coordinate that lovejoy of yours so that he/she will be right in the centre of your bed. Next to your golden retriever, of course.
You know what i see? What i see is an objectification of human-being. I don’t mind of you objectifying yourself, or your hubby, or your sister (don’t forget the caption: “we may fight in most days but i’ll love you any day #sister #bff #family #shoe”), or even your parents. I don’t even mind of you objectifying a child of another person, because.. that’s not yours.
But objectifying your own baby? In my head, it really looks as if you’re training a dog for a contest. Get many likes and the next thing you know, you’re already thinking of another plan to get even more likes by ‘dressing up’ your baby and taking pictures of ‘it’. Who’s the cutest baby of them all? Mine. Duh.
Again, i’m not against sharing baby pictures. But sharing baby pictures for attention doesn’t make you any different from those desperate moms in Toddlers & Tiaras. The only difference is that you don’t act like a bitch. Or.. i don’t know. You tell me. Do you share pics of your baby solely to share, or because baby pics generate a lot more likes than your #selfie?
If your answer is the latter, you need to stop, woman.
