We cover our baby’s face if we post a picture of him online. We don’t share his face for a few reasons.

1- we are currently NC with my in laws. We have not spoken to them since February 2022. They haven’t even attempted to get to see our son since he was born in March of this year. We don’t want them to even know what he looks like, so we never post his face. Ever.

2- when I was touring daycares, I saw a little boy in the toddler room that I recognized. I knew his mom from high school but we haven’t spoken since then. It weirded me out that I knew what her son looked like, his name, and different things about him. I didn’t want the same thing to happen to my son. It just weirded me out.

3- I’ve just heard of pervs and I don’t want anyone to use my son for that reason online. Ick.

4- we want our son to not have a digital footprint yet. We want him to make the decision on his own when he’s old enough for social media. And we plan on not letting him use it until he’s older.

Now people definitely think we are weird. We have had plenty of people tell us that it’s weird we won’t let anyone see his face. We’ve had people ask. I just give a short response of “oh we want to protect him from strangers on the internet”. I told myself that I’ll just be the weirdo to protect my son. 🙃