February 29, 2008
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Naked Baby Pics
Yesterday I posted a name the caption photo in my photoblog.
I received this comment:
“I don’t see the point of naked baby photos. Are they supposed to be cute? Humorous? They’re neither.”
Yesterday I posted a name the caption photo in my photoblog.
I received this comment:
“I don’t see the point of naked baby photos. Are they supposed to be cute? Humorous? They’re neither.”
Comments (102)
Child Porn!
Kinda!
My grandma made a scrapbook for my open house, it had over 15 pictures of me naked. Thanks Grandma!!
I think it’s embarassing!
*hugs*
nah, good for blackmail.
…unfortunately… my parents have some of me when i was a kid… hahaha… is it wrong? i don’t think so… parents just want to keep a record of you (especially if you’re the first)
i just dont see much of a point in it…
They’re cute, but only for immediate family.
I love them.
I don’t see why they’re embarrassing.
I jokingly refer to is as porn.
But I agree–they aren’t cute, they aren’t amusing.I don’t want to see some naked chub-monster kthnxbai.
Not WRONG per se…. emberassing at the most, if not endearing occasionally.
it’s an asian thing. practically every asian kid i knew growing up, had a secret nude baby picture. lol.
i’ll probably do the same thing with my kids… poor kids are gonna need therapy when i’m thru with them. hahahaha…
that tradition isn’t gonna end with me. <grin>
Yes. I do not know whether my parents took any of me, but if yes. If I even get a girlfriend please do not show themt these pictures, but you the can show any of the photographs.
I envisioneer some embarassing baby pictures in my children’s future!
hahaha
Naked baby pics, no…… child could be pushing it.
I am guilty of taking pics of my kids in the tub when they were babies. I’ll get my payback when they send me away to the nursing home someday!
If I had small children NOW I would take pics of them naked, too many people can take it the wrong way and call it child porn.
Yea, I think it definitely has some humiliating aspects. Most of my baby pics aren’t too bad, there is one my Aunt took when I was 2 where I’m naked, it’s from behind, but I’m not too proud of that photo. And then there are bathtub one’s, but those are from the chest up so that’s not too bad either. I do think total nudity is..weird for babies. I mean I don’t see what the point is, cause I think kids are cuter clothed…or at least in diapers. When they’re terrorizing the house in their birthday suit, it’s more chaotic and embarrassing than a “Kodak moment”.
I think they can be cute.
It’s wrong to show them to people without the kid’s permission.
(RYC: If I didn’t like you so much, I’d punch you… Haha!)
& Yes… Those naked pics are embarrassing. But, hey, whatever. If it doesn’t bother the kid, then that’s fine… Otherwise they should be locked up somewhere!
nope. I have many of my babies and have threatened to put them on their myspace account if they give me grief. keeps the little buggers in line.
Like I said, I don’t see the point. Kids are cute, not nude body shots of them. I would think they are embarrassing because 6 month old parts are different only in size to 16 year old body parts. That’s still your body. Why would you want it shown to all and sundry just because you were young?
@k8tthelate - Good thinking! Thats my kind of mom!
It depends on what you do with them. If you sell them as pornography, that’s probably wrong. If you keep them in a photo album, that’s probably fine.
Dan- in my post just now I put up a picture you might find amusing…it illustrates a theory of mine.
I don’t think it’s wrong, as long as they’re not used for bad purposes.
Well, if you think of it like this. If you’re low on money, I bet there’s a market in baby porn, right? Never hurts to plan ahead.
I like to take pics of the little babies so chubby and sweet fresh from the bath tub ,just up to one year old after that they are to big.
@k8tthelate - OMG that’s hilarious I will have to remember that in a couple of years…
ummmm, just really embarrassing. not really wrong. not something you would whip out when your teenaged kid is having a birthday party or when your son or daughter is getting married etc. just not cool.
Depends on how they’re taken. If you just take a picture of the naked kid while they’re playing – that’s odd, but if they’re in the tub with bubbles and water, then I guess it’s okay. Because then it’s like “awww, first bath by themselves” or something like that.
I see no trouble whatsoever. I’m not embarrassed by pics of me, but I also think it’s different when you’ve captured, “baby’s first bath” as compared to a posed picture of a baby naked for no reason…
I don’t think there is anything wrong with it… but I don’t think they should be posted for the world to see.
They’re embarrassing if you’re insecure (like most teenagers and young adults are). I know that my parents have baby pictures of me nekkid. I’m mature enough to get the joke.
They are cute and funny because they shown a certain innocence at that age, that junior doesn’t know that he shouldn’t be running around nekkid.
Is not wrong..
but, In my age now (around 20), If my mom suddenly bumped out my babish naked pics in front of my friends or relatives… *argh..
I cant imaging that… I will be ssssooo embarassed!
Is okay to take pic.. but it’s private to share those naked photos..
They’re boring.
We have a few pics where you know our kids are naked, but you can’t see their parts. Cute baby, but no nakedness.
If they’re artsy it’s fine. Black and whites aren’t bad.
put some clothes on dem kids!
It’s not wrong. It’s wrong to whip out those photos on inappropriate occasions.
Some ‘naked baby’ photos are beautiful and classy, some are unnecessary, and some fringe on inappropropriate. But for the most part, it’s only because your family loves you and wants to remember you how you were, how you are, and how you will be.
Under 1 years old it is ok. After that if you are still taking nekkid pictures then you are a perv.
yes they kind of are.
Blackmail material to keep the kiddos in line >.>
Naked baby, no problem. Naked children, problem. That one could definitely be misconstrued if they fell into the hands of the wrong person.
babies are beautiful. innocent. pure.
I think that naked baby pictures portray this.
It is not wrong to take naked pics of your own child. You were part of that child’s creation and you are proud of him/her. Not only that, you want to remember them throughout their various stages of their lives. I don’t think naked baby pics are lewd or in poor taste. However, just because you have those pics doesn’t mean you should show them to anybody. Those should remain private – and the child should have a say over who can or cannot be allowed to view them.
It’s not wrong, it’s just dumb.
No.
There’s nothing wrong with it.
Humans are naturally meant to be nude. It is only our “culture” which has caused us to fear the nude form. Most people see nudity as something to hide. I believe, to the contrary, that nudity can be beautiful or tragic, and is perverted by the porn industry to be dirty.
Particularly in the case of babies and young children, who are not sexualized, nude pictures are just fine. Though the parents shouldn’t embarrass their children in front of anyone by bringing the photos out sans consent.
they’ll understand the point when they become parents.
Maybe I’m just weird, but I love my baby photos. “Embarrassing”, naked, whatever.
They’re cute to be like “oh look, that was what I was like when I was a baby.”
It’s a good way to learn about yourself from before you can remember.
That is, as long as your parents don’t whip them out to embarrass you.
I mean, just taking random pictures of your kids naked is weird. But like, my mom has cute pictures of me when I was a baby running around in my underwear(like, doing weird things), or like, my brothers or me playing naked in our kiddie pool.
Is it wrong? No. But I don’t think parents are like, “Let’s get some pics of my kids naked.”
I have a picture of me in the bath at around one and it’s in this nice little embroidered frame that my aunt made me. My step-mom saw it and said that it was inappropriate… it wasn’t like it was a huge 8 by 10 in the hallway. It was like a one by one, in my room.I think this goes hand in hand with that whole myspace debate of mothers posting pictures of themselves while breastfeeding. They were getting kicked off the site while the people who were posting actual porn weren’t getting punished at all. It’s much easier to come across some porn site then it is too come across a picture of a mother feeding her child.
We got pedophiles in here…no need to feed their addiction.
Maybe I will post a naked baby picture of myself.
I would get a lot of comments.
I only think they’re embarrassing to a person if they’re not comfortable with themselves to begin with. At my birthday a few weeks ago, my grandfather brought out a video of me when I was about 3, singing next to the fireplace, and wearing a shirt…and that’s it.
But I loved it! We all thought it was cute and funny.
It’s not like that’s what your body looks like now… I think they’re wonderful.. all parents do it…
i don’t know if it’s wrong…it’s just weird. and, yes, very embarassing later in life.
I don’t think their wrong, and I don’t think of them as embarrassing, but I don’t ‘get them’ either.
My parents took at least one of each of us when we were babies crawling around on the changing table. Fortunately they didn’t show them to anyone else until I got married. My husband thinks they’re cute and funny. I think they’re embarrassing, lol.
nope. they’re just too cute
Its a baby, they are cute and innocent, and when that is what is shown in the pictures, its perfectly alright.
i wouldn’t say it’s wrong, there’s something so naturally radiant about a baby’s skin that makes their nudity “beautiful”.
but to be honest, i doubt my kids [when they eventually exist] will get any. i think it’s just odd, to be honest.
Don’t ask boring questions Dan. Show us the ones of you instead.
ummm… lol. I’m pretty sure that you know my answer, Dan. Let’s just say that there may be many adolescents giving me dirty looks, in the not too distant future…
PS My cut off is usually around 9 months or so. A 3 or 4 year old would be inappropriate, in my book.
It’s not the fact that they exist that’s embarrassing it’s who your parents decide to show them to. I know my parents have a few of me with funny stories to go along and I don’t mind that they have them because they wouldn’t show them to anyone unless they knew I’d be ok with it.
I think they’re super cute but only from the back. I have the cutest picture of my oldest; his back is towards the camera and he’s butt naked wearing a cowboy hat. I love my babies’ butts; they’re so cute.
When the pictures come out when you are young, its really embarrassing, but when they come out once you have had children of your own, its very sweet. I guess the problem is in the parents motives.
i am totally against them.
I guess it all depends on the context. In the proper context, I think they are both humorous AND adorable.
not wrong, just embarrassing…
i’m for ‘em –last time my butt was cute….
They’re not cute to me either. Just embarrassing.
I look at it both ways. First off, it depends on WHY the picture is being taken. I remember somebody taking a picture of their child naked, and I was around seven. I found it very stupid and useless. However, pictures of them in the tub I don’t think is that horrible, especially if they are potentionally covered up, at least with bubbles. Haha. And I don’t think it should be something the parenst go showing their girlfriends/boyfriends later in life either. But if they were making a scrapbook, and it was for the close family… Why not??
not wrong, not right; just stupid
in this day and age, the justice system would consider it child porn. I have two of this particular kind of pics taken of me when I was about 3 or so, they can be a form of emarrassment sometimes, but they weren’t taken in a way that would be obscene. These days, you just never can tell…….
Nope
I have videos and pictures of me naked as a baby galore.
I don’t think it’s wrong at all–nudity is perfectly natural, and at that age, you’ve yet to develop any sort of sense of modesty, so it’s just recording what you do naturally, right?
my mom has tons of naked baby pictures of me but that’s because I would always rip off my clothes as a baby
I’ve heard cases of people being arrested because it’s considered child porn. I don’t see the point in taking naked baby pictures of your child. It’s kinds weird. I mean, come on, their still cute with a diaper on, there’s just less creepo factor.
No! They’re just kids. Little guys should be able to run around half naked. I mean, if you’re taking like… pose after pose of some full-frontal-kid-style-action, that’s another story. But… whatever. Naked kids are just fine, they’re not sexual. Kids are cute.
Pictures are for remembrance, but I don’t see why they have to be naked.
I don’t like them.
I do Not think it is wrong.
As a Parent I can Honestally say- Its Adorable- You take the picture to remember the wholeness, the innocense of your Child ,you try to capture that to remember it !
At the Time the picture is taken its Not ever meant to Be something to be ashamed of !
Thats my Opinion..
That depends how you look at it. To me baby picture are so innocent and precious. Not porn like in any what so ever.
They’re just cute. I take baby butt pictures rather than frontal ones though, you know, the classic “bear skin rug” with the baby on its tummy looking up. I’m so tired of every innocent thing being sexualized by our culture!
Oh the memories.
ANd i have to disagree.. that’s like saying PUPPIES aren’t cute.
it’s definitely awkward…
The pictures are cute when you’re showing off your new baby. But for a mother to bring out the photos for her pre-teen friends? That mom is nuts.
as long as its not over 2 years old i think its fine
I have a few tub pics of my kids and they are cute…..considering how dirty my kids got they spent a lot of time there
baby naked pictures are fine and funny and they really shouldn’t be that embarrassing.
but toddler and kid naked pictures are iffier. They can still be cute and wholesome, but it’s a fine line.
yeah, i dont’ think it’s wrong as long as it’s not for bad purposes either.
i mean, sometimes you see naked babies on the street w/ their parents, lol.
I think it’s natural, and babies are just babies. yeah, baby pics can embarrass, but i think it’s fine really
I have no idea why parents actually LIKE doing this – as nobody seems to like it.
If you think that is wrong: next to our local movie theater, there’s this huge canvas painting of some poor naked baby lounging around in a pile of strawberries. I have never heard anyone say that was cute.
Parents may just do this because their parents did it to them, so now they want to be vicious to their children too. Haha.
… well. yeah.
I like my kids in clothes….
but i can see where how parents would think its harmless.
its harmless as long as you dont show those naked baby photos!
it depends, i think some people find it cute once they’re older.
I think it is wrong.
I remember a long time ago my mom saying there was a new law or something about if the child is older than six months, it’s porn or something like that.
I had one professional nude photo taken of me when I was a baby, but the angle at which it was taken is pretty modest. I was lying on my stomach and the picture was taken almost head-on, so my bald little head covered my crack.
It’s too cliche to show naked baby pictures. Get original.
WalMart (at least the ones in my area) wont develop pictures of naked babies in bathtubs and such.
my son is going to be 3 in a month and a half…. I’ve tried to keep his clothes on him, even using duct tape…. but he strips down any and every chance he gets. The only way to keep clothes on him is if we’re gone out, or people are over. Even still, if he’s comfortable with the people, he’ll strip. I see nothing wrong with it, because usually it’s just us, and I’m not going to discourage him being comfortable with body or think it’s bad…. that being said…. it makes it hard to get a picture of him…. I try to take a carefully angeled photo to cut out his personal spot…. but sometimes it creeps in…. I don’t show or post the photos, they go in his photo album, but they still exist
@Umnenga - you must not have a child
@musinuite -
@michealsdianechaos - I think you’re totally right
I can guarantee the ppl saying it’s wrong don’t have kids, and don’t know the adorable innocence we do
I would never make an issue of my son wanting to run around naked, I would never want him to be self conscious or ashamed of what he naturally is
I don´t see any wrong with nakie babies in real life but is it necessary to post them on internet and with genitals shown? That seems to be popular in USA where I thought prudeness was much more of lifestyle than in Sweden where I live. Right now there is a small debate because a couple of celebrity-moms have shown their kids nude and in both cases there are frontal nudity. Many many young moms have written and in very upset tones told these celebrities that they do wrong. The fear for pedophiles has reached “nude-Sweden” as well. What I don´t understand is that Americans are very prude when it comes to adult nudity and also movies with nudity, children or adults at the same time as I see moms who train their kids to pose nude, wearing jewellery, painted toe-nails and even make-up. THAT is weird. Naked kids are just naked kids. Not cuter or more innocent because children ARE ALWAYS INNOCENT but why make them public stuff? Respect their privacy and let them run nude all day long when the weather is good. But don´t put on make-up and jewellery on 4 year old girls ….when they pose that way and with exposed vagina I must say I feel a bit sad. Children don´t need make-up……and they need safety and privacy as well as we do.