Don't Hate Me for Being a Mom on Facebook

I think people are more annoyed with the constant "My kid is the smartest, most beautiful, most advanced kid that ever lived" posts than the ones where they you say something funny like watching your DD and husband dance. And, truely, I think it goes back to bragging and boasting in general. No one wants to hear that you just got a 50K raise when they've been laid off recently, no one wants to hear that you got a new Lexus when their 1993 Honda Accord just broke down again, etc. People needs to realize their is a difference between talking about their life and constantly bragging about it.

I don't mind most mom comments because I am one and I have from time to time shared my son's milestones, triumphs and heartbreaks (when he was hospitalized last year FB became a source of comfort and actually knowlege because the girl that sat behind me in middle school, her son went through the same thing so for the first time in 25 years we actually had something in common but I wasn't constant in my updates because a.) I was busy and b.) nothing worse than airmchair diagnosis)  What i find annoying are the inane updates (joey has gone down for a nap, joey just woke up, joey just made a poo poo in my diaper...at this point I just want to say it's time for you to have a date night and not just mothers but anyone for that matter)  I also can't stand re-posts of any kind   "Dogs Week...if you have a dog and love him and cuddle him, copy and paste this into your status to show how much you love your dog" I have deleted many of them or at least hidden them because they clog my feed (hiding mostly family members because for some reason they lack imagination and still get caught up in the 70's chain mail craze)  

Mom's and their brag stories or even stories of woe don't necessairly bother me as (up to a certain point, I had one mom that I had to delete because I was convinced that she had munchausan by proxy for the amount of  "illnesses" and trips to the ER she was making at least once a week for her newborn and it made me nervous being her "friend")  In saying that, it is your facebook and write whatever you want about whatever but don't be surprised if your comment section dwindles and your friend stock goes down :)  No one cares that you just ate a bagel.

Yes, thank you jeanne! I get so tired of the people who are all "stop posting about your kid or your pregnancy" etc. If you don't want to hear it then, yes, delete and unfriend. As the most important part of my life IS my child and my family then that is certainly what I will update about. If you don't like it then that really is your problem, sorry, and if i find that you unfriended me then I will take it as a sign that we weren't that great of friends to begin with!

I can't figure out when facebook supposedly became about what others want to hear rather than about what you want to share.  Didn't the status bar always ask "what's on your mind?"  As in, what's going on in your life, and not, "what do you think your friends will appreciate?"  There are just too many opinions out there for me to satisfy all of them all of the time.  I can't be sensitive to everyone all at once.  If that's what I'm supposed to be doing, then I may as well stop updating altogether to avoid the inevitable annoyances.

It's oversharing in general. I have many parents on my FB, and most of them will post milestones "little jimmy stood up today!" or fun tidbits "vicky asked me why those 2 dogs were jumping on each other" Its the oversharing, of anything, that gets obnoxious. I have 1 friend, former, DFed last night, who would feel the need to update her FB for every. little. thing. she did. I know her daily routine better than I know my own. Oversharers are obnoxious and you never realized they were like this until the dawn of social media.

  I'll admit, I am probably that "annoying" mom...but I don't really care.  If they don't like it...unfriend me or hide my wall posts so you don't see them.  Not a big deal.  After have a child fight cancer from the time he was 3 months, and is now almost 2 and he is still ALIVE, dang right I'm going to boast about my son and his twin brother and sister! I'm thankful everyday for every little thing my kids do, because I could have lost my son.  I talk about the daily silly things the kids do or say, and a new accomplishment, I do not say my kids are better than anyone else's EVER.  Because all kids are wonderful.

I don't mind the mom's sharing about their kids, and I am not a mother. I like hearing about the funny things they say and do or their milestones, but knowing about what their child ate for lunch at school or that they got a scratch on the playground -EVERYDAY- is unnecessary. While most people probably don't want to know every single little detail about your childs life, I also have to ask... Why do you even want everyone to know the ins and outs of your life (and your childs life) that way? So I say- please share what you want but take a second to think about all the people that are learning your childs daily schedule.

I agree that it's the oversharing/constant updating, not the kid content.  I had one person I had to get rid of because she would do things like talk about her period.  Seriously??  Talking about your kid's poop?  Also wrong.  I also have a few people who seem to update every few minutes.  That's too often.  Whether your single and telling me about what friend you're about to see, followed by where you guys are eating, followed by... anything, or you're a mom doing the same type of thing but baby themed - it's too often.  Limit thyself.  There is no reason that you shouldn't talk about your pregnancy or kids on Facebook.  What you should do, is learn Facebook ettiquette so that you're not annoying.  It's like typing in all-caps - learn the rules.