I’ve wanted to comment on this thread for such a long time. I agree with a lot that’s already been said.
I used to really like Julie, enjoy her makeup posts and general craic, when she wasn’t being crude. I was genuinely delighted for her pregnancy news and wished her all the best for her wee family.
But, I can’t really bare to watch her stories or view her posts any more. The wein on the trike just finished me off to be honest. It seems to me like she’s wishing all his wee milestones away. Instead of just being present in the moment with her child she always wants him to be further along than he is and doing things far too advanced for a 6 month old baby, if that makes sense? That trike is meant for a much bigger/older child. Her house seems to be filled with gadgets and miscellaneous pruck that just isn’t age appropriate yet.
I feel sorry for the business who gifted her the trike, They must be desperate for the exposure which is sad on several levels. When Julie’s gifted something I feel like she half heartedly promotes the item and doesn’t ever really mention the business. It confuses me as to why any business feels she’s a good advertisement or advertiser of any product. I’ve no respect for these instagrammers, Julie included, who just take all the free stuff they’re offered, pay for nothing, throw around a swipe up link or discount code and expect all us “ordinary folk” to pay for it on their paid/gifted recommendation. I’d appreciate an honest review of something that was paid for but those days are long gone.
I found all the things she promoted during her pregnancy- including ridiculously expensive changing/ hospital bags, lotions, potions and other unnecessary nonsense very irritating considering her following is generally ordinary people and teenage girls but I just scrolled past and put it down to novelty factor and excitement. I was wrong. When she announced her pregnancy it never occurred to me that she would use her child in this way and I think it’s both greedy and sad.