Body-shaming is inappropriate and gross, and no one deserves it. Yet, sadly, we hear about it all the time. A woman went viral on TikTok with her own story about fat-shaming. But here's the kicker: The shaming wasn't directed toward her. The shamer was targeting her baby. Yes, you read that correctly – a baby!
Arianna Schlossberg, who posts as @schlossed4life, was ticked and rightly so! She told the offensive woman to back off. Seriously, we can't believe this one, and neither could a lot of the people in the comments section.
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Schlossberg's daughter is only 9 months old.
OK, we are talking about a baby here. You know, the kind who are often chubby and darling with their rolls. But Schlossberg's baby, Kira, isn't chubby at all. We've seen pics. She is proportionate and perfect, but her mom said seven women had commented negatively about her little one's body.
"And I'm not talking about, 'Oh, look at the cute little chunk or like little rubs.' Obviously that that's just that's what you do with cute chunky babes. This happened, and I honestly still can't get over it," she said.
One particular incident really got Schlossberg's blood boiling.
She and her family were at a friend's home when the woman's mother-in-law came in. She explained she had never met this woman before, but that didn't stop the woman from making some rude comments.
The baby was asleep on Schlossberg's husband's chest when she said the offender gave her a once over, paused, and said, "Your daughter is full," while making hand gestures implying the baby was too heavy.
Schlossberg clapped back.
"I go, 'I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talking about. She's perfectly proportioned,'" she said.
The woman then sort of gave her some condescending attitude and a quick "OK," and left.
Schlossberg's friend said she went "mama bear." Uh, yeah, she did. And you know what? We would have too. Seriously, who says that kind of stuff about a baby?
This momma wants to lift her daughter up, not drag her down.
Schlossberg feels strongly about making sure her Kira feels good about her body. She said that she knows kids in general are mean, but if moms are doing this kind of stuff too, how can a child ever feel good?
"Moms, I'm sorry, but I freaking expect more from you," Schlossberg warned. "We're supposed to be building up our kids and other kids so that way they grow up to be better than we were. Come on, millennials. We were so traumatized with skinny everything."
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She totally gets it, and we feel this message.
Guess what? TikTokers felt it too.
There were so many similar stories from moms whose kids have been hurt by adults.
"My boomer FIL asked my daughter at 12 when she was going to start sucking in her stomach ♀️ she's 21 now and still remembers," one mom wrote.
Another mom left this horrifying comment: "My mom asked what my 8 month olds bmi was … I asked her what hers was "
"when i was 9 months old a random stranger came up to my mom (who was feeding me avocado) and said 'you know there's a lot of fat in that,'" another woman admitted.
Schlossberg has it right. We need to build our kids up and not cut them down. There are enough difficulties in a kid's life, and they don't need adults to make them feel bad about their bodies. Seriously, friends, we need to do better.
