{"id":41548,"date":"2017-08-19T05:37:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T05:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=41548"},"modified":"2017-08-19T05:37:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T05:37:42","slug":"mom-responds-to-backlash-about-her-babys-cheeseburger-filled-photo-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/family\/mom-responds-to-backlash-about-her-babys-cheeseburger-filled-photo-shoot.html","title":{"rendered":"Mom responds to backlash about her baby&#8217;s cheeseburger-filled photo shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Mom responds to backlash about her baby&#8217;s cheeseburger-filled photo shoot<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Mom responds to backlash about her baby&#8217;s cheeseburger-filled photo shoot:- Lauren Ashcraft is refusing to let online shamers get her down after she did a cheeseburger-themed photo shoot with her \u201cadorably chunky\u201d son, Liam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Liam was only 6 pounds, 6 ounces at birth, so she wanted to document \u201chow healthy and perfect he was growing,\u201d Ashcraft told ABC News in an email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Liam and his twin sister, Lola, were born to the Anchorage, Alaska, mom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cBecause they were twins, they were small. By 4 months, he was 16 pounds. He fattened up really quick,&#8221; she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">The results of the cheeseburger-filled shoot were adorable, and at first, the response on social media was \u201cwonderful,\u201d Ashcraft said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">But then, \u201cthe \u2018sanctimommies\u2019 showed up in force,\u201d Ashcraft said, referring to the online commenters who began attacking her son\u2019s weight, health, and her choices as a mom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cIt became apparent they were posting Liam&#8217;s pictures in their private special interest mom groups and having their members come attack everything from me to my son. It made me sick, angry, and most of all sad,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">It didn\u2019t take long before Ashcraft decided \u201cthey would not win.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">She scheduled another photo shoot with Liam\u2019s twin sister, Lola, surrounded by healthy organic vegetables.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cWe wanted them to realize this was all done in good fun and to lighten up!\u201d said Ashcraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">The photographer who did the shoots, Laura Stennett, is also one of Ashcraft\u2019s best friends. She said she was just as offended by the negativity surrounding Liam\u2019s photo shoot and was totally on board to have fun with their creative follow-up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">\u201cInstead of letting the naysayers bully us into taking the photos down, and instead of wasting hours of our lives combatting their comments with responses &#8212; engaging them only made it worse &#8212; we decided to do the veggie smash with his twin sister Lola,\u201d Stennett told ABC News in an email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Ashcraft said her photo shoots were \u201cdone in good fun\u201d and \u201cthe rest doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Lifestyle\/mom-responds-backlash-babys-cheeseburger-filled-photo-shoot\/story?id=49271995<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/lifestyle\/family\/mom-responds-to-backlash-about-her-babys-cheeseburger-filled-photo-shoot.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mom responds to backlash about her baby&#8217;s cheeseburger-filled photo shoot Mom responds to backlash about her baby&#8217;s cheeseburger-filled photo shoot:- Lauren Ashcraft is refusing to let online shamers get her down after she did a cheeseburger-themed photo shoot with her \u201cadorably chunky\u201d son, Liam. 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