Mom’s Parenting Skills Were Questioned After Posting This Photo To Instagram

Australian model Chontel Duncan was simply showing off her newborn son Jeremiah on Instagram, when she received a ton of backlash from commenters. 

You may remember Chontel Duncan from a previous article we wrote on her, when she posted this photo to her Instagram showing the differences between her pregnant belly and her friends:

An this is where it all began… Two ladies 4-5weeks apart in their pregnancies, both super happy & healthy, loving their journeys, embracing the changes & proud to share their growing bumps! #pregnant #expectingmums #happiness #babybumps #growing @hiit_australia @bph_14

A photo posted by 🇦🇺🇳🇿SnapChat👉🏽 ChontelDuncan (@chontelduncan) on Mar 13, 2016 at 12:59am PST

They were 4-5 week apart in their pregnancies when this photo was taken. 

Following that photo, Chontel gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Duncan via c-section, and she shared this photo of him 13 days later: 

To my snappers the crop from this mornings walk is from @lornajaneactive its a new one so should still be available. It's not a maternity crop but the straps can be unclipped so you can slide your arm out easily. It's a support crop so 👌🏽 perfect for larger jugs 🍻 Today little Miah is 13 days old & my c-section incision is healing nicely. It's larger then a normal one due to the doctors struggling to get Miah out at the time of my operation where my core held him in very tightly. Scar, stretch marks, wider hips, heavy "not so perky" jugs WHO CARES I have a baby & though I was very lucky to not have many of those I did receive a large scar which I am very proud of ☺️ Today is visiting day!!!!! #lornajane

A photo posted by 🇦🇺🇳🇿SnapChat👉🏽 ChontelDuncan (@chontelduncan) on Apr 6, 2016 at 5:41pm PDT

While many people commented on Chontel’s amazing physique, others were quick to question the way she was holding her baby. It appeared people were very concerned that Chontel was not supporting her baby’s neck. 

One commenter wrote, “Don’t be that selfish, now you are a mother and your baby is the most important! Look at his head, look how you hold that poor baby!!”

Another said, “Maybe you should support your child’s neck a little more.”

And Chontel responded with a new photo side-by-side with the original, showing Duncan resting his head comfortably on mom’s chest. 

Reposting this due to the number of dumb dumbs ripping on my first image… Sorry but I'm not going to be nice about what I think about your belittling attempts to educate me on the safety or better yet my intentions as a new mum. Anyways… It's easier to repost then to tag everyone considering the comments are over the thousand. As explained earlier Miah lifted his head up an for that second that he did so, I just happened to have caught it on camera, before he then laid his head back down on my chest. New borns can lift their own heads up its not me standing there with his head flicked back shooting away… So have faith people and if you honestly don't like my page just CLICK UNFOLLOW!!!!! As I've always said, any negative comments will be deleted and I will block you!

A photo posted by 🇦🇺🇳🇿SnapChat👉🏽 ChontelDuncan (@chontelduncan) on Apr 6, 2016 at 10:32pm PDT

Chontel captioned the photo: 

“Sorry but I’m not going to be nice about what I think about your belittling attempts to educate me on the safety or better yet my intentions as a new mum,” she captioned the photo.

She continued, “As explained earlier Miah lifted his head up an for that second that he did so, I just happened to have caught it on camera, before he then laid his head back down on my chest. New borns can lift their own heads up its not me standing there with his head flicked back shooting away… So have faith people and if you honestly don’t like my page just CLICK UNFOLLOW!!!!!”

Watch this video of Chontel speaking out after facing backlash:

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