The Lindquists

[Nacholife]

Ugh. I feel a long rant coming on...

I can understand why those experiencing/have experienced infertility find her annoying. I guess she has to drum up excitement and anticipation about pregnancy/birth because without it she basically has zero content...or totally snooze-worthy nonsense. I bet she is not done with childbearing... cause this new baby will only supply about another year or so of content.

Listening to her talk about the whole youtube/comments/kids situation was tedious. Who is she kidding? If she eliminated baby/child-related content she has NOTHING. She tries to make out as though she has been focusing her channel on herself; but unlike other youtubers/vloggers who can make the transition from 'mommy vlogger' to a more lifestyle/womanhood channel--I doubt Elle's can. I do not see what else she offers.
Example: her recent plant video-huh? Apparently viewers have been asking for this video for over a year but yet Elle did not bother to find out the proper names of the plants she owns prior to making it?! What an epic fail. She tells her viewers to find out on their own...wow really useful. How about she takes pics of her own damn plants and visits a nursery to find out what they are...and maybe asks a KNOWLEDGEABLE person about tips on how to best care for them...then share this INFORMATION with her audience in addition to her own thoughts/opinions/practices.
She frequently poses questions to her audience that could be answered with a google search; so she is either really thick or cannot come up with better ways to engage her viewers others than to give them a mundane chore.

In conclusion,

Baby=content=$$$
no baby=no content=no $$$

Hahaha did she seriously not know the names of her plants for her video?? Typical Elle.

Number one rule of being a blogger, vlogger, video content creator: know your content and be an expert for your audience.

She just couldn’t be bothered....

SHAME. SHAME. SHAME. [IMG]//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201904 ... fd2d70.jpg[/IMG]


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[TeachIT]

SHAME. I’m dead.

You said it - “expert” - elle isn’t an expert at anything. One of the biggest issues with her channel. How boring is her content lately!!? I love plants and couldn’t even be bothered to watch her boring houseplant video.

[TeachIT]

How about instead of boring videos about putting together an overpriced boujie rocker, you try some actually interesting content?

How are you planning to transition to 3 kids, financially, emotionally, scheduling, everything? What have you learned from moms or 3+ and what tips do they have to share?

What is your experience with PPD, how are you planning to mitigate it this time? What can women do to identify PPD, and what signs should they look for?

Best baby items to thrift/buy used? Show us some good deals!

What baby items have you found totally unnecessary after 3 kids? Why?

What beauty/self care are you reinforcing as you go into birth/post partum? (Ex - easier to maintain hair style, or plan for “you time” post baby?)

Other than momming, what hobbies do you have? Why do you like them, how do you make time for them, and what value do they add to your life?

All for free elle, you’re welcome.

[okaythatlldo]

How about instead of boring videos about putting together an overpriced boujie rocker, you try some actually interesting content?

How are you planning to transition to 3 kids, financially, emotionally, scheduling, everything? What have you learned from moms or 3+ and what tips do they have to share?

What is your experience with PPD, how are you planning to mitigate it this time? What can women do to identify PPD, and what signs should they look for?

Best baby items to thrift/buy used? Show us some good deals!

What baby items have you found totally unnecessary after 3 kids? Why?

What beauty/self care are you reinforcing as you go into birth/post partum? (Ex - easier to maintain hair style, or plan for “you time” post baby?)

Other than momming, what hobbies do you have? Why do you like them, how do you make time for them, and what value do they add to your life?

All for free elle, you’re welcome.

All of these ideas are amazing! The fact that she hasn’t come up with any of these tells me:

a) She doesn’t respect her audience, she takes them for granted by assuming no matter how bad her content is, they will still love her.

b) She’s incredibly shallow and therefore incapable of digging deeper. All of her “wisdom” is usually direct quotes from google or therapy. No original thought is put into empowering content.

c) She’s selfish. All of these opportunities to create valuable content are passed up in favour of sponsored content. West Coast Kids has to be sponsoring this somehow. For some reason, none of her posts are marked #sponsored but the constant high end “purchases” and mentioning their name over and over has me scratching my head. Who shops at literally ONE store? Nobody. I feel like something must have happened on the back end of this deal and they paid her off in gift cards or product or something.

d) She’s dumb.


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[TeachIT]

Something is definitely up. All these hella expensive “purchases” but she mentions not BUYING much for the new baby. Is that because everything else was gifted? She also kept going on an on about how fast and easy that rocker was to assemble. It wasn’t horrible, but it definitely didn’t go up “super fast and easy!!” - how long did we have to stare at her giant ass crack while she put it together?!

Just weird she had NOTHING negative to say. I wonder if maybe she doesn’t currently have a WCK sponsorship, but is hoping to get one? Maybe hamming it up for them?

Also as a “mama of 3” she should know better than to make big baby purchases of rockers/swings before baby arrives. SO MANY babies don’t like these items, and then you bought it so long ago you can’t return it. Just doesn’t seem like smart follow through from an experienced mom who values minimalism

[Nacholife]

Something is definitely up. All these hella expensive “purchases” but she mentions not BUYING much for the new baby. Is that because everything else was gifted? She also kept going on an on about how fast and easy that rocker was to assemble. It wasn’t horrible, but it definitely didn’t go up “super fast and easy!!” - how long did we have to stare at her giant ass crack while she put it together?!

Just weird she had NOTHING negative to say. I wonder if maybe she doesn’t currently have a WCK sponsorship, but is hoping to get one? Maybe hamming it up for them?

Also as a “mama of 3” she should know better than to make big baby purchases of rockers/swings before baby arrives. SO MANY babies don’t like these items, and then you bought it so long ago you can’t return it. Just doesn’t seem like smart follow through from an experienced mom who values minimalism

That’s a good point, it seems she doesn’t have a real sponsorship yet but she’s working on it still.

So true about buying big items for a baby when you don’t even know if they will like them. That’s why second hand for swings, high chairs, etc are so much more practical.


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[Margie]

I’m betting she is trying so hard in hopes of getting a sponsorship. I’ve actually thought that for a while and this video kind of confirmed it for me

[Notablogger]

How about instead of boring videos about putting together an overpriced boujie rocker, you try some actually interesting content?

How are you planning to transition to 3 kids, financially, emotionally, scheduling, everything? What have you learned from moms or 3+ and what tips do they have to share?

What is your experience with PPD, how are you planning to mitigate it this time? What can women do to identify PPD, and what signs should they look for?

Best baby items to thrift/buy used? Show us some good deals!

What baby items have you found totally unnecessary after 3 kids? Why?

What beauty/self care are you reinforcing as you go into birth/post partum? (Ex - easier to maintain hair style, or plan for “you time” post baby?)

Other than momming, what hobbies do you have? Why do you like them, how do you make time for them, and what value do they add to your life?

All for free elle, you’re welcome.

These are actually amazing ideas and content that I would actually watch.

[SuperchicDeadpool]

No, Elle, not EVERYONE gets diastasis recti postpartum. Can't believe she said that. She likely gets it every time because she does inappropriate exercises while pregnant.

[Seriouslysweetie]

Elle is a minimal minded mom who feels "spendy" quite a lot. She brags about her spendy ways in most of her posts or videos (unless it's the minimal minded series). She probably throws/donates away a lot of her junk or her basement is full of it .

Also guys, it's another pregnancy video where she thanks everyone who follows her journey to baby girl who she thinks is a godsend to all even to moms who is struggling with infertility. Be sure to hit the notification bell so we won't miss her holy unmedicated birth!

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[okaythatlldo]

I don’t know why she needs so much postpartum crap. I’ve had two severe tears and I didn’t use padsicles or Epsom salts. Take two Tylenol, throw on some high waisted leggings, and call it a day. Life goes on.

Not everyone gets diastasis recti. I’m sure those who have it really bad would take a bit of offense to her making a big deal about wanting to feel sucked in. It’s debilitating for a lot of women and is a whole lot more than not feeling sucked in.

At least she made an effort to say “unmedicated” birth instead of “natural” birth.

Also found it annoying that she explained her reason behind getting the high waisted underwear as even though “a c-section isn’t part of her birth plan.” She always has to make sure to make stuff like that a point of distinction. Saying there was a bikini style and high waisted style and that she chose the high waisted style would have sufficed.




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[okaythatlldo]

Letter to my daughter on IG alert, everyone!!

Why is she making such a big deal about a baby who will grow up to be a kid she basically just ignores? She never does anything with her boys except take them to the park three seconds from their house, once a week. Why would it be any different with this baby?

And I hate to break it to you, Elle, but constantly putting emphasis on the fact that you are having a girl IS putting pressure on her. You are treating this pregnancy and this baby DIFFERENTLY because having a girl is serving your aesthetic and your weird need to be a better mom to her than your mom was to you. Newsflash: you have two kids already and have always had this opportunity.

Your baby’s only difference is that she’s a girl. Yes, that is special and exciting new territory for you. But your strange obsession with it is setting her up like she’s a freaking crown jewel. That will carry on throughout her life if you aren’t careful, as both pressure and favouritism.

Don’t treat her like a GIRL. Treat her like a KID. STOP downloading all of these societal norms and pressures and expectations onto her, saying you’re going to take it all away like some sort of superhero. RAISE HER AS A PERSON. If you constantly look at her life within the framework of her being a female who is somehow not good enough and who needs to rise up etc then you’re boxing her in to the very same limitations you claim to want to free her from.

And for fuck’s sake, stop writing these letters to your kids for the IG likes. It devalues everything you are saying to your kids, because at the end of the day, you are not saying these words to THEM.


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[Nacholife]

Letter to my daughter on IG alert, everyone!!

Why is she making such a big deal about a baby who will grow up to be a kid she basically just ignores? She never does anything with her boys except take them to the park three seconds from their house, once a week. Why would it be any different with this baby?

And I hate to break it to you, Elle, but constantly putting emphasis on the fact that you are having a girl IS putting pressure on her. You are treating this pregnancy and this baby DIFFERENTLY because having a girl is serving your aesthetic and your weird need to be a better mom to her than your mom was to you. Newsflash: you have two kids already and have always had this opportunity.

Your baby’s only difference is that she’s a girl. Yes, that is special and exciting new territory for you. But your strange obsession with it is setting her up like she’s a freaking crown jewel. That will carry on throughout her life if you aren’t careful, as both pressure and favouritism.

Don’t treat her like a GIRL. Treat her like a KID. STOP downloading all of these societal norms and pressures and expectations onto her, saying you’re going to take it all away like some sort of superhero. RAISE HER AS A PERSON. If you constantly look at her life within the framework of her being a female who is somehow not good enough and who needs to rise up etc then you’re boxing her in to the very same limitations you claim to want to free her from.

And for fuck’s sake, stop writing these letters to your kids for the IG likes. It devalues everything you are saying to your kids, because at the end of the day, you are not saying these words to THEM.


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AMEN!!


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[TeachIT]

Letter to my daughter on IG alert, everyone!!

Why is she making such a big deal about a baby who will grow up to be a kid she basically just ignores? She never does anything with her boys except take them to the park three seconds from their house, once a week. Why would it be any different with this baby?

And I hate to break it to you, Elle, but constantly putting emphasis on the fact that you are having a girl IS putting pressure on her. You are treating this pregnancy and this baby DIFFERENTLY because having a girl is serving your aesthetic and your weird need to be a better mom to her than your mom was to you. Newsflash: you have two kids already and have always had this opportunity.

Your baby’s only difference is that she’s a girl. Yes, that is special and exciting new territory for you. But your strange obsession with it is setting her up like she’s a freaking crown jewel. That will carry on throughout her life if you aren’t careful, as both pressure and favouritism.

Don’t treat her like a GIRL. Treat her like a KID. STOP downloading all of these societal norms and pressures and expectations onto her, saying you’re going to take it all away like some sort of superhero. RAISE HER AS A PERSON. If you constantly look at her life within the framework of her being a female who is somehow not good enough and who needs to rise up etc then you’re boxing her in to the very same limitations you claim to want to free her from.

And for fuck’s sake, stop writing these letters to your kids for the IG likes. It devalues everything you are saying to your kids, because at the end of the day, you are not saying these words to THEM.


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Yes! CRINGE.

[chloe6124]

It’s so weird to see that post about girls being judged. This little girl isnt going to have a chance with her as a mom.


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[TeachIT]

“Baby GIRL” isn’t even born and she’s already treated differently. There’s no way in hell elle would buy all this crap for another boy.

[fossilfinger]

I can kind of relate to the "I fear having a girl" thing because I grew up in a very sexist household where my brother and I were held to completely different standards because of our genders. My dad believes women should stay in the kitchen, essentially, and men have an obligation to be breadwinners. At every job where I've worked with customers, many of them have treated me and my male coworkers completely differently, acting like I was an incompetent little girl and that the men were the big heroes. People are constantly offering unsolicited advice about having a girl, saying girls are so much more difficult to raise than boys, that girls are pettier, that girls are more dramatic. So I understand feeling the need to counteract that societal pressure, and I do think that it takes intentionality to do so. Even if you try your best to raise your kids without gender norms, there are still so many outside factors that affect that.

That being said, do I actually believe Elle is going to break down the walls between the sexes? No. I think she's going to end up going the way of Kelsey and Corbin and treating her daughter like a little ruffly girly fragile princess and completely conforming to gender norms. And there's nothing wrong with doing that to some extent, but it's going to look hypocritical when she treats her daughter like a perfect little lady and her boys as rough-and-tumble Vikings who are allowed to get dirty and wily while her well-behaved daughter sits quietly on the sidelines.

[Margie]

Letter to my daughter on IG alert, everyone!!

Why is she making such a big deal about a baby who will grow up to be a kid she basically just ignores? She never does anything with her boys except take them to the park three seconds from their house, once a week. Why would it be any different with this baby?

And I hate to break it to you, Elle, but constantly putting emphasis on the fact that you are having a girl IS putting pressure on her. You are treating this pregnancy and this baby DIFFERENTLY because having a girl is serving your aesthetic and your weird need to be a better mom to her than your mom was to you. Newsflash: you have two kids already and have always had this opportunity.

Your baby’s only difference is that she’s a girl. Yes, that is special and exciting new territory for you. But your strange obsession with it is setting her up like she’s a freaking crown jewel. That will carry on throughout her life if you aren’t careful, as both pressure and favouritism.

Don’t treat her like a GIRL. Treat her like a KID. STOP downloading all of these societal norms and pressures and expectations onto her, saying you’re going to take it all away like some sort of superhero. RAISE HER AS A PERSON. If you constantly look at her life within the framework of her being a female who is somehow not good enough and who needs to rise up etc then you’re boxing her in to the very same limitations you claim to want to free her from.

And for fuck’s sake, stop writing these letters to your kids for the IG likes. It devalues everything you are saying to your kids, because at the end of the day, you are not saying these words to THEM.


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You NAILED it!!!

[starstoshame]

You guys are saying it all!!

"I want you to feel good enough. I want you to have the space to be who you are." Elle, you don't even make your husband feel this way and you've had years to work on that!!

"Being a girl means you'll be judged a lot." Why does this statement rub me the wrong way? I know there's truth to it, but something about it being Elle writing it just makes me angry. Maybe because SHE makes snap judgements on certain people in her community based on ONE comment they write to her. Maybe it's because I feel like she doesn't even understand what judgment truly is, because she has warped it in her mind to mean anything that criticizes another human being. She is going to do her daughter a great disservice if she teaches her that that is how the world works.

How does she manage to over simplify such a complicated topic and at the same time over complicate it, lol.

One of her hashtags on that post? #motherhoodrising. OK. Whatever that's supposed to mean lmao.

[okaythatlldo]

Elle just has way too much baggage and she’s downloading it all onto this poor baby girl who’s gonna be born and have no idea of the train wreck coming for her. It’s enough that she’s going to be literally born and raised online but don’t worry little baby girl - NO PRESSURE! MOMMY WILL PROTECT YOU!

Maybe the first step to protecting your kids the way you say you want to is to not parade them out for public display from the second they exit your vagina and for their entire lives. Just a thought...

Not to mention, Elle is probably THE most insecure person on the planet, whose sole purpose for being on YouTube is to have a “community” that tells her she’s so pretty and smart and funny and awesome and the more they watch and tell her this, the more money she makes, and the more she can purchase status items that further set her apart from us plebs. She is constantly seeking praise and validation from literally anyone, and gets off on her “empowerment” shtick. What qualifies Elle to be a role model for a growing girl? I wouldn’t want my daughter learning anything from her.

I’m honestly a bit worried for this kid.


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