Dani Dyer says she now shares less pictures of her son Santiago on social media after she and her baby were targeted by cruel trolls.
The former Love Island winner, 25, welcomed her first child to the world with her now-jailed ex Sammy Kimmence, 25, in January last year.
And she has taken to sharing less moments with her offspring with fans online in a bid to protect her and her boy, explaining during an appearance on Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 on Wednesday: 'I definitely feel like I do share less with social media.
Private: Dani Dyer, 25, shares less pictures of son Santiago, 11 months, online after they were targeted by cruel trolls, she said on Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 on Wednesday
'If you’re having a bit of a down day and you’re not feeling great in yourself and then someone sort of adds it on there, you’re like "well they must be right, then." So I do definitely think I’ve held back a bit on social media.'
On people's reactions, she continued: 'It took him a little while [to crawl]… He only started crawling at 11 months.
'I was excited – it’s more of a drag, I can’t say it’s a crawl, the army crawl – I was so excited and I thought I want to share that because all my friends with babies share it on social media.
Doting mother: She has taken to sharing less moments with her offspring with fans online in a bid to protect her and her boy
'Then you do get that "shouldn’t he be walking by now?" And they put a laughing face.
'I’m not asking for that and people will say I shouldn’t advertise it but I’m proud of my baby, I want to advertise him like any normal mum would want to do.'
And it seems life in the public eye may have put Dani off encouraging the same for Santiago in the future.
Looking back: The former Love Island winner welcomed her first child to the world with her now-jailed ex Sammy Kimmence, 25, in January last year
Asked whether she would ever allow Santiago to appear on Love Island, she
