Pregnant influencer reveals the reason why she now hides her son's face in social media posts

Steph Claire Smith has revealed the reason why she no longer shows her son's face on social media. 

The Australian fitness influencer, 30, is currently pregnant with her second child and also shares a three-year-old son Harvey with her husband Josh Miller. 

In recent weeks, fans have taken to the comment sections on her posts to query why the previously very open internet personality has begun hiding Harvey's face in family photos shared to her public account. 

Steph previously documented several details of Harvey's life online. Her Instagram page still has two 'highlight reels' dedicated to her firstborn called 'bump' and 'Harvey' that contain hundreds of videos showing his face. 

'Just curious why have you just started hiding his face? I’m sure in your stories I used to watch his face wasn’t blanked out?' one fan commented on a set of poolside family photos posted on Saturday. 

'Why do you keep covering his face when you have shown his face loads of times?' another person asked. 

Taking to her Instagram Stories on Monday, Steph shared a screenshot of her response to the frequently asked question and hit back at the 'judgmental tone' of the questions. 

'This question comes up a lot. And quite often in a judgmental tone, not a curious one,' she wrote. 

The KIC app co-founder has one of the largest online followings in Australia, with an audience of 1.4million on Instagram and 136,000 on TikTok, and in 2024 made Forbes' coveted 30 Under 30 list. 

In her reply to the second commenter, Steph penned: 'The older he's gotten, the more he's settled into what he's going to look like as a kid. 

'He was getting recognised when he was out in public with other people like my mum, not even with me, and I was uncomfortable with that.' 

In recent posts, the influencer has been covering Harvey's face with emojis, scratching it out, or only sharing photos in which her toddler is turning away from the camera.  

'So it's a decision we have made for now,' she continued. 

'Every parent can make up their own mind and also change their mind. If you're uncomfortable with that, then that's on you.'

In December, Steph and Josh sold their stunning Melbourne pad for a reported $7.8million.

The couple snapped up the four-bedroom, four-bathroom Brighton East home in 2022 for a cool $7million.

The Palm Springs-inspired luxury home was listed with a price range of $7.35million-$7.65million.

The stylish ultra-modern home only lasted on the market three weeks before going under the hammer, reports the Herald Sun.

Details of the sale have not been confirmed by agents, but insiders said the house was bought for approximately $7.8million, netting the pair a profit of $800,000.

The couple got engaged and later married in 2019 on the property. They also lived there for some time.