Jo-Ann Strauss' Little One Turns 3 Today

Have a lovely one

By  | Jul 04, 2021, 06:52 PM  | Jo-Ann Strauss  | Top of the

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Former Miss South Africa Jo-Ann Strauss is celebrating her daughter's third birthday today.

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Celebrating her baby girl, Jo-Ann took to Instagram and said, "Three years since you arrived, my spirited independent and loyal little lion. The moment I met you, I knew that you'd be more than we could ever dream of and you've shown us just how much a little person can teach the big world. Happy Birthday, my little one."

The former Top Billing Host Jo-Ann, is a mother to four beautiful babies. She welcomed baby number 4 in October last year on her husband's birthday. Talk about a birthday present to hubby.

Jo-Ann enjoys motherhood and is something she said she will never take for granted.

She explained, "Being a mother is something I will never take for granted. And being blessed with our fourth baby later this year is beyond our wildest dreams...It is a surreal time to be expecting, a truly strange time to experience joy and hope when the world has changed so much. I am grateful that our little one is in a safe place and that her/ his brother and sisters are already so protective and excited." 

Jo-Ann celebrated rarely posts her children's pictures and she explained why she does not on her blog.

"Some people feel that I should show my family on social media. I often feel the same…until I’m reminded of how strangely intrusive (and unnecessarily negative and critical) social media can be. As someone who has spent nearly half of her life in the media, I am relatively comfortable with people discussing me (sometimes in a negative light) on social media and the glare of public scrutiny.

"However, neither my husband nor our children signed up for this scrutiny and out of respect for them, I try to keep them out of the media as far as I can. Just the other day, I saw a friend post an adorable picture of her son after lunch with his toddler's belly out and toothy grin.

"I 'liked' it on Instagram and wanted to post a friendly comment. I was absolutely shocked, though, at a few comments on the post discussing whether the child suffered from malnutrition because of his 'bloated' stomach” or whether she was doing something wrong as a parent"

Jo-Ann has not figured out why social media has become such a negative space and until she does, she will not be showing her family's pictures. 

We are all for this. This makes sense Jo-Ann and we certainly agree. We hope your little one had an amazing day.

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