--- title: 7 Ways Chrissy Teigen Is a Model New Mom description: A wise anthropologist would be archiving the model's Twitter and Instagram feeds canonical: https://time.com/4317983/chrissy-teigen-model-mom/ author: Belinda Luscombe article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-04T18:47:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:57:41.001Z article:section: Ideas og:title: 7 Ways Chrissy Teigen Is a Model New Mom og:description: Some anthropologist should be archiving her social feeds og:url: https://time.com/4317983/chrissy-teigen-model-mom/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8ef28c215ce6a87/698891e4f887dc5a7be95bbe/gettyimages-514751794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2155 og:image:height: 1212 og:image:alt: Celebrities At The Los Angeles Lakers Game og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 7 Ways Chrissy Teigen Is a Model New Mom twitter:description: Some anthropologist should be archiving her social feeds twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8ef28c215ce6a87/698891e4f887dc5a7be95bbe/gettyimages-514751794.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 7 Ways Chrissy Teigen Is a Model New Mom > Sponsored content. 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She also appeared in [_Sports Illustrated_ ](http://www.si.com/swimsuit/model/chrissy-teigen/2016/photos#1)in nothing save tiny crystals. Yet, in a surprising number of other ways, Teigen is emerging as the model of modern motherhood. It’s early days—Luna was just born on April 14—but Teigen’s take on new motherhood is a useful anthropological snapshot of the practices of new mothers in the United States of 2016, A.D. 1\. The individualistic baby name. Luna Simone. It’s totally on-trend for this generation of moms to use [surnames](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna%5F%28name%29) as first names. (One of Jessica Alba’s kids is called [Haven](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven%5F%28surname%29).) Or to name kids after something everyday like [food](http://www.clifbar.com/hubs/luna). 2\. She’s super social. No new moment goes unshared. Luna’s first baths? On Instagram. So is [a moments-after-breastfeeding photo](https://www.instagram.com/p/BEZkkFWpjYM/?taken-by=chrissyteigen&hl=en) and even [a jokey blissful-mom photo with a wreath of flowers superimposed on her hair](https://www.instagram.com/p/BEg5MorpjY6/?taken-by=chrissyteigen&hl=en). For millennials, that’s [par for the course](http://time.com/help-my-parents-are-millennials-cover-story/). 3\. Like many new moms across eras, she has disabled her filters for what constitutes too much information. But she has a public forum, into which she sends such gems as: “no one told me i would be coming home in diapers too” and “walking boob over here!” 4\. She laments her pre-baby life, but with humor: On Twitter she marveled at how her surroundings had changed, posting a glam pic with the caption: > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/727281531467636736) 5\. She employed reproductive technology not only to help her conceive, but to determine the gender of her kid. And she talked about it openly, telling [_People_](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/02/18/chrissy-teigen-i-was-doing-ivf-in-the-middle-of-my-si-swim-shoot/) that she was taking IVF shots in Zanzibar during the aforementioned _S.I._ shoot. When people took umbrage at that kind of genetic pre-determinism, she defended her decision with gusto. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/702749237163880448) > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/702560317394415617) She made fun of the controversy… > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/702557258631114752) …and reprimanded the haters: > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/702618297754263552) 6\. She’s getting a lot of advice from older moms that she probably doesn’t need—thanks, though. Again, not exactly a revolutionary trend; new mothers have been the recipients of this forever. But the newly maternal of 2016 get to talk back! > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/717163993312309248) Whereas when she was pregnant she was a little less gracious: > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/659747000175333377) 7\. And while mothers have been dealing with um, lukewarm reviews of their parenting decisions forever, her are aired in a public forum. When she and Legend went to Jessica Alba’s surprise birthday party (as you do) about a week after Luna was born, the internet had opinions. “The spotlight pull be strong,” tweeted one. “One week. Who wants to leave a one week old baby to go to a bar?” Teigen though, declined to be guilt-tripped: > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/724290037290926080) If Teigen keeps up her no-secrets attitude to motherhood, universities may want to start to archive her tweets as an example of how mothering was done in this era. 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