Aussie Influencer Faces Backlash for Leaving Baby Alone

An Australian influencer has been forced to apologise to her followers after leaving her child in a locked hotel room while holidaying in Bali.

The baby boy, who is six months old, was left alone by Perth-based social media star Taleigha Skye while she went off to get a foot massage. 

Critics have  

In a now-deleted  clip, Taleigha was shown holding a video monitoring device, so she could keep an eye on her son as she walked from her accommodation to her appointment. 

The content creator was quickly slammed online for her post after it was shared to the page TeaTime, with several drawing parallels to the headline-making mystery surrounding the McCann child.

vanished from an apartment in Portugal's Praia da Luz while her parents dined at a nearby tapas bar. 

'Is this normal practice? This mum is in Bali with her two young kids, and has left the baby (under one) alone in the resort room,' shared one user on the Facebook page.

'She's left the room and walked away to have a 30-minute foot massage done? 

'It seemed she walked some distance too... it looks like she's staying in a resort or similar.

'If this is normal practice, how do you not have a literal panic attack at doing this?' 

'It's giving Madeleine McCann. [Her] parents allegedly left her alone in the resort room,' commented one user on the thread.

'Did we not learn from Madeleine McCann?' another person wrote. 

A third agreed: 'In this day and age, after Madeleine McCann, why would any parent do this? I'm shook.'

'My instant thoughts, I could never [do this] in Australia, let alone a foreign country,' replied another TeaTime user.