Reason why Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker hide Rocky’s face after photos leaked to public

After Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker welcomed baby Rocky last year, many fans were no doubt hoping they’d get to watch him grow up through the power of social media.

But the couple have remained fairly private, choosing to hide his face whenever posting snaps to social media.

Kourtney, 45, is also mum to Mason, Penelope and Reign – who she shares with ex Scott Disick – while Travis, 48, shares Alabama and Leyton with Shannon Moakler, having also reportedly remained close to stepdaughter Atiana.

But while their older kids have grown up as familiar faces on Instagram or on reality TV shows, the parents are keen to do things a little differently with Rocky.

The couple often hide Rocky's face in pictures (Instagram/@kourtneykardash)

In a recent episode of The Kardashians, Kourtney opened up about her choice to keep his face concealed, and her concerns about travelling with him to Australia, where the paparazzi were ‘everywhere’.

"I’m starting to get a little bit of anxiety about going to Australia,” she said.

"Rocky hasn't been seen and in California there's a law that if I don't show the baby's face, the paparazzi have to blur his image, but in Australia there are supposedly no paparazzi laws, so they can take a photo and sell their image.”

As she hit a Sydney beach with her other kids in another episode, Kourtney spotted a 'stalker’ paparazzi photographer.

"The paparazzi are everywhere,” she told the camera.

Travis has now also echoed his wife’s concerns, explaining in a new interview how they had chosen to keep their youngest child ‘out of the spotlight.

Travis with youngest son Rocky (Instagram/@kourtneykardash)

Commenting on a recent leak of a photo of Rocky, Travis said: “Unfortunately, someone finally got a photo of him, but we’d rather keep him out of the spotlight.

“If I could do everything different, I would have done the same thing with my [older] kids,” Travis continued.

“I think it’s weird to grow up and you’re 15 or 12, and you’re like, ‘Mom, you posted this of me?'”

The pair were initially fairly elusive about Rocky’s arrival, leaving fans to rely on speculation that he'd been born amid media reports that Kourtney had been in hospital.

While they’ve since posted pictures of him a few times on their feeds, his face is always either obscured or facing away from the camera.