Why Mina Starsiak Shares Photos of 8-Month-Old Son Jack in His Helmet on Social Media

Mina Starsiak has a big week coming up soon. On May 12, she’ll celebrate her first-ever Mother’s Day and, just two days later, the season 4 premiere of her show Good Bones will air.

The HGTV star announced the birth of son Jack Richard on Instagram last August, and says motherhood has been pretty blissful since. Starsiak tells PEOPLE her little boy, whom she shares with husband of two years Stephen Hawk, is the “happiest, sweetest, goofiest baby” — but she has still had to deal with her fair share of comment fielding.

“All the comments are so nice and so positive, but there are definitely those people who give unsolicited advice or have stronger opinions,” she says. “I feel like that’s to be expected. I made a choice to make part of my life public. The way the network is, people think they know me.”

In true HGTV fashion, the home renovator is an open book. She keeps it real on social media, often posting photos of her son in a helmet. But it’s nothing to worry about — Jack is healthy as can be!

“He’s just got a flat head,” Starsiak tells PEOPLE lightheartedly. “He doesn’t seem to care about (wearing) it at all … I think people have really appreciated seeing the pictures of him in the helmet because it makes it more normal.”

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