Mommy-blogging and cosplay genres converged in a costumed-infant Instagram account from 2016

Evidence

At the confluence of all these genres is “Naptime With Joey” – a pastiche of costume dress-up emulating iconic characters or cosplay, mommy blogging, and travel photography. In early 2016, Los Angeles-based mother and photographer Laura Izumikawa first began dressing up and photographing her four-month-old sleeping infant in various costumes. — Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity, 140