Kim Kardashian Blames the Baby for Posting Old Bikini Pic

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According to Kim Kardashian, her daughter North West, a child of two and a half years, posted a throwback Instagram today. The photo captures a younger Kim (definitely pre-Kanye and possibly pre-KUWTK) wearing a bikini in her kitchen. It's filtered and cropped vertically. She wrote, presumably via the edit feature, "North posted this while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I'm not complaining!"

Kim posted the same picture back in February (above) and captioned it, "I'm throwing this way the fuck back Thursday." That version is not filtered or cropped, so either Kim had done some editing previously, or North West is well on her way to a successful career as a baby art director.

North posted this while playing games on my phone. Not sure why or how she chose it but I'm not complaining!

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Nov 6, 2015 at 11:44am PST

This isn't the first time North's advanced cellular abilities have led to welcome or unwelcome surprises for her parents. Kanye famously raged against in-app purchases in children's games, tweet-storming, "Fuck any game company that puts in-app purchases on kids games!!!" and also "That makes no sense!!! We give the iPad to our child and every 5 minutes there's a new purchase!!!" One solution to the issue was articulated perfectly by Gabby Noone of Rookie magazine:

WHY DON'T KIM & KANYE JUST GIVE NORTH HER OWN IPAD

— Gabby Noone (@twelveoclocke) November 6, 2015