Shady TikTok trend has moms sharing ‘Ugly Baby Challenge’ photos

Being Gerber baby cute may be more difficult than you think.

TikTok’s latest trend, the “Ugly Baby Challenge,” has moms flooding the app with faces only a mother could love. Specifically, photos of their babies at their worst moments — poking fun by sharing their newborn photos and how ugly they apparently once looked. Each video follows the same formula: Backed by the comical piano track from ABBA’s “Chiquitita,” the women either post a photo of themselves pregnant or with their spouse, with a captioned variation of the question, “Would you tell me if you thought our baby was ugly?” The spouse then basically responds, “Yes, but our child will be beautiful,” which is followed by a quick montage of their baby as a newborn, and their not-so-cute in appearance.