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Moms are painting pumpkins on their babies’ butts. Not everybody thinks it’s cute.

Orli Matlow

It&#39;s fall!That means Instagram is full of pictures of pumpkin spice lattes, trips to the pumpkin patch and....*record scratch* PUMPKIN BUTTS?         View this post on Instagram           These babies are gonna kill us someday 😂 #pumpkinbutts #babycousins 🎃🍑 A post shared by  Amy Cassell (@amydcassell) on Sep 24, 2017 at 1:03pm PDTThe latest Instagram trend among moms is to paint their babies&#39; butts to look like pumpkins because...sure, why not?         View this post on Instagram           Which pumpkin shall I choose🤔 😘😍😘😍🍁🎃🍁🎃😍😘😍😘 #twinning #babyboys #ilovefall #twinmom #ilovemylife #twins #falltime #pumpkinbutt #cutenessoverload A post shared by  Melanie Cavil (@melaniesc82) on Oct 8, 2017 at 4:44pm PDTHm.giphyPinterest, too, is full of butts on pumpkins and pumpkins on butts.PinterestSome parents have set up some adorably elaborate photoshoots for their pumpkin patches.         View this post on Instagram           LEVI &amp; C🎃🎃P. Because two butts are better than one! #Besties #PumpkinButts @amber_libert A post shared by  Brittany (@brittanypetch) on Sep 23, 2017 at 1:43pm PDT&quot;One day they are going to hate us....but til they can fight us off, we shall paint their bums!&quot; mom Jessica wrote.         View this post on Instagram           One day they are going to hate us....but til they can fight us off, we shall paint their bums! 🍂🍁🌻🌼🎃 #Daisy #daughter #friends #babyfriends #pumpkinbutts #happyfall #tanbaby #whitebaby A post shared by  Jessica (Bishop) Dunlap (@jbishop425) on Oct 12, 2017 at 5:05pm PDT         View this post on Instagram           #pumpkinbutts #lopeztwins #fall #halloween #nikikubrock #deviantlightphotography @r_lopez86 A post shared by  Crystal &amp; Colin (@lopez_twins10) on Aug 4, 2017 at 2:58pm PDT However, not all mom think it&#39;s cute. Blogger Gina Fenton at Extreme Mom wrote at anti-pumpkin butt manifesto that resonated with parents.&quot;Babies are not chalk boards or blank canvases, for God&rsquo;s sake. We just don&rsquo;t paint our offspring for our own selfish entertainment,&quot; Fenton wrote.&quot;Worse yet is posting these humiliating photos on the Internet for everyone and their brother to copy, paste and pin to Pinterest where the copy-paste-post cycle will repeat for all of eternity.Soon enough, Pumpkin Butt will grow into a child with emotions who&rsquo;s capable of independent thought and will more than likely resent the hell out of the artist.&quot;Ouch.https://www.instagram.com/p/9g6ALEDphb/?tagged=pumpkinbuttsTwitter is jumping in on the debate.Dear parents, just say no to #PumpkinButt. It&#39;s not cute. The rest of the world doesn&#39;t want to see your kid&#39;s ass.&mdash; CoreyRadio (@CoreyRadio) October 18, 2017 #PumpkinButt is a new trend on Instagram where you paint your baby’s butt to look like a Pumpkin 🎃 👶🏻 ...is that...&mdash; Hot 106 (@Hot106) October 18, 2017 https://twitter.com/wordofscarlett/status/920115197972422656So, where do you draw the line? On butts?

It&#39;s fall!  That means Instagram is full of pictures of pumpkin spice lattes, trips to the pumpkin patch and....*record scratch* PUMPKIN BUTTS?    The latest Instagram trend among moms is to paint their babies&#39; butts to look like...