I have an 'innie' and when is aw my friends 'outtie' i thought... oh my gosh... hes a freak!! and i told him i was worried b/c he had something growing from his belly buton but he told me what the difference was (I was 5)
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- My mom says that when she was growing up, she thought that her belly button was where her skin came together.— Dana
- When my brother was little he heard the song "Le Freak" by Chic (Ahhh, freak out!) like this: Ahhh, free cow!Anon
- My Mum told me she invented skipping and I believed her and told all my friends - still living that one downAnon
- my nanna told me if I swallowed gum that I would have a gum tree growing out of my tummy— ms pouty
- One of my friends told me that when he was a kid he thought windmills were used to keep cows cool!— Julie
- My dad always told me never to swallow the pips from apples because trees would start growing in my stomach!!— ALISON W