My Mom used to tell me that we got our Belly Buttons from God pushing on our belly's to see if we were "done". Babies were cooked in an oven so to speak...
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that babies came out of belly buttons — kels
- I used to belief that women had babies by pressing their belly buttons!— amy
- i uses to believe that boys wee'd out of their belly buttons.— boys and toilets
- that bunnies came out of belly buttonsAnon
- i used to believe that guys pulled out their outie belly buttons and that's how they peed.— Sky
- I used to believe that belly buttons were for putting the salt in while you were eating celery in bed.— David T