When I was about 3 or 4 I my mom would lay on her bed with me and pull her sweat pants over her belly button and claim it disappeared and pretend to panic. I freaked out every time she did it and even cried some times.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- when i was abotu 5 or 6 i thought that if i were to pull hard enough on my pants, i would float away— Aaron
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann
- I was told that your belly button is where you put salt when you eat apples in bed.— Shurnuff