When I was little, i used to think that a monster was trying to get out of my "innie" bellybutton. I always used to cover it up with tape or a band-aid. However, I now have an outie bellybutton as a result of surgery.
A childhood belief about belly buttons

others believed things like this
- when i was 5, i thougt my outie bellybutton was a third eye that opens when im a sleep.— bellyeye????
- If you touch your bellybutton, it will get infected.Anon
- That if you fiddled with your bellybutton it would unscrew your bum and it would fall off— Sundaeg1rl
- I thought liposuction was squeezing the fat out of your bellybutton. Too bad it's not that easy...— Angela
- I was told when young that if i kept poking my bellybutton my bum would drop off.— vicky
- My uncle told me if you twist your bellybutton, your bum will fall off, I was terrified!— little2ft