I thought that when everyone was born their stomach was actually just wide open. Then the doctor would take your stomach, put a twist tie on it, like the ties on bread, and your parents decided if they wanted you to be an innie or an outtie.
If you were going to be an innie, the doctor would just poke in your belly button! This lead me to think that if I wasn't careful, my stomach would just unwind and all my blood and organs would fall out!!
A childhood belief about belly buttons
others believed things like this
- I thought a stomach ache was a stomach egg— Catherine
- I used to believe that if I slept with my mouth open that spiders would crawl in there and live in my stomachAnon
- I used to believe that the people who take your blood at the doctor's office were vampires. — Andy
- i used to believe that playing with your belly button would lead to your insides pouring outAnon
- I thought that if I swallowed grapestones, a tree would grow out from my stomach. — Tone
- When I was younger I thought I made up a new way to tickle someone--by tickling their stomach.— Amelia