I used to believe that as you grew taller/larger, your skin grew out of your belly button to cover your extra inchs. One day I put a biro circle round my belly button and watched for ages to see if the biro mark moved. Obviously I had a lot of time on my hands when I was younger!!!!
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
- I used to believe that if your belly button came undone your skin would fall off! Anon
- I used to think that if i touched my belly button it would unfold and my belly would be inside out forever. Anon
- My younger sister used to believe that in everybody's belly button there lived a family of squirrels.— Sophie
- babies come out of your belly button— Kit
- when I was a kid I thought that babies come out of a belly-button.— Ana