My son and I were just having a conversation about bellybuttons. He wanted to know why some people have “innie” bellybuttons and some people have “outies”. I did my best to try and explain the whole umbilical cord process, and how they cut it and tie it off after birth, and then how the remainder of the cord falls off days later. I’m not a bellybutton expert, but I imagine this final “fall off” phase is where the answer to his question lies? . . . being that everyone’s scrap of cord breaks off in its own unique way, resulting in an “innie” or “outie”? (Well, that’s how I explained it to David . . . please correct me if I’m wrong)
The doctor let me cut his umbilical cord (memorable!…definitely not something you do every day!), and then days later when it fell off, I didn’t have the heart to just throw it away. I viewed it as a special part of the bridge that connected my son to Julie, and felt a need to save it, so I put it inside a couple Ziploc bags. Eight years later, I still have it! (I was going to post a pic of it, but I decided that sharing the story was probably enough!)
What do you like to save or collect? Why?
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