WHY DO WE HAVE BELLY BUTTONS?

Your belly button marks the spot where an umbilical cord was once attached. An umbilical cord is a soft, bendable tube that connects a mother to the baby growing inside her womb. When a baby is still inside its mother’s body, it can’t eat or breathe on its own, so the umbilical cord carries essential nutrients to it. When the baby is finally born, it no longer needs an umbilical cord because it can now eat and breathe without any help, so a doctor will cut the cord. A tiny stump is left behind, but eventually that stump falls off and leaves a hole, a.k.a. your belly button!