at Pinwheels when I remember that it’s time for a new Special Needs Mama column at Literary Mama. This month, Vicki Forman writes about “The Center of the World.”
Her post reminds me of this: Like Evan, Avery has a one-of-a-kind belly button. There are “innies” and there are “outies.” Avery has a “way-outie.” A physician once asked me if we would like to schedule a surgery to repair it; at that time, we’d just gotten out of the NICU, Bennett had an upcoming surgery, and I was working on about two hours of sleep a night. The idea of undergoing a cosmetic surgery for a belly button seemed so silly to me that I snorted, startling the good doc. He took it as the “no” I meant to say, and didn’t ask me about it again.
It’s all about perspective, isn’t it?
We thought Parker had an outie for the first 16 months of his life. Then when he finally gained a few pounds we discovered that it had been an innie in disguise!
I love reading Vicki’s posts…and yours. My sons all have innies, one even despite all the scars of surgery.
Tammy, I had to giggle at Parker’s innie in disguise.
Miss E has an outie.
Tammy, Avery is still pretty skinny…I’m wondering if as he grows, maybe he’ll have a secret innie, too? Time will tell!
d has an outie too
Let’s hear it for snorting at silly suggestions made my doctors!
Oh shoot, let’s just hear it for snorting, period.
How cute is that
When Brady was born, his was a combination outtie/innie 
The outside part stuck out, and the inside part looked like a smile 
We called it his smiley button 
Now that he is big (wahhhhh) it is an innie 
My friend Holly’s daughter Sydney is three years old and belly button obsessed. She calls it a “beebo” and pokes all day and loves her mommy’s too. Did you know Sandra Boynton has written a book about beebos??
Silly me. I meant to thank you for the link!!!
Hi Jen, I loved this, esp. all the little idiosyncratic details about Avery that you share with us. Thanks for that–you always sound so calm and confident. Where does that come from? I could use more …