Belly buttons
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Yeah, you can just email me these questions as I tend to have about 10^1,000,000 more experience than just about any mom walking. Unless she's a pediatric surgeon.:-D I'm going to guess he has an umbilical hernia. My 19 month old has one. They are the result of many causes the simplest and most common screaming way to hard and my 19 month old really is a belly screamer. When she cries her belly button will protrude up to 3/4" above her belly button. In speaking with my Pediatrician (and very close friend) and my Pediatric Surgeon (also a close friend) this is very common and should go away on it's own by the time the child is around 4 or 5. I'm no substitute for medical advice but I'd bet an iPod with a windows virus that is the diagnosis you will get. Also, there is no pain involved with this it's just a protruding belly button. Like I said, you can ask me almost anything and I can tell you just about everything. I've spent 6 weeks in NICU and 6 months in Pediatrics and then I've been a regular guest for over 3 years. Like Blue Oyster Cult put it, "I'm the veteran of a 1000 psychic wars." email me directly if you want r#e#x#@#c#o#d#e#-#f#r#o#g#.#c#o#m# (Remove all the #'s and you'll get me.) - Rex
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LOL, thanks for the info Rex :). Mikey has his next jabs tomorrow, I'll try to remember to ask the nurse to check to see that it's not a problem. I had no idea it could be a hernia, and as I'm sure you know, no parent will accept anything less than a full examination when there's even a 0.000001% chance of something being a small problem :rolleyes: Once again, you sound like an awesome Dad. Your kids are lucky to have you :)
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Megan Forbes wrote:
What is your belly button like?
Linty.
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LOL, thanks for the info Rex :). Mikey has his next jabs tomorrow, I'll try to remember to ask the nurse to check to see that it's not a problem. I had no idea it could be a hernia, and as I'm sure you know, no parent will accept anything less than a full examination when there's even a 0.000001% chance of something being a small problem :rolleyes: Once again, you sound like an awesome Dad. Your kids are lucky to have you :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
It's a very special type of hernia an "umbilical hernia" doesn't quite fit the terms of a regular hernia at all. I'm sure the nurse will be able to assess it with no trouble at all.:rose:
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Your kids are lucky to have you :)
You got it all wrong. I'm the lucky one to have them.
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Yeah, you can just email me these questions as I tend to have about 10^1,000,000 more experience than just about any mom walking. Unless she's a pediatric surgeon.:-D I'm going to guess he has an umbilical hernia. My 19 month old has one. They are the result of many causes the simplest and most common screaming way to hard and my 19 month old really is a belly screamer. When she cries her belly button will protrude up to 3/4" above her belly button. In speaking with my Pediatrician (and very close friend) and my Pediatric Surgeon (also a close friend) this is very common and should go away on it's own by the time the child is around 4 or 5. I'm no substitute for medical advice but I'd bet an iPod with a windows virus that is the diagnosis you will get. Also, there is no pain involved with this it's just a protruding belly button. Like I said, you can ask me almost anything and I can tell you just about everything. I've spent 6 weeks in NICU and 6 months in Pediatrics and then I've been a regular guest for over 3 years. Like Blue Oyster Cult put it, "I'm the veteran of a 1000 psychic wars." email me directly if you want r#e#x#@#c#o#d#e#-#f#r#o#g#.#c#o#m# (Remove all the #'s and you'll get me.) - Rex
I only read CP for the articles. Code-frog System Architects, Inc.
code-frog wrote:
r#e#x#@#c#o#d#e#-#f#r#o#g#.#c#o#m# (Remove all the #'s and you'll get me.)
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code-frog wrote:
r#e#x#@#c#o#d#e#-#f#r#o#g#.#c#o#m# (Remove all the #'s and you'll get me.)
Who do I get if I don't?
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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It's pretty much just me.:-D Of course I'm more than most men. I can cook *and* do dishes.:laugh:
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My 16 month old son's belly button is a barometer of how hungry he is or isn't. It's an extreme inny when he's due for a meal, and gradually goes further and further out as he eats until he's completely stuffed and it looks similar to how mine did when carrying him in the 3rd trimester :) We thought this was normal for babies, but actually since asking other mums it seems none of them have come across this. Does anyone here have a "belly-o-meter" (as we like to call it). I wonder if he'll end up with an inny, an outy or if he'll always be this way. I've done a little Googling (if you think belly buttons aren't fascinating, just wait till you have a kid :laugh: ) and most doctors say the way the umbilical cord is cut has no effect on the resulting belly button shape. Yet when I worked with homeless kids in NYC many of them had belly buttons which stuck out a good couple of centimetres. I've never seen this on any other child and believed the nurse who told me it was because the doctors who delivered them did a shoddy job of cutting the cord. Can anyone shed more light on this? What is your belly button like? I apologise in advance to anyone bored by belly buttons :)
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Like Rex said, it is probably an umbilical hernia. I have one myself, the bottom half of my belly button is kinda sloped. If I push it back in I can feel whatever is poking through that shouldn't be slide back through the hole and it will stay in for a few minutes at least. My GP suggested I get surgery for it at some point, but it isn't a serious issue, even though it could rupture and become serious.
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My 16 month old son's belly button is a barometer of how hungry he is or isn't. It's an extreme inny when he's due for a meal, and gradually goes further and further out as he eats until he's completely stuffed and it looks similar to how mine did when carrying him in the 3rd trimester :) We thought this was normal for babies, but actually since asking other mums it seems none of them have come across this. Does anyone here have a "belly-o-meter" (as we like to call it). I wonder if he'll end up with an inny, an outy or if he'll always be this way. I've done a little Googling (if you think belly buttons aren't fascinating, just wait till you have a kid :laugh: ) and most doctors say the way the umbilical cord is cut has no effect on the resulting belly button shape. Yet when I worked with homeless kids in NYC many of them had belly buttons which stuck out a good couple of centimetres. I've never seen this on any other child and believed the nurse who told me it was because the doctors who delivered them did a shoddy job of cutting the cord. Can anyone shed more light on this? What is your belly button like? I apologise in advance to anyone bored by belly buttons :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Megan Forbes wrote:
What is your belly button like?
Only a few people will ever know. :)
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My 16 month old son's belly button is a barometer of how hungry he is or isn't. It's an extreme inny when he's due for a meal, and gradually goes further and further out as he eats until he's completely stuffed and it looks similar to how mine did when carrying him in the 3rd trimester :) We thought this was normal for babies, but actually since asking other mums it seems none of them have come across this. Does anyone here have a "belly-o-meter" (as we like to call it). I wonder if he'll end up with an inny, an outy or if he'll always be this way. I've done a little Googling (if you think belly buttons aren't fascinating, just wait till you have a kid :laugh: ) and most doctors say the way the umbilical cord is cut has no effect on the resulting belly button shape. Yet when I worked with homeless kids in NYC many of them had belly buttons which stuck out a good couple of centimetres. I've never seen this on any other child and believed the nurse who told me it was because the doctors who delivered them did a shoddy job of cutting the cord. Can anyone shed more light on this? What is your belly button like? I apologise in advance to anyone bored by belly buttons :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
Very interesting read. :zzz:
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My 16 month old son's belly button is a barometer of how hungry he is or isn't. It's an extreme inny when he's due for a meal, and gradually goes further and further out as he eats until he's completely stuffed and it looks similar to how mine did when carrying him in the 3rd trimester :) We thought this was normal for babies, but actually since asking other mums it seems none of them have come across this. Does anyone here have a "belly-o-meter" (as we like to call it). I wonder if he'll end up with an inny, an outy or if he'll always be this way. I've done a little Googling (if you think belly buttons aren't fascinating, just wait till you have a kid :laugh: ) and most doctors say the way the umbilical cord is cut has no effect on the resulting belly button shape. Yet when I worked with homeless kids in NYC many of them had belly buttons which stuck out a good couple of centimetres. I've never seen this on any other child and believed the nurse who told me it was because the doctors who delivered them did a shoddy job of cutting the cord. Can anyone shed more light on this? What is your belly button like? I apologise in advance to anyone bored by belly buttons :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
That's the first that I've heard of it going in and out. I've seen some fixed outties in poor countries, but mostly fixed innies. Nothing that moves around. Is the effect the same when he drinks too much? :laugh:
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LOL, thanks for the info Rex :). Mikey has his next jabs tomorrow, I'll try to remember to ask the nurse to check to see that it's not a problem. I had no idea it could be a hernia, and as I'm sure you know, no parent will accept anything less than a full examination when there's even a 0.000001% chance of something being a small problem :rolleyes: Once again, you sound like an awesome Dad. Your kids are lucky to have you :)
A mum and loving it! My (very young) blog[^]
So what was the diagnosis?