Let's Talk Belly Buttons

Belly buttons are funny things aren't they?

Kayla has an 'outie' button - she is the only one in our family of four who is an outie. (And Lucas is the only one in our family who writes with his left hand; so they each get to be unique!)

Over the years I have noticed several children with Down syndrome who also have outie belly buttons.

I don't think there is any connection to whether your belly button is an 'innie' or an 'outie' and Down syndrome, but I am curious to see if there is a majority one way or the other. And maybe having low muscle tone affects how the belly button is formed? I have no idea.

So here is my very unscientific, out-of-curiosity, just-for-fun, internet poll about belly buttons and Down syndrome.

What kind of belly button does your child with Down syndrome have?

Outie

Innie

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Left or Right Handed?

I don't think there is any connection with Down syndrome and left- or right-handedness, but I am curious to see results of left- and right-handedness in people with Down syndrome.

Kayla is left-handed.

Joe and I are both left-handed. Although Joe is more of a left-hander than I am. He bowls, golfs, bats, and throws with his left hand. I do the major things with my left hand: eat, write, and hold the phone with my left hand to my left ear! But for the rest of that stuff I use my right hand.

Lucas is a right-hander. Now how did he get to be the only right-hander in a family of left-handers?

So how does your family dynamics breakdown with left- and right-hand use?

What hand does your child with Down syndrome use?


What about siblings? You can chose more than one answer if some siblings are right-handed and some are left-handed.


What about the child's parents? (if anyone is ambidextrous which one do you identify with more?)