Regina wrote about banding babies' belly buttons so they wouldn't rupture. I was one of those babies who was banded, but I remember Mama saying that they placed a nickel or a quarter on the naval before banding the baby. The coin helped hold the naval in so that it would heal properly. My daughter was age five when I noticed an egg shape near her 'private parts'. Doctor said if I hadn't called attention to it, he would never have discovered it in examination because she was lying flat on the table and the rupture didn't show. Her rupture was one that would have blocked the bowels. He said her rupture was unusual for a girl because it was the kind boys had in the groin area. Pat