blueangel

I used them ion all my kids. I never hear of them anymore.

Ramona Byrd

When my oldest daughter had her first baby, she phoned me from Texas, wanting to know what the heck Belly Bands were. Her overbearing MIL had given her some with orders to use them. So
I told her to wash them to "get the new out of them" , put them away, and when her MIL was on the way to visit (she did always phone first) to wrap it around the baby's waistline over the belly button and pin it there. Then when MIL was gone, take it off and wash all of them again so they'd look used...worked nicely for her.

carhop

never used them on my kids both have innies they are 44 and 47 my mother used them and I have a very deep one

Lindsey

We used them on our kids. something we learned from our parents. Also used a quarter between the layers

BellaBoo

DD said her oldest niece had a cosmetic procedure to make her an innie. She couldn't wear a two piece bathing suit without feeling horribly deformed as she called it. Teen girls have so much pressure on how they look from their peers these days it really affects their self esteem for life.

TonnieLoree

Never heard of them. Both of my girls have innies too.

raedar63

I was just thinking about belly bands the other day, I mentioned them at work and the young girls didn't beleive me LOL

Candace

Never heard of them and didn't use them on my kids. All have innies. I suspect this may be a wives tale turned into a custom?

mmonohon

I had never heard of belly bands but doctor had me use a kind of safe tape and a piece of gauze over a cotton ball. Both my boys have innies.

BellaBoo

I imagine belly bands were used because there was no safe tape back then. ? But all moms had a strip of cloth. I found the belly band I had. It has the name of the hospital stamped on it. I forgot it came with the baby. Like the border striped receiving blankets every mom gets now. LOL