possible outie

so sayan has an umbilical hernia-- which sounds much worse than it is. a few weeks ago we noticed that his belly button was starting to be poofy (see the bath video) and when we pressed it back in it made a funny bubbling noise. we took him to his pediatrician who said he has an umbilical hernia and that it's extremely common. apparently it's a predisposition of the intestine to pop out into the belly button and many cases naturally heal within 12 months but if it doesn't then the belly button turns into an "outie". i always thought it was how the cord was tied that determined that but nope, it's dependent on if that baby had an umbilical hernia. it looks like it must be really painful but our doctor said it isn't at all. the good news is that we took him in for a check up today and the doctor said the internal gap has started to close up and is healing!