>>537778836
Possibly, but why wouldnt they? If the baby is basically a amophous blob of ink its not like it would be harmed by squishing.

The question was really why do they have belly buttons if they are born as blobs. Which we see from the squid kid development chart.

If the mother is able to control the baby's transformation. Then the newborn would be in human form, be able to have a belly button, and still allow for the development art to be true.

Alternatively all of this is false. They lay eggs. And they have belly buttons because they look good.