We did the alcohol on the q-tip thing as our doctor told us to do... and within a two weeks the cord fell off. The 1" of cord extending from our daughter's belly button fell off but not to part inside her belly button... so it's like there is this cord plug in her belly button.
Is that normal?
When will that come out?
Re: Cord falling off: is this normal?
The inner scab fell off 2 days later for us. But it definately should come out, it's just a scab.
I don't think she was talking about a scab, but the moist looking plug of tissue left over inside once the scab falls off. I thought it looked weird too like it needed to come out, but it didn't. Within a day, her belly button sealed up.