DS umbilical cord fell off on 7th day. i freaked because i thought it was too early but my sis saw it that day and said it was barely hanging on and was okay to come off. (she is a peditrician). now it is oozing blood a bit. There has still been some crusted blood even after the cord (eww, i know) and i tried to clean it a bit but didnt want to be too intrusive if it was still healing. is this weird? should i be worried?
Re: umbilical cord question
DD's was the same way and were dainty too. When we went to the pedi, he was all in there with the qtip & alcohol and she didn't bat an eyelash! He really had the qtip in her belly button.?
Of course, don't be too harsh, but it's ok to really clean it. And it will stop bleeding. Now if it smells funny or looks funny, call the pedi.?
our pedi told us that the area has no nerve endings in it right now and when we went in for our 5 day appt, you should have seen him yank it out of her belly button and clean the base of the cord.