another umbilical cord question

Countrygirl0289

so My son's umbilical cord pulled away but the middle section a few days ago, I just put a bandaid on it till i saw my mother in law (a LPN) and she put some proxide on it and put anther bandaid on it. I thought the bandaid was a dumb idea because it needs to dry out, so I took it off and put gauze over it, and taped it down. well last night it fell off when I checked it. so I left it over night and then cleaned the puss off of it, with peroxide but around the button it is red! no more puss or dried blood. I did give him a good bath. I am just worried it is infected or could because it looks like and inny outie but has a deep hole that looks like wet new skin! could that part get infected?

steph3486

I think you are supposed to use alcohol to clean it. I believe my LO's was a little red for a day or two after she tore it off. It also bled a little bit.

RissKay

Use alcohol to clean it with a qtip and it'll be fine. Usually it's red after it comes off, especially if it's pulled off. 

BBS!

Use alcohol every diaper change and no more band aids.

LaurelBee

I'm usually not very big on herbal remedies, but my midwife suggested Golden Seal for the umbilical cord. They come in little capsules that you can open and pour a little on the cord stump. It dried it up and healed amazingly fast. Seriously, I was shocke

jesspomales

I was told not to treat it with anything and everything came off before he was two weeks old. I was told that treating it, with alcohol, water, peroxide, only slows the healing process and is actually a preserver, making things last longer.

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SurpriseAt39

jesspomales:

I was told not to treat it with anything and everything came off before he was two weeks old. I was told that tre

Paris05

jesspomales:

I was told not to treat it with anything and everything came off before he was two weeks old. I was told that treating