I saw berty's post so I guess the time frame isn't too far off for Andrew's to have fallen off.
It was drying and small pieces have been breaking off. Tonight it was only partially attached. When I picked him up, it got caught on my shirt and literally stuck there.
And FWIW, we threw it away too. The hospital gave me the cord clamp in case I wanted to keep it. I haven't thrown that away yet. I'm having trouble with the idea of putting even that in the scrapbook.
I'm worried it came off too soon. It didn't bleed but it's open pretty wide and a little gooey inside.
We go to the pedi on Thursday but I'd like some reassurance that it's okay.
Re: Umbilical cord falling off question
Avery's was a little gooey inside too. Keep cleaning his belly button and he'll be fine
And we threw ours away...saving it...eew!
Yep threw Harrison's away. The thought of scrapbooking that grossed me out.
Harrison's belly button was kinda gooey when it first fell of. It kinda freaked me out at first, but yeah just keep cleaning it and it will be fine.
Call your pedi just to be sure. Blake's was kind of tugged off, too, by a piece of clothing. It was gooey and started to smell like stinky garbage. So I took him to the pedi and they used silver nitrate to cauterize it.
And I have saved the umbilical stumps from all my kids, each in their own little ziplock baggie! Gross? Sure. But I just couldn't throw them out. Blake's is missing somewhere, though. I set it on my nightstand when it detached, and it must have gotten knocked off. Double gross, I know.