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Are you gonna save the umbilical stump?

mopsiemopsie member
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I used to babysit for a kid whose parents saved his umbilical stump in a little baggie in his room, with the other knicknacks from his birth (hospital bracelets, labor notes, etc).  I can't imagine why they'd want to keep it, and I didn't really want to ask (I was also sorta scared they'd tell me it was his foreskin, not his umbilical stump, so I just kept my mouth shut).  But is this seriously something people do?
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  • klcl8981klcl8981 member
    I personally find that to be a little ... gross. That almost seems equivalent to saving your toe nail clippings or something. That's the level of grossness I compare that too. However, I understand saving like a lock of hair from baby's first haircut kinda thing... Just seems very different !!
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  • Starfish113Starfish113 member
    Ewwww... I've never heard of that! It's even weirder that he had it in a bag!!!
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  • 1MusicMaker1MusicMaker

    ::gag::

    I guess some people do it, but some people also eat their placentas, so....  I think it's weird.  I couldn't wait for DS's to fall off so we could get rid of it!

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  • AlisonLynnAlisonLynn
    Ew...seems gross to me. I won't be saving it! My friend's daughter's fell off and they couldn't find it. Well, turns out the dog picked it up and ATE it. Barf!
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  • smorzandojsmorzandoj member
    Gross.  No way!
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  • Hip2BsquareHip2Bsquare

    No, what will you do with a piece of dried up and crusty skin tissue? Save it and show it your LO's future spouse???

    (Was that on Meet the Fockers?)

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  • QmommyQmommy member
    YUCK!
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  • charlies-angelcharlies-angel member
    NO
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  • mopsiemopsie member

    imageStarfish113:
    Ewwww... I've never heard of that! It's even weirder that he had it in a bag!!!

    Yeah - I don't think he's actually noticed it... yet.  Just wait til this poor kid has friends over and they pick it up and ask him about it.  That'll sure help with his popularity at school!!! 

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  • katie9136katie9136
    Eww, no.
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  • KalamazaarKalamazaar member

    Ewww...gross. I'd stick with keeping the bracelets for knicknacks.

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  • sturgejesturgeje
    we will definitely NOT be keeping that.  LOL seems a little strange to me! i've heard of keeping the first lock of hair and first tooth but not that.
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  • NFL_WifeNFL_Wife

    Anyone else remember Meet the Fockers when it falls into the fondue?

    YUCK! No thanks, I will take pictures and save baby outfits, but anything that comes off my LO's body can just go...

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  • jiliciousjilicious
    The subject header alone made me want to vomit.
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  • rodgersonmummarodgersonmumma
    I have a memory box where I save stuff for DS. I have things like the hospital bracelets and first lock of hair, coming home from hospital outfit, ect. But I deffinately didnt save any cord stumps or foreskin. GROSS!
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  • stacybeelstacybeel
    Definitely not. But I will confess that my mom DID save mine, ew. It's in my baby book and every time I have stumbled across it over the years, I get grossed out. And it's mine!! Yuck.
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  • SteelTown11SteelTown11
    My assistant at work saved them from all three of her kids.  Gross.  I definitely won't be saving mine.  There will be plenty of cuter things to save. 
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  • Stephanie2167Stephanie2167 member
    Sick. No.


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  • Sarah343Sarah343 member
    ewwww....no
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  • Mama_of_FourMama_of_Four member
    a friend of mine had her baby's saved in her WALLET. Yess idk why? also with their Birth Certificates & Socials! & Then she got robbed at her job & the robber took her WALLET. With all that important documentation! Idk about anywhere else but where i live Milwaukee, Wi people take those & sell them to illegal immigrants!(Birth certificates & Socials)
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    imagejeremiahz_momma03:
    a friend of mine had her baby's saved in her WALLET. Yess idk why? also with their Birth Certificates & Socials! & Then she got robbed at her job & the robber took her WALLET. With all that important documentation! Idk about anywhere else but where i live Milwaukee, Wi people take those & sell them to illegal immigrants!(Birth certificates & Socials)

    Imagine the look on the robber's face when he opened the wallet and an umbilical cord stump fell out!!! 

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  • sabrienasabriena
    No way. To each their own of course but I think it's nasty to save it. My mom didn't save ours. She said she could barely touch it to throw it away when it finally fell off! haha
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  • Lolabug86Lolabug86 member
    Ick!....NO....Ick!
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  • cathylynn1213cathylynn1213

    Ew, No. I think that's how you end up on Hoarders.

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  • krausenkrausen
    Definitely not. That makes me wanna hurl just thinking about it!
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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    Ew!  DD's smelled...yes I smelled it!  But it smelled like wet dog fur.  It's nothing more than a huge scab, why would you want to keep that?
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  • vegandyvegandy
    ewww, nope.
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  • MWoodsideMWoodside member
    No!  Just makes me think of Meet the Parents II when they saved Focker's circumcision skin.  Gross.

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  • baldwinsbridebaldwinsbride
    guilty lol!! yea i saved mine from my son!! i got a keepsake box from a friend at my baby shower for him and inside had small drawers, and a little pocket, so i put it in one of the drawers and left it there!! i know its kinda weird.. but i kept it!
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  • Hip2BsquareHip2Bsquare
    imagemopsie:

    imagejeremiahz_momma03:
    a friend of mine had her baby's saved in her WALLET. Yess idk why? also with their Birth Certificates & Socials! & Then she got robbed at her job & the robber took her WALLET. With all that important documentation! Idk about anywhere else but where i live Milwaukee, Wi people take those & sell them to illegal immigrants!(Birth certificates & Socials)

    Imagine the look on the robber's face when he opened the wallet and an umbilical cord stump fell out!!! 

    lmao

    I am sure the robbers face was like....what is that?Indifferent followed by lots of screaming.

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  • MelBoltMelBolt
    Sick. No.
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  • Jasmine1082Jasmine1082 member

    imageAlisonLynn:
    Ew...seems gross to me. I won't be saving it! My friend's daughter's fell off and they couldn't find it. Well, turns out the dog picked it up and ATE it. Barf!

    OMG thats horrific. If I cant find it, I'll be paranoid one of my dogs ate it....

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  • Kerianne1176Kerianne1176
    even I find that gross and I am the girl supporting breast milk cheese!
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  • Mama_of_FourMama_of_Four member
    imageItaliannvegas:
    imagemopsie:

    imagejeremiahz_momma03:
    a friend of mine had her baby's saved in her WALLET. Yess idk why? also with their Birth Certificates & Socials! & Then she got robbed at her job & the robber took her WALLET. With all that important documentation! Idk about anywhere else but where i live Milwaukee, Wi people take those & sell them to illegal immigrants!(Birth certificates & Socials)

    Imagine the look on the robber's face when he opened the wallet and an umbilical cord stump fell out!!! 

     

     

    lmao

    I am sure the robbers face was like....what is that?Indifferent followed by lots of screaming.

     

    LMFAO... Yessss thats what i thought when she told me!

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  • RadicalDreamer143RadicalDreamer143 member
    imagekatiemarie86:
    My mom saved mine in my baby book.  She also kept all of our baby teeth.  I am NOT saving the stump!


    Exactly this, ugh.  She actually tried showing them to me one day... I'm like, seriously?  You save this crap, but none of the typical baby stuff that you SHOULD save?  She's a piece of work.
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  • dvroxydvroxy member
    Gross.

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