Umbilical cord

Firedancer1013 · February 2011

Anyone's LO already lost their umbilical cord? Bennett's fell off today, and we are only at 6 days old! Seems kind of early?

3ltlones · February 2011

My little guy is 12 days old today and still has his.

a.graves · February 2011

LO is 3 days old and hers is almost off. At the hospital they said it will fall off naturally. Just as long as it is not really red or pussing it should be fine.

pomrom · February 2011

Xander was two weeks old when his came off. I don't think it was ready then but we went to the doctors office and when we got home, it was in his t-shirt. There was a little blood around his bb and on the diaper. I think the diaper rubbed it off while he was sitting in the carseat. It could have stayed a few days in my opinion.

thatsmary · February 2011

DD's fell off at 5 days. Seemed early to me too, but it is heal (ed/ing) nicely so I'm sure there is nothing to worry about.

Lilleybug · February 2011

Tyler still has his. I am hoping it falls off by the time he gets to come home from the nicu.

psychgalbride · February 2011

DD finally lost hers today.. I actually thought it would fall off sooner.

TiffanyTheMom · February 2011

Our fell off today at 10days, but we were also using alcohol the way the hospital said we needed too... but out ped told us today NO hospital is supposed to tell their patients to do that anymore!

RumbleLina · February 2011

Isaac still has his and it doesn't look like it is going to come off anytime soon. I would say that as long as it doesn't look infected, red, or is bleeding then it is okay.

daniellepanda · February 2011

London's fell off at about 8 days old. We did not put anything on it, the hospital told us not to get it wet or submerge in water or to use alcohol that it dries and falls off on it's own and it did.

pomrom · February 2011

TiffanyTheMom:
Our fell off today at 10days, but we were also using alcohol the way the hospital said we needed too... but out ped told us today NO hospital is supposed to tell their patients to do that anymore!

This subject is funny to me. It has changed with every kid over the last seven years. When I had ds1, they put this triple antibiotic stuff on it that turned it green/black and they told me to put the alcohol on it at every diaper change and bath. When I had dd, four years ago, they didn't put anything on it and instructed me to leave it alone and not put alcohol on it at all.

This time, at the same hospital as the other two kids, they put the triple anitbiotic stuff on Xander's cord and instructed me not to put anything on it. They said that if it gets crusty or something, to use alcohol to clean around the stump but that was it. It was only as needed but they would prefer I leave it alone.

Odd how things change over time...