When did LO's umbilical "stump" fall off?

indytara · August 2011

How many weeks did it take for it to fall off?

amos07 · August 2011

It was 1 week for DD and 1 1/2 weeks for DS.

jsimpkins17 · August 2011

DS's fell off at 2wks 1day.

SarahRae812 · August 2011

Just after 2 weeks.

abrazz · August 2011

1 week, but then it oozed for another week. His was hanging on by a thread and I think when he was kicking during a fit, the band from his shorts rubbed it completely off. DD was watching me change his diaper and started screaming when she saw it. It shocked me a little too. She kept checking her belly button after that lol, poor little girl.

x0stephanie · August 2011

5 days

melissa.1985 · August 2011

1 week

ReneeK728 · August 2011

5 days. Yay. Only one sponge bath needed.

indytara · August 2011

Thanks for the responses.

DS' looks like its hanging on by a thread! And I thought it seemed really soon for it to fall off! But it sounds like he's "normal".

It is really gross though. I pride myself on handling icky situations really well...but it looks pretty nasty! Dr. says it looks like its healing "perfectly" though. So I know I shouldn't panic!