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LO's Umbilical cord just hanging there...

NIKKILEWNIKKILEW member
in November 2011 Moms

Lo's umbilical cord is just hanging on by a thread. it looks so grossIck! and i feel like if i just flicked it it will come all the way off. it's pretty much all off it's just the corner holding on for dear life. i will just let it hang and wait for it to drop off. did your LO'shang like that?

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  • JnJ_9.22.07JnJ_9.22.07 member
    Mine's did. Totally gross. I was really tempting to pull or snip it, but I resisted. One or two tummy time's later it fell off.
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  • Katie996Katie996
    Yep, lilly's did that too. It fell completely off a few days later.
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  • pandabear12178pandabear12178
    Ick, Ari's did that too. I hated looking at it. lol. Then about 2 days later i changed her and there goes the umbilical cord rolling away on the changing table... Freaked me out. lol
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  • dollfinn19dollfinn19
    About when did it come off?  My girl is 10 days old and it's getting pretty loose. Is that too early?
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  • Christine&MarioChristine&Mario member

    imagedollfinn19:
    About when did it come off?  My girl is 10 days old and it's getting pretty loose. Is that too early?

    Not too early - there is a wide range of normal (about 4 days old to 3 weeks old).

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  • snowkiwisnowkiwi member
    Ellie's still looks firmly attached. I'm hoping it comes off soon because I just wanna smooch on that belly!
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  • raeski2008raeski2008 member
    Sophie's fell off at 9 days and the doc said it was perfectly normal
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  • TimeRacerTimeRacer

    Addy's fell off at 14 days old. It was firmly attached and then wasn't. DH was actually burping her and it fell off into her lap.

    The nurse at the Pedi's office did tell me that no matter how badly you want to just flick it off, don't as it can bleed and scar funny. 

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  • LesRNLesRN
    LO's took almost 3 weeks to fall off....one day it was hanging on by a thread and DH snipped it.  We seemed to have issues with it oozing and just being gross...ruined a couple of her onesies.  Pedi had to put some silver nitrate on it after it fell off because it was still oozing and even still at one month it has some crust.  However it seems like it has healed just fine and is a perfect little belly button!  
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  • StefB28StefB28 member
    DS1's fell off at 7 days... DS2 will be four weeks tomorrow and his is still firmly attached. The doc put some more meds on it to help dry it out today-- Hope it's gone soon. Ick.
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