How long for your LOs cord stump?

mejane123 · January 2013

DD is 5 wks 2 days and her cord stump has yet to fall off. There's no irritation or anything, and it looks like its working it's way out, but we were expecting it to fall off a couple of weeks ago. About how long did it take your LOs stump to fall off? Is five weeks a weirdly long time?

kateraid · January 2013

My DS's fell off within 5 days. Has it been damp at all? I think 5 weeks is a long time but I don't know for sure.

mben1119 · January 2013

5 weeks seems long. Have you asked the pediatrician?

Smiley-1980 · January 2013

My DD is 1 week old and the doctor checked it today and said he expects it to fall of within a week.

laura1 · January 2013

That is kind of a long time. DS and DD 2's came off around one week. For DD1, the hospital used some blue dye on her cord after she was born to prevent infection and hers took longer, maybe 3 weeks to fall off. Our pedi said that using the blue dye seems to make it take longer did they use that on your DD?

hmontty · January 2013

For DD, 5 or 6 weeks. For DS, 2.5 weeks.

as long as you keep it dry and its not stinky or rotting, its fine.

mejane123 · January 2013

laura1:
That is kind of a long time. DS and DD 2's came off around one week. For DD1, the hospital used some blue dye on her cord after she was born to prevent infection and hers took longer, maybe 3 weeks to fall off. Our pedi said that using the blue dye seems to make it take longer did they use that on your DD?

Yes, they did use the dye. It's definitely dried out, it just seems to be hanging on for dear life. Our next appointment isn't for a few weeks, so maybe I'll call tomorrow. It's doesn't look weird at all, and there doesn't seem to be any irritation, so maybe it's just taking forever.

bjlucas1 · January 2013

two weeks for my little lady

edilo · January 2013

2 weeks for DS and 2.5 weeks for DD. The blue dye was used both times.

Ashley5704 · January 2013

MY DD's stump fell off at 4 weeks.

amydanhof · January 2013

My LO's fell of within the first couple of days we were home. I would check with our pedi because 5 weeks seems kinda long, and i would try some rubbing alcohol, that's what we used and it seemed to work. Even though some pedi's say it doesn't change anything. LOL!!!

LosaJrTomasi · January 2013

My lo was almost 2 weeks

amberthehobbit · January 2013

I know it was less than 10 days but he had a clot of left that the pedi just removed with tissue.

this decaf life · January 2013

7 days.

jobiann · January 2013

mabenner1:
5 weeks seems long. Have you asked the pediatrician?

This. DS 's fell off at 11 days.

ljhgrey · January 2013

DSs finally fell off around 7 weeks. I thought it was strange too! Nothing was infected, the nurses said when he was born that he had a thick cord and it may take longer to lose the stump. His cute little belly button looks perfectly fine and cute now!