Umbilical cord/bath advice

Runaway22 · March 2013

I've been dreading another baby-hated sponge bath, and like, 30 mins ago, LO's umbilical stump fell off. (Eww, by the way!) I've read conflicting info on baths after the stump takes a dive. Think it's safe enough to bathe him "for real" tonight?

TIA!

tamarar5 · March 2013

When E's cord stump fell off, his belly button was still gooy and kind of gross looking, so we waited like another week for it to really crust over and look "normal." But I do not remember that happening with my daughter. I am fairly certai

carpntrgrl · March 2013

Our DDs stump fell off after a week, but there was still a little bit of scab. When we asked the doctor about bathing her, she sort of unfolded the skin inside the belly button to make sure that was healed then gave us the ok. We didnt worry about getting

pitterpatter129 · March 2013

I'd wait. We didn't wait with DS1 and it took forever to fully heal / quit weeping.

eddy92482 · March 2013

I waited until it looked all healed up!

bumpuser7698452 · March 2013

Doc said that once the cord fell off we can bathe her so she got a bath that night. I noticed a little bit of blood the following days but the doc wasn't concerned. And we only bathe her one time per week anyways.