Umbilical cord stump

Cadg0986 · December 2014

LO had her 2nd pediatrician appt yesterday. She is officially 2 weeks old today and the doctor was a little confused as to why her umbilical cord stump was still attached pretty well. She has a deeper belly button like her dad and I so I guess it's taking longer to fall off. She told us to push out the stump and use alcohol swabs to dry it out. It's so hard to get the stump out to actually DO that though. Has anyone else ever had this issue? Anyone have experience or advice with this? Any tips on trying to make it fall off? Google wasn't much help. I know not to pull on it or anything like that.

RayRay007 · December 2014

Dd had her stump for 3 weeks. I had been using peroxide or alcohol (can't remember which) to "dry it out" but it didn't help. My midwife told me to leave it alone because basically it was too clean and it needs to "rot off". Gross but that's how she explained it. It eventually fell off and she's no worse for wear for having had it so long.

Cadg0986 · December 2014

RayRay007 said:
Dd had her stump for 3 weeks. I had been using peroxide or alcohol (can't remember which) to "dry it out" but it didn't help. My midwife told me to leave it alone because basically it was too clean and it needs to "rot off". Gross but that's how she explained it. It eventually fell off and she's no worse for wear for having had it so long.

LO's is pretty deep in there lol. Hopefully it falls off. The pediatrician was all this needs to already be falling off so you should be doing alcohol swabs to dry it out and get it to come out. I had no idea there was a time frame for the stump to fall out!

CandEChicago · December 2014

LO's fell off monday (5 days). Is there a medical/health risk if the cord stay on too long?

Cadg0986 · December 2014

CandEChicago said:
LO's fell off monday (5 days). Is there a medical/health risk if the cord stay on too long?

I don't actually know. The doctor didn't make it seem like there was or say anything like that. When I did Google there were people who had infants that did not lose their umbilical cord until 6 weeks. So I think it's more that it just needs to come off sooner than later maybe?

ebl2 · December 2014

With DD1 it took 3 weeks to fall off. DD2 still has hers (2 weeks 2 days). The Dr said she predicted it would take at least 3 weeks with this one because it took that long with my first, plus her stump is short and thick. I was using alcohol to clean it but had to stop because it started to ooze a little bit which the Dr said it was not infected but by cleaning it I wasn't allowing it to dry and scab up. That's all it is, a scab, that needs to heal itself and fall off.

chicorojo · December 2014

DS still has his. He turned 2 weeks yesterday and my pediatricisn told me the same thing. I hate messing with it though

Cadg0986 · December 2014

chicorojo said:
DS still has his. He turned 2 weeks yesterday and my pediatricisn told me the same thing. I hate messing with it though

Me too! And it's deep in there so it's not easy trying to get to the bottom of it. Aye! This is not easy. Who wants to come over and help a sister out?? Haha.

diz1313 · December 2014

My girls are two weeks today. One has hers and it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. We were at the pediatricians yesterday and they didn't say anything about it. The other's got knocked about while she was in the PICU last week and I accidentally knocked it the rest of the way off the day after we brought her home.

I felt horrible because she cried and it bled a little.

BayCamp · December 2014

Our ped said to only swab it a couple times a day, but the midwife said to leave it. I swab it when I think of it but have been slacking.

QueenOfSpades622 · December 2014

I was also told to just leave it.

gdaniels77 · December 2014

I was just wondering about this yesterday because DD will be 2 weeks tomorrow and hers doesn't look like its anywhere near falling off. They told us at the hospital that after about a week of cleaning it with alcohol once a day that it would turn yellowish at the bottom and start to separate. It's really deep in there too so I was wondering if I'm just not swabbing it far down enough...

Cadg0986 · December 2014

gdaniels77 said:
I was just wondering about this yesterday because DD will be 2 weeks tomorrow and hers doesn't look like its anywhere near falling off. They told us at the hospital that after about a week of cleaning it with alcohol once a day that it would turn yellowish at the bottom and start to separate. It's really deep in there too so I was wondering if I'm just not swabbing it far down enough...

I feel like my daughter will have it forever! Lol. I have used alcohol on it three times today to hopefully dry it up (per my pediatrician). But now I'm confused as to whether it'll work or not. Aye!

2JEL · December 2014

We had our 2 week appt yesterday and pediatrician said it was nowhere near falling off and not to worry about it. She also said not to do anything about it.

I am impatient b/c DH says the snuza won't work well until it's off, but 3 weeks is evidently within normal range.

Kmm1023 · December 2014

DS is 12 days old and his is hanging on by I thread! It should come off tomorrow.

byrne15 · December 2014

ds#1 and #2 each took about 4 weeks to lose their stumps. They both needed to have the silver nitrate put on their belly buttons after it fell off because it still had part of the cord attached. ds#2's belly button looked strange for a while, but looks normal now.

Cadg0986 · December 2014

2JEL said:
We had our 2 week appt yesterday and pediatrician said it was nowhere near falling off and not to worry about it. She also said not to do anything about it.

I am impatient b/c DH says the snuza won't work well until it's off, but 3 weeks is evidently within normal range.

It seems that each there are so many different things to do or not do per the pediatricians! What's a snuza?? Lol.

Cadg0986 · December 2014

kaylam714 said:
Sooooo....DS is 4 weeks old today and he still has his nub. I talked to the nurse at the ped office last week and this morning. She doesn't seem to be concerned about it because it doesn't have a foul odor or any puss coming out of it, and said that he must have just been really attached to me and had a great life line.

I don't know how much of it I believe, but we've been cleaning it with alcohol per the ped and it's STILL there. I don't know what else to do!

My LO is 2 weeks and 1 day and hers is still in there. And it's deep, I have to push down her stomach and try to pull it out a little to use the alcohol to dry it out! I will probably be in the same boat as you in 2 weeks.

2JEL · December 2014

Cadg0986 said:

2JEL said:
We had our 2 week appt yesterday and pediatrician said it was nowhere near falling off and not to worry about it. She also said not to do anything about it.

I am impatient b/c DH says the snuza won't work well until it's off, but 3 weeks is evidently within normal range.
It seems that each there are so many different things to do or not do per the pediatricians! What's a snuza?? Lol.

Yeah, there's so much conflicting advice! A snuza is a little device (it looks like a shrunken down version of the guns you use to scan things for a wedding registry) you clip on baby's diaper and it monitors their breathing an alarm sounds if it pauses/stops. It's probably unnecessary for healthy babies with no risk factor, but it will cut down on the time I spend hovering over the crib trying to decide if LO is too still.

Meether · December 2014

Ours started to really stink at day 6. Because we were having weight issues, we asked the pedi about the stench (stink enough to be considered a stench)... She said we needed to clean it with alcohol. Anyway, it ended up falling off at day 7, and we bathed her the next day. I think your pedi was probably just surprised that it's still there, KWIM? If there was something to be concerned about, she would say it right away.

Cadg0986 · December 2014

2JEL said:

Cadg0986 said:

2JEL said:
We had our 2 week appt yesterday and pediatrician said it was nowhere near falling off and not to worry about it. She also said not to do anything about it.

I am impatient b/c DH says the snuza won't work well until it's off, but 3 weeks is evidently within normal range.
It seems that each there are so many different things to do or not do per the pediatricians! What's a snuza?? Lol.
Yeah, there's so much conflicting advice! A snuza is a little device (it looks like a shrunken down version of the guns you use to scan things for a wedding registry) you clip on baby's diaper and it monitors their breathing an alarm sounds if it pauses/stops. It's probably unnecessary for healthy babies with no risk factor, but it will cut down on the time I spend hovering over the crib trying to decide if LO is too still.

I want one!! We purchased the $229.99 angel care movement, sound, and video monitor but the movement monitor pad isn't working right. It goes off all the time. We don't know if it's because she's in a bassinet or if it's defective. Either way, we haven't been using it and I haven't had time to call the company. Now I need to find myself a snuza!!

nwsnowbunny · December 2014

@Cadg0986‌ we got the angelcare as a shower gift. I haven't even touched it yet, but apparently there's different settings from super sensitive to not very sensitive.

hellopartyof5 · December 2014

We got the angelcare and I returned it for the Snuza that came with a video monitor. They were around the same cost

Cadg0986 · December 2014

nwsnowbunny said:
@Cadg0986‌ we got the angelcare as a shower gift. I haven't even touched it yet, but apparently there's different settings from super sensitive to not very sensitive.

We've done everything we can think of to get it to work right. Used the troubleshooting guides and everything. I need to call the company because it should work with a bassinet.

nwsnowbunny · December 2014

Cadg0986 said:

nwsnowbunny said:
@Cadg0986‌ we got the angelcare as a shower gift. I haven't even touched it yet, but apparently there's different settings from super sensitive to not very sensitive.
We've done everything we can think of to get it to work right. Used the troubleshooting guides and everything. I need to call the company because it should work with a bassinet.

Hmmm..well let me know what you find out! I'd like to be able to use it with a bassinet.

2JEL · December 2014

For those who are interested, the snuza is available at Amazon-- the reviews will make you want to buy it-- but we have no personal experience b/c of the umbilical stump!

Lianna1983 · February 2015

My first two had no issues and cords fell off within two weeks. But with my third DS we had some gooey liquid coming out from umbilical cord area in third week and we were told to air dry the area. Eventually it helped and cord fell off, but I later found out about Assessable bodysuit that could have help us prevent the whole issue altogether. Because it lets you air dry baby's cord without undressing. I wish I knew about it before...

RaeChay · February 2015

Lianna1983 said:

My first two had no issues and cords fell off within two weeks. But with my third DS we had some gooey liquid coming out from umbilical cord area in third week and we were told to air dry the area. Eventually it helped and cord fell off, but I later found out about Assessable bodysuit that could have help us prevent the whole issue altogether. Because it lets you air dry baby's cord without undressing. I wish I knew about it before...

in each of your posts on TB it appears you are trying to sell something, and you don't seem to have a specific BMB you belong to. I am considering flagging you for TOU.

pengy16 · February 2015

When we saw the pedi at 2 weeks she said to push down around it to loosen it and then move the stump up and down. It fell off around 3 weeks.

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