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Umbilical Stump Still on at 4 Weeks
Asked by J.J. from Dallas
on March 24, 2008
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I know the umbilical stumps are supposed to fall off by about 2 weeks. My daughter is over 4 weeks old now and her stump is still pretty securely attached. I am usin...
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- Both of my twins' stumps came off too early. A friend of mine is a pediatrician and she came over with the silver nitrate (it looks like a little match). She put the ...
- My sons stayed on for about a month as well. When we went in for his appts the dr. was much more aggressive with it than we were at home. She did apply something (mayb...
- I would call the pedi and just ask...won't hurt to ask. Are you submergin her in her bath? I know they say that you can now, but I wonder if it would take longer t...
Umbilical
Asked by L.G. from Hickory
on May 27, 2008
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So this is a question for a friend. Her son is 6 weeks old and still has his umbilical cord. It feels super deep and is all dried up, but will not let loose and come...
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- Both of my children lost theirs around 2 weeks . But with my last child the doc said to clean it with a q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol. This makes it heal faster beca...
- My little girl's umbilical cord half came off when she was 2 weeks old but half stayed on. her clothes would rub at it and cause it to bleed so we kept her in sleepers...
- i know a guy whose little girl's cord stump didn't want to fall off. it got really bad infected and she ended up needing surgery to remove it and take care of the inf...
Umbilical Cord
Asked by R.D. from New York
on December 5, 2010
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Hi,
It seems that only part of my baby's umbilical cord fell off. It looks like there is still a piece in her bellybutton. Is this normal?
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- those little cord stumps are just weird for new moms! Keep it dry with the hydrogen peroxide and make sure to put a little nyomicin or other ointment on in (not too m...
- Ugh. This happened with my son and it took forever to heal!!! Most likely it will be fine, it just might need a bit more time, but just keep watching it. Since he's...
- That happened to my fifth baby. he's 8 months old and it still kind of looks like there is some in there. My doctor didn't say anything about it. It's weird,,,
Umbilical Cord Care
Asked by B. from Cincinnati
on July 23, 2006
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I have a newborn that is 8 days old. Today, after giving her a spongebath and swabbing her umbilical cord stump this morning, I noticed that her umbilical cord stump h...
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- Congrats on your new baby! How wonderful! Just keep the U cord area real clean...inspect every time you change her. I'd bet the cord stump is real close to falling ...
- That happened to me as well, and it was so little I just waited until the next day. It had stopped then. If you feel weird about anything, I say call your pediatrician...
- my daughters bleed some right before it fell off to so I bet it is just getting ready to fall off.
Bleeding Umbilical Cord
Asked by L.V. from San Francisco
on August 14, 2008
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I was changing my sons diaper and noticed when he bumped his umbilical cord tie that it was bleeding. not enough blood where it was everywhere but enough to fill his l...
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- My son is 4 months old and this happened to him when his umbilical cord fell off. I was very worried, called Kaiser, had them look at it at his 2 week well baby check...
- Hello, Yes, it's normal as long as it's not excessive. Continue to clean it with a q-tip and the cleaning thing they tell you to use. I want to say peroxide, but no...
- Hello! I've been there! It is very scary at least I thought so when it happened to my daughter. My daughter was so small at 6lbs 4oz the daiper even with the notch for...
Newborn with Possible Umbilical Hernia
Asked by A.Z. from Dayton
on September 9, 2008
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Hello All! I just had my first baby on August 19th... and he's a big healthy boy! However, his cord stump fell off last week and his belly button sticks way, way out. ...
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- My son, now six months, has an umbilical hernia. Do not try to tape it down, place quarter on it, etc. These things do not make them go away. You will get used to s...
- You have already gotten a lot of responses, but my story is alittle different. I had a friend whose daughter had an umbilical hernia that was really bad, it didn't al...
- my niece had a umbilical hernia (c-section also, not a big cryer) & it did heal on its own. it seemed so large, that it was nearly unbelievable to think it would go aw...
Newborn Umbillical Cord
Asked by J.C. from Houston
on August 14, 2008
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My 1 mo. old daughter's umbilical cord stump fell off @ 2 weeks but a small stump remained. At both her 1 week and 2 week appointments the pediatrician said that it wa...
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- My daughter had the same thing. She is now 3 1/2 and doing great, belly button completely normal. They called it an umbilical pollup and her peditrician applied some...
- My little boys umbelical did fall off all together, but before it did it also bled a little and had some discharge. I was extremely worried but Dr. said alcohol and e...
- i would just recommend gently pulling back the skin around the stump and using a cotton swab (Q-tip) dipped in alcohol to make sure you are getting the alcohol way dow...
Cord Care
Asked by K.G. from Los Angeles
on August 31, 2009
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My husband is obsessed with the umbilical cord. It's been 2+ weeks and the cord has not fallen off yet. We are using alcohol prep pads (as recommended by our doctor) t...
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- don't touch it!! it'll dry up and fall off over time, it might be a while....we never did anything to the cord on both of our kids and it just falls off eventually. ...
- You gave birth and possibly you are nursing, so the belly button is an area that your husband can focus on. and is probably more interesting to him than diaper care. ...
- My daughter's took forever to fall out, too. Our osteopath told us to get the goldenseal and open up the capsule and sprinkle the powder in the belly button. It's a ...
Silver Nitrate on Belly Button Turned Skin Black
Asked by S.M. from Dallas
on April 25, 2009
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My son is 4 weeks old and saw the doctor today because his umbilical stump hadnt fallen off yet. They applied silver nitarte all over it and around it inside the bell...
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- This should fade. It is a normal side effect that can occur sometimes. It also is to be safer than sorry. I would call the pediatrician's office just to ease my mind. ...
- Hi S.! Silver Nitrate is a good antibiotic, but it does stain. I found this online about how long it would take clear off: One week to up to a month depending in h...
- My daughter had this happen, too. Hers had fallen off, but apparently there was a tiny bit that was stuck in her belly button, so her pediatrician used the silver nitr...
Looking for Tips on How to Give a Newborn a Bath
Asked by S.V. from Portland
on November 19, 2008
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Hello. I'm a new mom, and I've read everything I can about giving a bath to a newborn, and tried many of the tips, to no avail. My three-week-old daughter has had two ...
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- try sponge bath warmer water
- Hi there, I remember that being a hard time to make bathtime an enjoyable experience for everyone. I found it worked best just to get into the regular tub with my...
- This worked for me....We had a plastic baby bathtub that had an angled ramp built into it on one side so you could lay the baby on it and their head was out of the wat...
