What are you cleaning it with if you arnt using alcohol?

Stacey

U are supposed to use rubbing alcohol to keep it dry so that it does fall off. And it will not hurt her either. I have been cleaning doms with alcohol. How I do it is I dip a q-tip in a bottle of alcohol and clean the area it doesnt bother him one bit. They say that it takes 2 weeks to fall off but for others it can take up to three weeks. I strongly suggest u start cleaning it with the alcohol and again it will not hurt her, the hospital should have told u that as they discharged u. Dom is now 11 days old and I am anxiously awaiting for the fall off of his cord lol I really wanna give him a whole bath! ~ erica.

The nurses at the hospital told me not to use rubbing alcohol on her becuz its the exact same as not doin anything to it. She toldme only to wash it with a washcloth when im giving her a spongebath (i know im sick of doing that oo and cant wat to use her tub lol!) but I use rubbing alcohol on occasion but I cant use it right now becuz its bleeding and its kinda open so it'l really sting her and hurt her. Im hoping it'll fall off by tonight... She's already 12 days old! Growing so fast but holdin onto her youth... Lol!

Shauna

Shauna, thats totally normal. And you are supposed to use rubbing alcohol because it dries it out. And it doesnt boither them. There are no nnerves in the umbilicle cord. Josh's fell off at 16 days. It was stuck to the inside of his onesie....Lol. I undressed him and noticed it was gone and I started searching for it and I found it there! Lol. With just a little bit of blood. Don't worry, it will fall off soon enough. I know I thought his never would. Lol.

They always bleed some, and it doesn't hurt the baby at all, even when it is bleeding, you need to clean it with alcohol to dry it up for it to fall off. ]

stacey

I always heard they didnt fall off until about 2 weeks anyways but I could be wrong. I dont thnk you have much to worry about tho!

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gaby

Thanx girls! After this post I called my moms friend ( a nurse that works in maternity ward here) and she told me that its probbaly going to fall off within the next week and that I should definetly not put rubbing alcohol on it due to the bleeding. So ill give her a bath tonight and just wash around it with warm water... And hopefully tomorrow it'll fall off! Lol! thanx girls!

Shauna