bellybutton/cord stump question!

[pinkmac85]

So LeeAnne is just over 2 weeks old and her cord/stump is still in tact! We gave her a bath in a big girl tub for the first time last night and made sure not to fill the water up past her bellybutton but of course it got wet with washing her tummy...I made sure to dry it good when she got out. Today it was fine, turning all black and was dried up as usual but tonight when I went to change her diaper I noticed it's full of blood and bleeding. The actual stump is very flimsy feeling and it smells SOOOOOOOOOOO bad! Does this mean it's about ready to fall off or could it be infected?! I thought when it falls off it came off like a scab where its dry and crusty?! So confused

 

[ColtonsMom]

do you have any rubbing alcohol?
if not get a bottle, take a pin needle and poke a hole in the foil (dont remove the foil) and put like 2-3 drops on the right side, and same for the left.
Colton's was on for 3 weeks! They even put the black stuff on it.. mercury or something I think? And it still didn't fall off (I was cleaning it with alcohol and a q-tip). Finally I just started putting rubbing alcohol straight on it and it fell off like the next day!
It will probably bleed a little bit though, I think thats normal.

 

[pinkmac85]

What do you mean don't remove the foil? There isn't any foil on her stump ?? Her cord is soooo short that it like sits in her bellybutton and when I go and clean around it and whatnot I can almost see her whole inside of the bellybutton so I was thinking that maybe it's getting ready to fall off..just wasn't sure why it's so soft and flimsy feeling when like 2 hours ago it was hard and scabby!

 

[pinkmac85]

Oh wait..nvm..I get what you mean about the foil...so like poke a few holes in the foil of the rubbing alcohol so it can be used like a salt and pepper shaker?
Wow I'm totally having a moment LOL

 

[ColtonsMom]

the foil on the rubbing alcohol bottle

sorry.. yeah, maybe it will fall off tonight (or today.. IDK what time it is there). I dont remember if Colton's got flimsy, I remember it was only connected at a little piece and I pulled it the rest of the way off but dont remember if it was flimsy, etc.

 

[ColtonsMom]

Oh wait..nvm..I get what you mean about the foil...so like poke a few holes in the foil of the rubbing alcohol so it can be used like a salt and pepper shaker?
Wow I'm totally having a moment LOL

sorry.. my post was alittle late.. thought I had pushed "post" but guess I missed the button.. was sitting here waiting for the page to turn and realized my computer wasn't doing anything

 

[pinkmac85]

well it's still in tact today! still a bit bloody (not as bad as yesterday tho) but still really stinky....hope it falls off today!!

 

[princessellie]

i was told to wash leyleys, when it was about to fall off we put her in the bath and splashed water on her cord, she loved it lol and it fell off the next day

if you think its infected you can get some fusidin cream off the midwife to stop the infection

x

 

[princess_bump]

hope it falls off soon honey sounds like its about too x