Umbilical cord falling off question?

Yep your baby will be just fine. My baby is 2 weeks old and her cord fell off the other day. Same exact thing happened. I noticed some blood on her clothes and next thing I knew when I changed her diaper a few days later it had fell off. You don't have to put anything on it, it's fine like it is. Just give it a few days or even hours and it will fall off itself. :)

Continue to use alcohol around the base of the cord. This not only helps to dry the cord but also ensures that the area is clean and sanitized to prevent infection. Use a q-tip dipped in the alcohol with every diaper change. If you begin to see any discharge or if the area has an odor, contact baby's doctor. No worries, the cord will fall off when it's dried and is ready. I would continue to clean the area for several days after the cord has come off. If you have any concerns, contact the doctor, there are times when the naval has to be cortorized. Cleaning the cord with alcohol and cortorization are competely painless to the baby. Good luck and congrats!

I just has my second son last month and the hospital gave me alcohol swabs to clean it and dry it up, just like they did with my first. The alcohol will NOT burn, it just dries it out. But on to your question, yes that it completely normal and should fall off within the next day or two. Once it falls off, the bellybutton will still look kinda gooey and it will accumulate some dried blood in it, just gently remove it with an alcohol wipe and it will start to look better in a week or two.

yes its normal to be a little gooey underneath, it will be off before u know it.. they recommend now just leaving it alone and make sure it doesnt get wet.. thats all.. usually they fall off by 2 weeks.

good luck

Hospitals & doctors stopped telling mothers to use alcohol about 2 or 3 years ago. They never suggest it anymore. Just do not get it wet and it will be fine. If the area around it starts to become very red and or swollen I would call the doctor.

Yup sounds like its about to pop off. Don't use alcohol, what a ludicrous idea.. Just bathe around it with warm water like the one sensible person on here suggested. Sounds normal to me.

Take some rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab.

It'll be off any day now... Use alcohol wipes on it to dry it up.

NEVER EVER EVER USE ALCOHOL! wtf are u chicks thinking telling her that?!?! I'm a CNA, i work in L&D and we ALWAYS tell our mothers to NOT use alcohol. this will burn your little baby. everything is ok, this is completely normal. use some warm water if it needs to be cleaned around it. but no soap and def. NO ALCOHOL. do not listen to them. SMH!!!!

just keep putting alcahol on it and it will fall off any day now?