Belly button leaking?

Question

So this is my fourth child and all their umbilical cords have all fallen off around the same time. With this baby it fell off on day 8 but now the past few days her belly button is leaking. Any advice? I'm considering a doctor visit? Is there something I can put on it at home? Rubbing alcohol? Oh and she is 3 weeks old today.

Answer

Does it smell or appear infected? If not, leave it alone. This is my third baby and the first time I had a gooey belly button as well. It was gross and it freaked me out. After two days it was pretty normal. The dr said that the hospital nurse cut the cord really short before we were discharged. So instead of pulling off little by little and drying out as it does with a longer cord, it fell off all at once and was gooey. My dr said that if it were infected, it would smell really bad. It did have a small odor, but she said def not infected and promised t would improve rapidly. She was right. Perfect within days. I just continued to avoid "real baths" until it wasn't a gooey anymore.

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You can put polysporin on it once a day if you want. We took our daughter in to the children's hospital when she was just 4 days old because hers was half detached and had some discharge and a slight odor. The doctors said all that was normal and as long as it wasn't red around it or bleeding (like dripping blood) it was fine. But if we wanted to we could apply some polysporin with a clean Qtip. We did that for a few days and it was fine. She's 3 weeks today and it's completely healed.

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Put peroxide on it before that gets infected, my son fell off at 5days and I just put peroxide on it 2-3times a day and it's normal now.

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Thank you for posting this! My LO's belly button is doing the same thing and I was worried it was an infection or something bad

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The umbilical cord got snatched off too soon. The doctor mentioned if there's a foul odor, reddness or bleeding then take the baby to ER. If the umbilical cord didnt have the signs I was directed to leave it alone.

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