How long did it take for your baby's umbilical stump to fall off?

Question

My little guy is 2 weeks old and it doesn't seem like it will fall off any time soon, in your experience how long did it take to fall off?

Answer

One week.

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2 weeks. I didn’t think it looked like it was even close but then I was changing her diaper in the evening and noticed it was gone.

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Our daughter's fell off in the first week.

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My roommates baby had hers for a week and wasn’t showing signs of falling off, so we made a saline solution and cleaned around the stump with a q tip every time we changed her, and it fell off really quickly after that.

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3 days for us. It seemed super fast. It looks great at 2 weeks old.

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Alcohol helps dry it out faster

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5 days.

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About two weeks. It actually fell off when the nurse at her drs was cleaning it

How long did it take for your baby's umbilical stump to fall off?

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