Cord

My baby’s 5 days old and her cord has come off, is this okay or do I need to speak to the health visitor??

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That’s okay my baby girl was also 5 days old and as long as there is no signs of infection you should be good xx

oh thank god, really worried me because I’m seeing everywhere that it doesn’t come off until she’s like 10 to 21 days old x

My baby is 6 days old and his came off around day 4 the midwife said it was fine and to just give it some time before giving him his first bath

my babies came off on day 3. just keep it clean and wipe it with a little alcohol when you do diaper changes since it’ll still leak a little fluid

I saw that and with her being my first baby we asked our midwife and she said it’s totally fine some fall early some take a bit longer xx

That’s fine! What the drs say is just an estimate. I think my boy was 6 days?

Absolutely fine my boys fell off on day 5, it looked a little gooey doctors took a swad but said it was fine with normal bodily bacteria but to keep it clean with cooled boiler water and a bit of salt, it's almost completely healed now on day 11 xx

I thought of using alcohol but didn't it sting a little? Xx

i never got a reaction from my baby when i would do it even when asleep. if anything i think it just feels cold to them so could startle a bit

Mine was 5 days while the midwife was with us at home weirdly! No signs of infection and she was happy with it, no problems since!

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