Umbilical cord?

It's dry. But green and yellow stuff around it. I clean it in the morning and lunch and before he goes to bed. I don't know what to do... Please help is this normal, from what I've read it's not

I kept thinking dd's was infected. But every time she went back to Pediatrics for weight checks, they kept saying no, it was fine. lol

And it was like that too. lol

Do they still say to keep it dry? like no baths and that till it falls out? Curious, cause here the nciu kept bathing her everyday getting it wet, so I asked when I brought her home if it needed to be dry and no baths etc....and they said no, you can bath babies with the cord still attached now. lol

<blockquote><b>Quoting *L's Mommie*:</b>" It's dry. But green and yellow stuff around it. I clean it in the morning and lunch and before he goes to bed. I don't know what to do... Please help is this normal, from what I've read it's not"</blockquote>




As long as its not oozing and red it's ok Hun

DD's looked pretty nasty too, and hers stayed in longer than it should have. Her Pedi said that as long as it wasn't inflamed or bleeding, that there could be some crust/discharge from it. It's decaying blood/matter that was left behind, according to him.

our hospital told us to keep it dry and not to clean it and theirs fell off at 10 and 11 days without any problems. If you're worried, i'd get it checked out

Yeah those things are nassssty  

Yellow is just body fluid being pushed out. Completely normal. Green is not normal so much. Just watch it. If it gets red (angry red) and they tun a fever get it checked. Umphilitis is very serious and nearly killed my 13kids week old

I went to get get it checked out , and it was fine, I'm just a worried mommy. But my pedi said if it is red or smells bad then I should worry. Thanks guys