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kylaleigh (41.1 days ago)
my son`s cord had a FUNKY smell too.. I took him to the doc and they showed me how to get DOWN on the cleaning and get all in there.. a week later it fell off and that smell went away... but we used alcohol.

angie2008 (41.2 days ago)
my dd didn`t fall off until she was almost 1 month old. We didn`t use any alcohol or water, actually never heard of using water on it. I would say call your doc because of the smell. my dd did have some puss/ goop when it came off which is completely normal.

madelynnsmom (41.3 days ago)
I used rubbing alchol on my daughters. Hers didnt fall off until she was a month old but it never smelled bad.

lb71 (41.3 days ago)
We used rubbing alcohol 2x/day on my twin nephews, and the stumps fell off in about 10 days. The boys never reacted (emotionally) to the alcohol so I'd say they didn't feel a thing - didn't even seem to mind the smell of the alcohol.

rosye13 (41.4 days ago)
They told us when we first left the hospital not to use the rubbing alcohol. Then at about 2 weeks her stump started to smell soooo bad! It was awful. So we called and they told us to go ahead and use the rubbing alcohol ( I have no idea why they say not to initially). Anyway, we did and it fell off in a couple of days and healed fine.

mikeysmommyof2 (41.5 days ago)
at 18days it most likely should have fallen off by now. i think my son`s fell out shortly after 2 weeks if not right about then. we used the rubbing alcohol. i think you can try it. it doesnt do anything but dry it out, where the water keeps it moist. if you dry it out with the alcohol, i have it feeling it will be out in a day or two. good luck!



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