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kylaleigh (857.8 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 (857.9 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 (858 days ago)
I used rubbing alchol on my daughters. Hers didnt fall off until she was a month old but it never smelled bad.

rosye13 (858.2 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.

mikey and cjs mommy (858.2 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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