How to care for a newborn baby with a detached belly button?

When a baby is just born, the belly button has not fallen off yet. It is necessary to insist on anti-inflammatory treatment every day after birth and wait for it to fall off naturally. However, many mothers wait for a long time and do not see the baby's belly button fall off, so they are very worried that there will be some problems during delivery or production. In fact, there is no need to worry. It is important to take good care of it. So how to care for a newborn baby's belly button that has fallen off?

Clean the belly button every day: Dip a cotton swab in 75% alcohol every day, gently lift the ligature of the umbilical cord with one hand, and use the alcohol swab with the other hand to carefully wipe the navel fossa and the base of the umbilical cord so that the umbilical cord no longer sticks to the navel fossa. Then, use a new alcohol swab to wipe in circles from the center of the navel outward. After cleaning, don't forget to disinfect the ligature with alcohol.

Keep the navel dry: Before the baby's umbilical cord falls off or when the navel socket is not dry after it falls off, make sure the umbilical cord and the navel socket are dry. Once the umbilical cord is soaked with water or urine, immediately wipe it dry with a dry cotton ball or clean soft gauze, and then disinfect it with an alcohol swab. Please be careful: before the baby's umbilical cord falls off, you cannot let the baby take a bath in the bathtub.

If the umbilical cord does not fall off: Generally, the baby's umbilical cord will gradually turn black and harden, and fall off in 1 to 2 weeks. If the baby's umbilical cord has not fallen off after 2 weeks, you should observe the condition of the umbilical cord carefully. As long as there are no signs of infection, such as no redness, swelling or pus, and no large amount of fluid oozing from the umbilical cord, there is no need to worry.

If there is secretion in the umbilical cord: After the umbilical cord falls off naturally, the navel will be a little damp, and a small amount of rice-like liquid will seep out. This is because the surface of the umbilical cord that has fallen off has not yet fully grown, and the liquid in the granulation tissue has seeped out. Just wipe it clean gently with alcohol. Generally, 1 to 2 times a day is enough, and the navel will become dry after 2 to 3 days. Gently wiping the umbilical cord stump with dry gauze can also speed up the healing of the belly button.

If the umbilical cord is red: The belly button is formed once the umbilical cord stump falls off. During the shedding process of the umbilical cord stump, slight redness often appears around the navel. This is a normal phenomenon in the shedding process and there is no need to worry.

Once families know how to care for a newborn baby's belly button that has fallen off, there is no need to panic. Just disinfect the baby's belly button every day and wait for it to turn black and harden, and it will slowly fall off. Sometimes it may not fall off because it is stuck to the belly, which can be wiped off with alcohol cotton. Consult a doctor if necessary.