Is it good for the baby to have a black belly button?

The umbilical cord of a baby is not very healthy when it is just born. We need to take good care of the hygiene and health of the baby's umbilical cord. Some babies' umbilical cords have turned black due to poor care. Why are some babies' umbilical cords black? Can such black color be washed off? Will the blackening of the baby's umbilical cord harm the baby's health?

Avoid 4 types of improper handling

When you find that your baby's belly button is inflamed, you need to know that some treatments are inappropriate.

1. Apply gentian violet, gentian violet or mercurochrome on the navel. When the navel is stained by these drugs, it will cover up the signs of inflammation, directly affecting the observation of the disease and making it impossible for doctors to make correct judgments.

2. If you find exudate in the navel, sprinkle anti-inflammatory powder, apply ointment, and bandage the navel with gauze. These practices will further spread the inflammation.

3. Pay too much attention to the baby's umbilical cord. In addition to wrapping it with gauze, you also put a diaper on it with several layers inside and outside. When the diaper is soaked with urine, the urine will soak the gauze and diaper layer by layer, providing a suitable breeding environment for various pathogens.

4. Wipe your belly button with iodine. Do not use iodine to wipe your baby's belly button to avoid burning the delicate skin around the baby's belly button.

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The first step: wait patiently for the umbilical cord stump to fall off naturally.

Generally, the baby's umbilical cord will gradually turn black and harden. The umbilical cord stump will naturally shrink within 1 to 2 days and fall off within 1 to 2 weeks. Most babies' belly buttons will heal on their own in about half a month. But don't rush to pull out the umbilical cord stump before it falls off naturally, even if it only seems to be connected a little bit.

The second tip: do a good job of disinfection and cleaning.

During the healing process of the umbilical cord, clear or yellowish sticky secretions will often seep out; the newly detached belly button is like a skin wound, and sometimes it will seep out some blood. This is all normal. Use 75% alcohol to gently wipe the navel fossa clean. Wipe it 1 to 2 times a day. After 2 to 3 days, the navel fossa will no longer be damp but will become dry.

The third tip: observe carefully.

As the umbilical cord stump falls off, the skin around your belly button often becomes slightly red. This is normal as the stump falls off. However, if the skin around the belly button becomes red, swollen and smelly, it is likely that there is local suppuration in the belly button, so you should take your baby to see a doctor immediately.

As a responsible parent, I hope everyone can take better care of the baby. If parents don’t even know that the baby’s umbilical cord has turned black, they are unqualified, because such a situation is not only unhygienic but also affects the baby’s health. Finally, I hope that parents can protect their children. After all, their children are the result of their hard work.