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Jun 20, Umbilical cord care: Do's and don'ts for parents.

Continue to keep the area clean and dry.

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September 20, - pm. All upcoming events. Once the stump falls off, you can give your baby a proper bath. You don’t have to clean the belly button any more or less than the rest of baby’s body. You can use the corner of a washcloth to clean in the belly button, but you don’t need to use soap or to scrub too stumpclearing.buzzg: Melrose MA.

Feb 10, The stump then shrivels up, turns black and falls off anywhere between days. Once the stump falls off, there may be crusty pieces of it left inside the belly button as well as some dried blood.

Just make sure that you keep washing and drying the belly button well and it will fully heal in another week or stumpclearing.buzzg: Melrose MA.