RE: Umbilical cord stumps--can they come off too soon?
We had the exact same thing. There is a name for it, and umbilical (something)gioma, as my ped told us. He said it will dry up on its own, or if it was discovered earlier, they could have used silver nitrate to dry it up.
Make sure that's what it is, and if so, no worries. And crazy as it sounds, Julia's cord didn't fall off until 5 weeks! Crazy huh? And then we were left with that stumpy thingy. The ped said she was going to make a career out of her left over cord! LOL!
Marcy
Marcy
DD1 2003
DD2 2005
DD3 2009