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How to Maintain Cleanliness and Care for Your Baby's Umbilical Cord

Umbilical or umbilical cord is usually cut immediately after the baby is born. After that, the cleanliness of the navel needs to be maintained so that your Little avoid infection. What steps need to be taken to clean and care for the remaining baby's umbilical cord? What signs need to be watched for for an infection? Check out the following explanation. During being in the stomach of the mother, the little one gets food intake and oxygen through the placenta or the placenta attached to the wall in the mother's uterus. By the umbilical cord, the placenta is connected to the body of the Little One. After Little is born, the umbilical cord and its umbilical cord are no longer needed and eventually cut. The cutting process leaves 2-3 cm of rope remaining attached to the baby's navel. Usually the rest of the umbilical cord will dry out gradually and dislodged by itself 1-2 weeks later. But before the umbilical cord comes off, the skin around the navel needs to be kept clean and dry to prevent infection. Clean and dry skin also helps the umbilical cord fall off quickly and your baby's navel heals faster.

Caring for your baby's navel

Keeping your baby's navel area clean and dry can be done in the following ways:
  • Clean the skin around the rest of the umbilical cord at least once a day, when changing diapers or bathing the baby. You can use cotton soaked in warm water and baby soap made from soft. Finally, dry the skin by patting a soft cloth.
  • It used to be advisable to clean the rest of the cord using alcohol every time you change diapers. However, now researchers say if the navel is likely to heal faster if left alone. If the umbilical cord remains dirty or sticky, you can simply clean it with water and then dry it with a clean cloth that is easy to absorb water, or it can also be dried by fanning the rest of the umbilical cord using a piece of paper.
  • It is recommended not to clean the remaining umbilical cord with antiseptic because it can make the umbilical cord last longer.
  • If your little one is wearing a diaper, keep the end of the diaper under the umbilical cord (not covering the navel). If the diaper is too long, cut or fold the end of the diaper so that the navel can be exposed to air. Apart from keeping the belly button dry, it also helps to prevent the navel from getting dirt or urine from diapers that can cause it
  • Bathe your little one carefully. Keep the surface of the water always under the navel until the rest of the umbilical cord is dislodged and healed. There are also those who suggest that Little One is wiped using a sponge so that the navel is not exposed to the Little One is bathed after the remaining umbilical cord is separated.
  • Let your child only wear diapers and loose T-shirts in warm weather so that air circulation is maintained and accelerates the drying of the remaining cord.
  • Avoid wearing bodysuit models (which cover the entire body) on the Little One.
  • Try not to apply certain oils, powders, herbs, or herbs around the baby's umbilical cord. This can increase the risk of infection in babies.
  • Never try to remove the rest of the umbilical cord. Let the umbilical cord fall off by itself.
When the remaining umbilical cord dislodges, there may be a little blood in your baby's diaper. Don't worry, this is normal. In addition, sometimes there is clear or yellow liquid and residual tissue in the navel called umbilical granulomas. Umbilical granulomas can go away on their own or be treated by a pediatrician. After the belly button is broken, the mother still needs to clean the baby's belly button. However, consult a pediatrician immediately if signs of infection appear, such as fever, pus in the navel, the skin around the navel is reddish and swollen, or if your child cries when the navel or skin around the navel is touched.

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