> there's some lit on this somewhere...anyone have it handy.  babies were
> divided into two groups of 250 babies (I think) each.  one group got
> alcohol swabs at every diaper change.  the other group got nothing.
>
> No infections in either group.  the 'nothing' group fell off faster.
>
> I took the 'nothing' route.  cord fell off at 5 days and four days.


I was told by the m/w to only resort to alcohol if the stump was red and
smelly (indicating infection), but otherwise just to leave it and bathe
regularily...which I did.  Sandrine's cord fell off at 6 days (though
interestingly she bled about a drop of blood or 2 from that site every
day for another 2 weeks) and my nephews, both alcoholed and not bathed
at the time, lost theirs at 21 days.

Fio, thinking seriously about lotus birth this time.
ressource person with Allaitement Québec
Mama to Sandrine, 30 mos, and #2, 11/2002

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