During pregnancy, through the umbilical cord, nutrients from the mother come to the baby. After the birth of the child, the medical staff of the maternity hospital processes the umbilical cord with alcohol and cuts it with sterile scissors, after which a clamp is applied. Before the umbilical remnant disappears, it does not need special care, only it is cleaned twice a day with clean boiled water.
Parents are interested in the question - when the navel falls away in newborns? The norm is considered as a falloff on the third day, and after two weeks. It all depends on the thickness of the umbilical cord. After the navel has disappeared, the next question arises - what to do with the missing navel, because in its place an open wound is formed, which without proper care can become a gateway to infection. How can this be prevented, how to protect a newborn baby from infection?
How to handle the umbilical wound?
In the house where the baby has appeared, all necessary care items and medicines must be prepared in advance. These include 1% alcohol solution zelenki, 3% solution of hydrogen peroxide, in some cases 5% alcohol solution of potassium permanganate, and simply "manganese". Also in the first aid kit, you need to have cotton wool, cotton buds, alcohol and a sterile pipette.
The technique of processing the umbilical wound is quite simple and does not represent any difficulties, if everything is done in the right order. To begin with, a few drops of hydrogen peroxide are dripping onto the crust that formed on the wound. Then after 10 - 15 seconds, the easily soaked crust is carefully removed with a cotton swab or a cotton swab. If the first time failed to completely remove the crust, the procedure is repeated again. You can not forcefully remove the crust, since the umbilical wound will begin to bleed. After cleansing, we wipe the wound with a cotton swab. Then, a clean cotton swab dipped in a green, neatly pushing the thumb and index fingers of the edge of the wound and masticate with green. It is necessary to try to get into the wound, with as little as possible smearing the skin around, because the green has the property of drying, and healthy skin is not what. Carry out cleaning procedures twice a day: during the general morning toilet and after bathing.
What if the umbilical wound becomes wet?
To avoid inflammation of the navel in a child, the treatment of umbilical wound should be carried out only with cleanly washed hands with short cut nails. If the wadding stick fell to the floor, in no case it can not be used - it is dirty. The clothes of the baby should be well washed and ironed.
It is also necessary to ensure that the diaper does not interfere with the access of air to the navel. To do this, you should choose a special diaper with a cutout. You can make a cutout yourself, but you can just turn the edge of the diaper. Sliders are recommended to buy with a wide (10 cm) rubber band, which will not crush and rub the wound that has not yet healed. When you wash the child under the tap, make sure that the dirty water does not hit the wound.
In those cases when caring for the baby is carried out as a hit the navel can become inflamed and begin to become wet. To correct the situation, make the air bath more often to the child. If the skin around the dandying navel turned red, suppository or purulent discharge started, an unpleasant smell appeared - urgently, without delay, you need to call a doctor.
Is it possible to bathe a child who has not got an umbilical wound?
If pediatricians of the old school have categorically forbidden bathing before the wound healing, which usually takes place in three to four weeks, then modern doctors have removed this prohibition. A prerequisite is the boiling of water and the addition of several dissolved manganese crystals.
Dear Parents! If you create all the conditions for proper care and handling of the umbilical wound, then the problems associated with it will not affect you!