@liligandypants, my little mans smelt and asked the midwife and she said it was totally normal. The smell got stronger everyday until in dropped off

I've been told they do smell.. some don't but it's rotting skin.. if her belly or skin around it was red I'd be worried but it's not. I've been told to bathe her too x

@jodieiokie, ive seen a few on here say they arent bathin their newborns as hospital said not too i will be as i did with my boys two years ago xx

Sophia was bathed in NICU in hospital with her cord still on😊 she was just over a week old when she had her first bath.. nurses said it was fine to bath her and as for the smelly cord, Sophia had the exact same and hers fell off two days later😊 hers was weepy but I think that was due to her having lines through her cord when she was poorly so it took a little longer for hers to fall off😊 but it was perfectly fine xx

Rubbish that you shouldn't bathe them. My little girl was born 11 days ago and I bathed her in the hospital a couple of hours after she was born... and the same for my son who is 4. Keep it clean, wipe gently in the bath and if it's showing signs of infection which a smell coming from it indicates, wash it with cool boiled water and cotton wool xx

clean with sterile water. leave to air dry when possible. if it still smells or is getting any discharge. go to your gp (I work on a neonatal unit)

hetties was same. but dropped off day after we noticed. x

Cords shouldn't smell hun...Don't ever clean it. It should be left alone. It could be that your little one has an infection xx

@liligandypants, @sophie94x light bathing I mean not full on bath top n tail x .was ok with my first two babies just to be careful x

well she's had a quick bath this morning and I've just washed her cord area with water n cotton wool

I could never smell my boys cords. Is that a sign of a possible infection? And same was told not to get it wet. I didn't bath either of my boys until it fell off. I top & tailed them if I thought they needed it.

I got told not to bath them yet? @pearlmarie

@liligandypants, inbetween baths just bathing with cotton wool and water