My dr said use a bit of alcohol on his umbelical cord, what kind? Anyone know???? Like wipes? Or

Rubbing alcohol. Its in the medicine aisle in the store

You soak a q tip in it and clean it with that

Just regular rubbing alcohol. I use to soak a cotton or a qtip and rub it on my son's

You're not supposed to do that anymore I thought

http://americanpregnancy.org/first-year-of-life/umbilical-cord/

This is just an argument I remember having with my mom in the hospital and the nurse told us both exactly what this SS says.

Yeah you can also buy the plastic bottles of alcohol that they have at walmart or any drug store near like the first aid area and just get a soft wash cloth or some cotton swabs and dip the alcohol on the wash cloth or cotton swab and just dab it on there like you would a small cut ☺

@cori.severs, his cord fell off but its bleeding a bit thats why she wants me to use some alcohol

My dr used this weird thing that looked like a match stick and it like bubbled up silver and it healed it pretty quick

@gabriellerene That's what my doctor did too

@cori.severs, worked great but I forgot what it was called

My doctor and midwife told me your not suppose to do that anymore. Just let it be. It will fall off by it self. And a little blood after is fine. No need to do anything to it

@emiliasmommy15, If you use the alcohol, be super careful and DO NOT get it on his skin. The reason they told people to stop doing it, is because parents were using too much alcohol and giving the babies bad burns on their skin.

I personally would leave it alone.