Loss of Umbilical Cord & First Bath

Baby Katelyn lost her umbilical cord when she was 11 days old. This little present was found in her diaper, but we were very excited! Not being able to bathe her and having to be super careful during diaper changes was starting to be stressful. Now we had one less sensitive spot & thing to worry about!


The loss of her umbilical cord = first bath!! After 11 days, Katelyn got to experience her first bath at home. They gave her a bath the day she was born, but I think she was too traumatized about being out of the womb to know what was going on.


She screamed the entire bath. We had been told to use only a couple of inches of water which probably made it a little uncomfortable. I cleaned her off while Dylan took pictures and tried to talk to soothe her by talking to her.

Her favorite part was being wrapped in the towel and cuddling with Dylan afterwards. She definitely finds him comforting which is really cute :) Dylan always gets to be the "good cop" parent with her since I do the things she hates the most aka burping, diaper changes and baths. 

So far, she still hates bath time. Hopefully she will grow out of this phase and start enjoying it soon!