dogpursemaker

I've only heard of belly bands for male dogs, not newborns. :lol:
Our hospital doesn't give out blankets! We get the baby and whatever wipes and diapers are left in the package the hospital supplies when the baby is born. If you didn't bring it, baby doesn't go home with it!

OKLAHOMA PEACH

Don't remember belly bands at all, but both children have innies, its something I have never thought of, like shaving hair on top of toes, my Daughter does that, never ever has crossed by mind.

wenot

Here in Holland they don't use them anymore, they use blue plastic clamps to clamp off the cords,I was thought by nurses to just fold the diaper edge under the cord and clamp and just leave it like that. With both my kids it fell off after 6 days. Both my kids, 3 years old and 4 month have normal bellybuttons, allthough the youngest one has somewhat of a ball in it that is still a bit swollen, but the doctor said that will go away eventually.
For the oldest one i did buy the bellybuttonbands, they where just yersey bands that you should close with a safety pin, but i never used those, because they said it was "oldfashioned".
But i know my sister and sisters in law used them on their kids and their youngest is 10 years older than my oldest so it must have changed somewhere in those 10 years

MelodyWB

My new GD 's Doctor said if it's going to go out.. it will..if it's going to stay in.. it will..has more to do with the way the cord is cut..also if their born with a hernia.. banding it isn't good !!