One lesson I learned with cloth is that I would not recommend starting cloth until the baby's belly button has fallen off. When I began the stump hadn't fallen off yet and the diaper covers would rub against it a wee bit as they didn't have the umbilical cord cut-out built in. So the cord all but fell off at a week and was hanging quite a bit. On day 8 I noticed the cord was only hanging by a hair-thread so I pulled on it and it did come off but it also started bleeding. After this it would start bleeding at random times throughout the day with just the teeniest disturbance. I finally took my baby to the doctor so they could treat it with silver nitrate. This made his belly button black for the next 3 weeks or so. Needless to say, I'd recommend you not cloth diaper until the stump is off, and I'd also recommend you NEVER pull a stump even if it's hanging on by just a thread-sized piece of skin. Let it fall off in nature's time.
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| You can see here how the Cover (Thirstie Cover size small pictured here) hits my baby's stump. |
NOTE: I have read posts by people who simply fold down the cloth in order that it doesn't irritate the stump. From my personal use I found this did not work. The baby is constantly being held and moved about with such frequency that the cover eventually would hit the stump unless I used extreme attention and care. I really was more interested in cuddling him than I was in making sure his diaper was always folded down just so. So just be aware of this. If you choose to go ahead and cloth before the stump falls off then go for it - just be careful!!!
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