Scrapbooking Baby

Are you supposed to keep your baby’s Umbilical Chord after it falls off? What is your opinion?

Wife and I are debating if we should keep it for scrapbooking purposes…

We have our youngest sons in his baby box.

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24 Responses to “Are you supposed to keep your baby’s Umbilical Chord after it falls off? What is your opinion?”

  1. ? Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:20 am

    Yes
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  2. Brena Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:50 am

    There are scrapbook round button things that would be perfect for keeping it, but my husband and I didn’t. We couldn’t imagine wanting to look at it… but It’s a preference thing.
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  3. missbeans Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:20 am

    The umbilical cord is basically like a big scab when it falls off, keeping something like that is weird and gross.
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  4. tate baby Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:37 am

    I think you should i keep my sons and but it in his baby book with a piece of plastic wrap over it I also kept the clip the have on it.
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  5. Ms_Wondering Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 7:27 am

    i kept my daughters, shes 18 months old… and i think its fine. it depends on the person… etc.
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  6. me!!! Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 7:42 am

    ewww, that’s just gross to keep that ,I’m sorry but that’s my opinion there are so many other ways of keeping memento! why a gross, nasty ,scabbed umbilical cord for keepsake???
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  7. A Military Brat's Proud Momm Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 8:24 am

    My mom kept mine but I chose not to keep my daughters bc it gave me the heebie geebies!! Lol!! Plus when it fell off I never found it!…thank goodness!
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  8. dbf32771 Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 8:33 am

    Do what you want, but I think it's gross.

    You have the belly button of your child to remind you of the umbilical cord.
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  9. the luckiest mama in the world Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 8:49 am

    I didn’t keep my sons! I don’t know why but I think its kinda sick!!! But I have friends who kept thier kids!!
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  10. Dom Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 8:57 am

    As a guy, that is some nasty shit. Who cares to look at that in 20 years.
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  11. lil_lol_88 Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:35 am

    ew why not just keep the clamp??
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  12. ? Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 9:53 am

    some people do but that’s up to u, but i think it’s nasty but yet a wonderful memory of your blessed child.
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  13. »Spence's Mommy« Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 10:42 am

    my partner was grossed out but i wanted to keep it so we comprimised. i get to keep it but it has to stay in a plastic bag and it goes into our memory box instead of the scrapbook…
    i couldnt give it up though, it was what connected him to me and fed him the whole time he developed inside me.
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  14. horseduke Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 11:22 am

    yES
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  15. rec Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 11:52 am

    some people keep them.

    i thought i would. then as i was organizing his scrap book box i decided i no longer wanted to keep it.

    some people do though, it just didn’t match the theme of my album :) or so i lightheartedly told people who asked why i didn’t keep it. it’s up to you.
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  16. ~BEC~ ~Lucy's~ ~Mummy~ Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    There is no “supposed to”… you can if you want but you certainly don’t have to. I thought I would but once it came off I thought….. really it’s just a bit of dead skin and it’s not so exciting to look at. I kept the cord clamp instead.
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  17. CLM Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    At first I was like ew!! no!! but then when it fell off I just couldn’t part. It’s not kept in a book at the moment but in my remote control holder. Disgusting but it’s still around.
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  18. Proud-mama-TTC#2 Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    i kept my daughters i put it in a zip lock bag and put it in her baby book
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  19. hi Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    if you wanna but that sounds gross my mom said it looked gross when mine fell off
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  20. Hello... it's me again Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    I debated for a day or so but then decided not to keep it. So we took a picture of it and put that in his scrapbook. To each their own!
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  21. shayja Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 3:07 pm

    you dont have to. its a preference thing. i did cause she would only be a newborn once. its kinda gross but for memory purposes, it makes sense. my mom kept mine and my sisters adn she still has them. we’re all 20-27 yrs old now
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  22. mother of one Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    We didn’t keep my daughter’s, but its a personal preference.
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  23. Joanne Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 4:12 pm

    I kept my childrens’. I put each in a baggy, and taped it inside their baby books. I don’t really look at them much. No one else looks at the books except my husband and me. My kids haven’t asked about it. (They are 8, 6, and 4). I guess I view it as my final physical connection to my children after giving birth. Some think it is gross, but it is ultimately how you feel once it falls off. Don’t let all the “gross” comments dissuade you. People certainly do more gross things.
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  24. ­­­­☼r&t's mom☼ Says:
    January 21st, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    We have our youngest sons in his baby box.
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