Smelly belly

Like a scab that just won't fall off, the stinky stump is hanging on.
Stinky stump, you ask? That's what I'm calling the remaining umbilical cord nubbin, which, quite frankly, reeks.
Elise smells like a new baby should, provided you avoid her belly region. We think we're doing everything we're supposed to -- keeping her belly clean, not covering it with a bandage, etc.
And yet that stump just won't fall off.
While we're on the topic, I forget to mention that I cut the cord right after delivery. You hear stories about how that is supposed to a "special experience" for Dad.
That wasn't the case.
Oh, sure, it was nice to do it, but there was so much going on in the delivery room at the time that cutting the cord seemed like a routine medical procedure.
Since it happened so quickly, maybe I botched the procedure and I'm actually to blame for the smelly belly.