Belly Button Bologna

So it all began on Tuesday, when we took Genevieve for her 2 week check-up at the ped. Her belly button hadn't completely healed since the umbilical stump fell off @ 6 days old. The doc said casually that she'd like to put a little silver nitrate on it to help it heal up a bit quicker...Right here is about when I should have busted out my trusty Blackberry and hopped on the internet...but I didn't. Damn me for placing my trust in yet another human being who has the initials "MD" at the end of her name. I asked her if it hurts when she started to apply it, and Genevieve started squirming and then crying. She said, "Oh no, not at all. She's probably just uncomfortable because I'm digging around down there." This seemed plausible to me at the time, so I just shrugged it off...Later, after speaking with one of my RN friends, I found out that it stings/burns, so of COURSE it hurts! Why lie to me? Honestly, I just don't get it. I point-blank asked the woman if she was hurting my baby, and she said NO. She was hurting her...So we go home, and Wednesday morning I notice that the top part of her belly button (interior, not the area AROUND it) is raw and wet-looking. I thought that was odd, being that it was perfectly fine the day before, but I just dismissed it momentarily. I dug a little deeper into the world of silver nitrate only to find that it basically BURNED her perfectly healthy skin. Who knew that silver nitrate burns the shit out of healthy skin?! Well, I would have been aware of this side effect had I been fully informed before consenting to the procedure...Ahh, and there we are again with the informed consent thing. At any rate, Thursday, her belly button started oozing this yellow discharge, in addition to being red, raw, and slightly bloody in some areas that were raw. Now I'm starting to get really pissed, right? So I asked my girls on IMLM what to do, and it was suggested that I use hydrogen peroxide to help clear up the nasty. Well, this morning when it was still looking gross, I decided it would be best to put a call into the ped. They, of course, wanted to see Gen, and so I brought her in this afternoon. Doc says it's not infected (though that's probably because I treated it with the peroxide solution 50 times) and that it is impossible for them to get the silver nitrate ONLY on the affected area and so it burns some healthy tissue as well...Are you KIDDING ME?! Lesson here parents: ask to see the indications and the package insert before consenting to ANY medication or treatment for your kids (well, and yourself too). So now I'm supposed to put Desitin on this thing until it heals...Lovely, folks. Just lovely. MAN do I feel like a terrible mom. I never would have consented to torturing my baby unnecessarily...BOOOOOO for MDs yet again.