I need help with this one everyone...My 7 year-old son bites, well, EATS his fingernails most of the day. He has been doing this since he was 4 years old, and it has come to the point where he hardly has any nail left not to mention that his skin is discolored because of it. He is very aware that I do not condone it, so now he sneaks and does it, but still, I catch him (he has yet to figure out that mothers have eyes in the back of their heads). I have tried the stinky polish stuff, the reward system, putting bandages on his hands, tried to convince him that it's NASTY, taking him to the doctor, and well, just getting plain angry because it disgusts me (I am very germ conscious). Let me just give you all a heads-up...hot stuff will not work because he LOVES spicy foods. He would eat hot cheetos for breakfast if I allowed it. What advice do you all have for me?
2006-12-04
15:55:03
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nicsmom1999
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