how do i cut nails of newborn baby?

Answer 1

Don't use a nail clipper. I still have a scar on my thumb from when my moron father did that to me. Perhaps, use your mouth?

Answer 2

Follow these tips for cutting a baby's nails:

Give the baby to someone else to hold.
You may want to try when she is asleep, or wait until after a bath, when the nails are softest.
Use a special baby nail scissors, which has safety tips (rounded, rather than pointed).
Cut each nail straight across.
Afterward file with an emery board to smooth the edges.

Nail clippers are not recommended.

Caution: Nail clippers can inadvertently cut into a baby's fingertips.

Like the rest of their body, an infant's fingernails grow rapidly. A baby's fingernails will require weekly trimming.

(Even when the nails are not being cut, clean them.)

Toenails grow much more slowly than fingernails. Consequently, they will not need regular cutting for a while.

At six months old, by which time the toenails have grown out, they will need routine trimming.
Begin cutting the baby's toenails more frequently once shoes are worn.
Note: Be aware that babies frequently develop ingrown toenails.

Answer 3

You don't...you should NEVER cut a newborn's nails. When babies are first born (up until they're a month or so old) their nails are still attached to the skin at the ends of the fingers. You should get a gentle emery board (preferably one made for babies) and file them until the nails grow out from the skin.

Answer 4

Babies have soft, thin nails. They grow amazingly fast and they can scratch. Trim the baby's nails while she is asleep- about 2 weeks of age and after. Use special baby nail clippers or round-tipped cuticle scissors. Cutting the nails is easier after a bath because they are even softer and have loosened a bit around the edges. Cut nails straight across to prevent ingrown nails.

Answer 5

"During the first days of life, nails may be long and adhered to the skin high on the nail. Trim nails frequently with blunt edged small scissors or file with an emery board to prevent scratching. Cut nails straight across."

Answer 6

When the baby is asleep get baby nail clippers (the bigger ones can be harder to control on such tiny fingers) and clip the tip of the fingernail off. You can also bite the fingernails off (what I did in a quickfix, my daughter was a light sleeper, so she would wake when I tried to clip them). If you decide to bite them off, do it after a bath with their nails are softer. You can also get someone to hold the baby (while awake if a light sleeper) while you clip the nails.

Just be VERY careful, if anything, wait until your next check up and ask you doctor to show you the best way to clip your baby's fingernails. If the check up is a long way off and the baby is scratching him/herself put baby mittens on to help prevent scratching.

Answer 7

while your baby is sleeping, gently push down the nail bed and gently cut the nail that is over the end of the fingertip. I learned that this is really safe and you have less of a chance of cutting babies fingertip. When you do it while baby sleeps baby isnt moving around so much and this also prevents accidental nipping of the skin.

Answer 8

There are baby nail clippers that are made for baby hands. But when you clip, make sure the baby is asleep, and try not to get too close to their skin.

Answer 9

exciting... (looks around to be certain if all people else thinks her s/o is nuts) lol! heavily, I bit my baby's nails till aroung 9 months of age. Their nails, at beginning and for many months later on, are very VERY delicate, nonetheless sharp and rapid turning out to be. additionally, by way of fact they are so delicate, and because nature grew to become into completely sensible interior the way newborns are created, they keep on with a fault line alongside the ridge of the underlying epidermis. This faulting alongside with the nails being so delicate and bendable makes it puzzling to tell apart between nail and surrounding epidermis. oftentimes, epidermis is decrease accidently, or the nail purely bends rather of having decrease off. So, I chew em. The faulting line makes it so they tear precise the place they might desire to, with none tearing into the encompassing epidermis. AND, that's to no longer keep them out of penal complex, nonetheless, seeing it quite is extra handy and much less hazard of having too a lot/no longer adequate.

Answer 10

My husband cuts our baby's nails with baby nail clippers while I am breastfeeding her so she is distracted and she doesn't flinch.
They can sure scratch up their little faces when their nails are long.

Answer 11

Very, very carefully, preferably with another person holding the baby and you using a sharp nail-clipper very very carefully. You could also ask the baby's doctor for instructions, I think they should be able to tell you - and demonstrate too.