Do you bite your baby's nails or do you clip them? Why?
2006-09-24 20:12:04 · 25 answers · asked by momoftwo 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
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2006-09-24 20:22:07 · update #1
When my sons were newborn, I would file them. The nail is actually still completely attached to the finger/skin, so if you trim them when they're really young, you could nick them and they'd bleed. Once they got to be about 2 - 3 months old, I started clipping them with a tiny pair of baby nail trimmers. I got so many baby grooming kits at my baby shower, but the best nail trimmers I have (still use them, and my kids are 2 1/2 years adn 14 months old!) were a freebie that were attached to a bottle of Little Noses saline nose drops!
2006-09-25 02:03:25 · answer #1 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both ways are good... I clipped mine only because I cant even bite my own nails off.
But like one other person said its best to do them while the baby is sleeping.
2006-09-24 20:32:43 · answer #2 · answered by wickedly_funny66 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trim baby's nails with a small baby nail clipper you can buy. It's much more sanitary, and you can carefully clip little edges off. Why in the world would anyone bite their baby's nails????
2006-09-24 23:35:52 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When my daughter was a tiny baby I used to bite them off. I felt I had more control with my teeth than with clippers. Now of course I do the clippers. If your baby is a little older you can try to buy clippers that have a design of some type of animal. I used to do that and my daughter would get a kick out of it because she thought that the alligator was eating her nails. It wasnt so scary for her.
2006-09-24 20:54:54 · answer #4 · answered by I smile because of them ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried to bite them but they were too flimsy and tiny. Then I tried to clip them and ended up taking a bit of skin off of the top of her finger. I felt so bad!! Now I wait until she is good and asleep and then take my time clipping them! That way she is not moving all around. Just be careful!
2006-09-25 01:57:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i tried both because I had an identical fears! i take advantage of a toddler nail clipper. there's a nail clipper through safe practices First and it has a guard on it to stay away from clipping the little ones epidermis lower than the nail. it really is nice to apply this clipper at the same time as the toddler is asleep because it really is somewhat extra sturdy to apply with the guard! sturdy success! the different element I have used for my different older toddlers turned right into a toddler nail scissor. Works nicely at the same time as sound asleep too!
2016-11-23 20:18:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When he was a newborn I would bite them off since they were so soft it was just easier. The baby clippers I got wouldn't even cut the nails. But now I trim them with the clippers since his nails are harder.
2006-09-25 02:12:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit of both - I find clipping the toenails but biting the finger nails - to me it's safer.
2006-09-25 01:03:59 · answer #8 · answered by Tinkerbell 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to a Baby's R Us or any other baby store you will find nail clippers.. They are tiny clippers specialy meant to clip baby's nails.. just becareful, you don't want to accidently clip the side of there fingers.. they do squirm a little cause we all know they don't like being held down to fo it.. But it is very easy.. clip them just like you clip your own.. and DON'T bite them.
2006-09-24 20:15:48 · answer #9 · answered by summfish 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I clip my sons nails very carefully. You have to be very careful because the skin attaches to the nail very easily. I once clipped my daughters thumb by accident. I cried harder than she did, because I felt so bad.
2006-09-24 21:58:13 · answer #10 · answered by SquirrelBait 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋