I just feel that baby nail clippers....

are the enemy. I really hate cutting DS nails. It is impossible- he moves so much and closes his hand. When I try while he is sleeping he wakes up. Today I cut the skin by nail b.c he moved and I made him bleed- how horrible!!!
Just needed to vent! If anyone has any secrets how to do this let me know!!!

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and their nails seem to grow so fast too...

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I actually use a nail file on DS nails once he is in a deep sleep.

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I wait until the nail begins peeling off then I bite it!!! I'm scared of the nail clipper. My DS doesn't really scratch his face though...I don't know how though...he's always squeezing and scratching, but never breaks the skin.

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I used the clippers once - she jerked her hand and I cut her little finger I cried more than she did. Now I just use the nail file although she doesn't really cooperate with that either!

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I used a nail file for a long time, until he had the sense to keep his hand still anyway. It worked just fine, their nails are so paper thin, it doesn't take much.

I used to sing Where is Thumbkin when I filed his nails also, for some reason, it worked! Though maybe any song would have worked, he liked hearing it and kept sort of still.

Message edited 2/19/2010 6:53:35 PM.

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I know it's gross, but I used to bite DS's nails when he was a baby. Either that or I would make DH do it.

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Nail scissor!!!!
I used the clipper once the day we brought DD#1 home and I cut her fingertip SO bad. I cried so bad and tossed the clippers. The scissor is WAY easier.


ETA: a curved scissor

Message edited 2/19/2010 7:18:59 PM.

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I got frustrated with nail clippers too. I just file'm with an emery board.

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When they get a little older, flip the TV & do it while they're mesmerized.

If I could get her thumb out of her mouth while she watches TV, it should work for anyone.

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I use a metal nail file, I'm too scared to use clippers. I use the metal one bc it's thinner and so I don't file his nail and his finger (which is what happens with the thicker nail files). I file his nails when he's awake sitting in his bouncy or in the swing (not swinging though).

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No secrets. DD will be 5 months and I still only file her nails. I do it on the changing table, b/c she's always happy up there. I tried the clippers on her fingers once and got some skin so I stick with the file (clippers for toes, though)

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I try to cut them while he's sleeping otherwise it's a battle and I have cut him and made him bleed, too. Try the rounded nail scissors, they work very good.

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i use a nail file.

I just started busting out the clippers at 12 months old.

When she was little-- I would let her fall asleep on me, then file.

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i started with the infant file when he was a newborn... when they are longer i break out the nail scissor- although mine is not all pointy like the one pictures above which i think is an adult nail scissor? - the infant nail scissor you can get in the grooming kit over at buy buy baby. like sjm said its sort of rounded- to avoid cutting the skin accidentally

eta- i do it while he's sleeping

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I cut her skin when she was about 6 wks old by using the clippers, I used the file after that b/c I cried like a baby myself I felt so bad I had made her bleed!! I just started to use the nail clippers again but I am very very careful ..I also do it on the changing table b/c she loves being on there!

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I was soooo scared to cut Maya's nails. A neighbor recommended using scissors, and I found baby nail scissors. They are not sharp at all, and are curved, and so easy! I never cut her once and I cut her nails all the time now! I tried filing, the scissors are actually easier!

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Ugh, I know..DD is 14 months and I still dread it ...get the yellow tweezerman clippers...they're fab

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its awful! i cut DS a while back on his thumb. i try to do it while DH is feeding him. You can do anything to my kid while he's got a bottle in his mouth.

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I've done this! The "safety" ones I had were HORRIBLE, I went out a bought new ones. I usually do it when DH is feeding him, seems to work.

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I had gotten pretty good with the clippers until I nicked one of them on the thumb I was more hysterical than her. Their nails grow soooo damn fast! The file just does not do the job.

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Another filer here, too....i cut DD with the clilppers at a few weeks old and since then i only file. I am going to break out the clippers and try them again since she is almost a year old now.

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i hate cutting DD's nails too. I usually forget until she is scratching me in the face every 2 minutes and then it is a struggle to get them done. I also nipped her skin with the clippers when she was 3 months old and I cried more than she did and now I really hate it because of that.

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Posted by nferrandi

I know it's gross, but I used to bite DS's nails when he was a baby. Either that or I would make DH do it.