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Nipping Your Child’s Nails

I have a thing with finger and toe nails. I despise nails with black dirt under them. I hate seeing kids with long nails, specially on their fingers and I hate it even more when they are dirty.

Having said that, I make sure that I cut my children’s nails regularly: once to twice a week for the fingers and once or twice a month for the toes.

When my kids were infant, I only cut their finger nails after a month or two from when they were born. So that they will not scratch their pretty face with their long nails, I put mittens on their tiny hands. When I remove the mittens, I replace it right away but without not cleaning the in-betweens of their fingers. You know, dirt can form in them, specially when the tiny hands perspire.

Now that my girls are older, I have made trimming of their nails more fun. We play pretend salon where I am their salon girl and they are my customers. Both of them line up for their turn. I nip each nail according to its shape and make sure that the sides are untouched. After trimming, I do a little filing to smoothen each finger nail’s tip. I also make sure that there are no dirt left on the skin of the fingers.

Timing plays a role when nipping my kids’ nails. More often than not, I like nipping their nails after they take a bath. In that case, the nails are softer and the skin is already clean. I avoid nipping their nails when they are sleepy because they get irritated easily, which may wound their delicate hands and feet.

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2 Comments Filed Under: child health

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  1. ruth says

    May 23, 2012 at 1:21 am

    i think it’s a nice idea that you play like a salon set-up to motivate your kids on having clean nails 🙂

    Reply
  2. Connie says

    May 16, 2012 at 5:56 pm

    I do the same. I clip their nails usually after their bath. It’s still quite a feat with Stella, though.

    Reply

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Hi there! I'm Nicquee and this is my little space in this world wide web. I'm a mom of two and is happily married. I started this blog as literally my online journal where I dump my emotions. Over the years, I realized that there is more to write about. Feel free to browse through and I hope you find a thing or two that is relatable to you. If that happens, give me a shout-out!

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