Newborn scratching with fingernails

[Shiny95]

My little angel is just 10 days old and has some rather long scratchy fingernails. Isn't it a bit early to be cutting them? I'm worried about her scratching her face and eyes. Any suggestions??

[A Party of Five]

I know it sounds a bit scary, but bite them off :thumbsup:

[shed]

I chew my baby's fingernails while I am feeding him. I wouldn't cut them yet, eek scarey.

[Mummy'N'Bubby]

if you are worried about cutting them .. take bub to your baby clinic ... or you can simply buy some cotton mitts for your little angel... this stops scratching.. i did this for my bub and he couldnt scratch at himself..

[the_queen]

I bite DS' while feeding. Most gro-suits these days have those fold over hand-y bits, if you don't have any baby mittens.

[bigglet]

Yup I bit my baby's fingernails off :)

Sounds worse than it is..... :p

[sueliz]

I have real issues with biting the nails of my DS as I am terrified of hurting him! My SIL actually even did this for me one weekend as we were all away and I had forgotten nail clippers and he was scratching himself. She managed to do it easily . It's funny, I totally didn't mind her doing this - in fact I was very grateful - but I still cannot bring myself to do it!
I get DH to trim the nails while I am feeding DS - but for the first month I just had cotton mittens.
I would go with what everyone else says though and bite them off - that way you won't end up with an irrational fear of doing so when your bub is older like I do! :D

[alanasmum]

When DD was born I wasn't sure how to cut her nails. My sister-in-law suggested filing them - works a treat! She's a bit of a wriggle-puss usually but there's at least one feed a day where she goes to sleep straight after a feed so i keep her on my lap and file away very gently and carefully. I find this a good method because you don't have to wait until they get long to cut them. :yes: