cutting bubs nails

[new_mummy82]

hi :wave:

just wondering how other mums cut their little ones finger nails? dd is 3 months old and has super long nails and keeps scratching herself :thumbsdown: i'm worried she is going to scratch her eye and do some serious damage.....so how do/did u keep your bubs nails short?

[FourAngelKisses]

I use baby nail clippers and do it while they are sleeping.

Thanks for the reminder actually, will go do Troys now.

[Widget]

I either break them off or use baby nail clippers... When I use the clippers I get either daddy or Poppy to hold her and I cut them while they cuddle, have only managed to hold her and cut them myself once, straight after a feed... She moves too much in her sleep!!

[LMenz]

I use the baby nail clippers too. Best time for me is straight after a feed when he's full of food and relaxed.

[the_queen]

I bite 'em while he's on the boob :D

[katherine]

i used curve manicure scissors for DS1.... but they went blunt, so now use baby clippers for both of them

and i do it while he's on the change table looking at his mobile

my nana picked them up for me.. so not sure where she got them from (chemist shoudl tho)

[Milliner]

I use the curve scissors too, I am to scared that I will but him with the clippers.

[Tabby]

I just use the softer side of my emery board, very gently and use every couple of days to keep them down.

[madreader]

I chewthem off.

[borntobemummy]

I used to use baby clippers, then I lost them somewhere, so have been using our clippers. The best way I've found is to have DD sitting on my lap, wacthing TV or holding a toy. I then lift one hand up at a time while I cut them. Couldn't do it while she was asleep, she slept too lightly. It's annoying how fast they grow, I have to do DD's every week or two.

[SorenLorensen]

DDs right hand i do when ever i notice she needs them cut....i just sit her on my lap while she has her eyes fixed on the TV.
her left hand i have to do while she is drinking her bottle, she sucks her thumb and is very very possessive about that hand :p

[QTB]

i have always biten bubbys nails, and still do, when hes in the bath and they are nice and soft! then i know i cant cut him and he giggles like crazy when i bite them!

[Chumps]

I have always used some tiny nail scissors to keep DS's short. If it's the difficulty factor you are having trouble with, I use to do it when he was asleep, then we progressed to sitting on the verandah & I did it while he was distracted by the cars going past, or out in the bck yard so our dogs could distract him. Now I usually do it while we are reading a book together, again while his attention is focused elsewhere!

[ziggie]

I'm very lucky, because Mitch is facinated by the whole cutting nails thing. I use clippers, and he sits and watches me with great interest. But when he was a newborn I bit them off.

[alanasmum]

I file them. Have done so since she was a tiny bub. I have a pair of baby clippers but she just won't keep her hands still so they are no good. I usually put the telly on for 5 minutes to distract her and then I file away!

[Mamaduke]

I was always told that it's better to cut them off with baby nail clippers &/or file nails rather than chew them because you can pull the nail back too far.

[Amused]

Have always used baby clippers. Just sit DS on my lap facing outwards. Hold his hand firmly in mine and cut away. Not a big deal, just move quickly. DS nails grow so fast I am doing them every week and he is so used to it.

[iluvmeboyz]

i always have ds on my lap facing away from me and then i cut them

[jgirl77]

I'm scared to do it - I've cut DS with clippers and with the emery board (nothing like making your baby bleed to feel like a bad mother). My DH does them now while I feed, he has a better track record than me.

[Shellfish]

I use nail clippers, they say for bubs over 6 months but I use them anyway and they work well