https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 21:43:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058466 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:15:30 +0000 yellowbird 1058466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ive always clipped! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058401 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:13:31 +0000 Ginabean3 1058401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: we use these too!!! They are amazing! I've never accidentally cut DD's skin with them! </p> <p>I usually cut her nails while she nurses because that's the only time she will relax and not flail her arms about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058395 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 00:02:12 +0000 Anagram 1058395@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband clips her nails. I'm too afraid to do it and he does a great job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058290 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:37:30 +0000 Maysprout 1058290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I filed for maybe the first 6 months. Well DH often filed her nails, which made for some very cute pictures. The first time I tried to clip them when she was maybe 3 months old I nicked her lil finger so I was scared off of it for awhile. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058220 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:07:00 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 1058220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I clip. Never cut him. But for first few his face was covered in scratches because I was too afraid to clip and cut! I get it done now by having DH or a babysitter distrust him while I clip </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip/page/2#post-1058176 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:34:15 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1058176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I clip. I sing to her and that gets her to stay relatively still. I use regular nail clippers because the one that I had that were baby ones were really hard to use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1058128 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:03:18 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1058128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I clip. She watches blues clues. No accidents. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1058090 Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:37:20 +0000 chanzi 1058090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Thise are what I have! My first time I did manage to cut too close and make a finger bleed a little though. In the hospital I bit his nails. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056718 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:10:11 +0000 NavyRN2012 1056718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always clipped. Filing was too time consuming. DD is 6 months old and I've just become really good at holding her still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056650 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:31:59 +0000 Pepper 1056650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few times a week. I do it when he's nursing or asleep. I use an adult nail file and clippers. I clip them down as low as I can without getting nervous, and file the rest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056645 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:26:32 +0000 dolphin 1056645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i file in the beginning because i was too scared to cut her itty bitty nails. now i use the same piyo piyo scissors as @blackbird. love them too! i probably trim or file her nails every other day. i'm kind of obsessive about it because she has really sharp nails! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056633 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:22:19 +0000 chopsuey 1056633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cut. I cut the kids' nails 2x a week. </p> <p>29 months of cutting baby/toddler nails and no accidents so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056623 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:19:09 +0000 JamieLee 1056623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I just cut DS's nails for the first time last night and found the scissors were definitely the easiest. I tried clipping, filing, and cutting. Won't be clipping until he's older if at all! Love the scissors! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056276 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:18:45 +0000 Trailmix 1056276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bite em off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056265 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:15:33 +0000 Mrsbells 1056265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I have the safety first clipper that has a light. I nthe beginning I was terrified of cutting her nails and her pedi advised me to try filing it but I didnt like filing it, her nails were to soft to be filed down. I would trim atleast once a week because her nails grow fast </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056260 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 16:13:20 +0000 skibobrown 1056260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never managed to get filing to work. Her nails would just bend, so I used clippers. I only nicked her skin once, but I felt horrible! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056183 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:42:02 +0000 blackbird 1056183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@smurfette, they're the piyo piyo scissors on amazon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056171 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:35:17 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1056171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: About 2 more months until baby comes, but those are what I bought to do her nails with! I base all of my purchases off of Amazon reviews, so it was a no brainer for me... ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056162 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:31:50 +0000 aprk 1056162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't file or clip. I bite his nails while he's nursing. Super easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056152 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:26:45 +0000 lawbee11 1056152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@deerylou: I bite M's, too! They're so thin and it's just easier that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056146 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:24:52 +0000 Smurfette 1056146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: where did you get those? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1056135 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 15:21:55 +0000 heffalump 1056135@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she was a baby I filed, but eventually it just got easier to clip. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055887 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 14:02:29 +0000 LuLu Mom 1055887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have always cut when she's asleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055840 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:46:08 +0000 looch 1055840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I cut them, I was better with the scissors than the clippers.</p> <p>My son now loves getting his nails cut, he sits on his stool in the bathroom and asks to cut them, fingers and toes, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055837 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:45:12 +0000 blackbird 1055837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc, awesome! I find that filing *takes forever* and E pulls her hands away from me. I don't think she likes the feeling of the file. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055833 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:43:23 +0000 mrskc 1055833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: we have those too! So awesome! Have never cut DS. And I've been using them since he was a newborn. I didn't know I was supposed to file when they are newborns! oops. </p> <p>We use the scissors blackbird posted and they work great! I used to do it after he passed out after nursing. Now my DH does it while he rocks him to sleep for his nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055823 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:37:33 +0000 MsLipGloss 1055823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: I try to do it now when LO is in her high chair eating puffs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055807 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:32:32 +0000 blackbird 1055807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has nobody used these before?!??! THEY ARE AWESOME. I've never never never cut E's skin. They work SO well! And i can trim them all super fast </p> [attach=618/13/mscwu9.450x346.41XU4crsguL._SX450_.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055803 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:31:26 +0000 autumnlove 1055803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use Tweezerman baby nail scissors! Love them! I wait until the baby is sleeping and it goes really fast. Cutting my toddler's nails is difficult but I have the most luck before bedtime when she is groggy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/infant-nails-file-or-clip#post-1055795 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 13:29:41 +0000 deerylou 1055795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're disgusting and bite her fingernails. I file her toes, cause homie don't play that. </p>