How do you keep your infant's nails short?
I just saw the Buzz B. on Amazon and have heard of the Piyo Piyo scissors. Could you just use a really really soft nail file?
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I use Tweezerman baby nail scissors.
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The nail file they gave me in the hospital the first week, and these infant clippers after that. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004ZLZG2M/ref=pd_aw_sim_75_6?refRID=1H4TYQPP3DWXKHWB6HBW
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Still use the scissors at 2
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Love these:
Safety 1st Sleepy Baby Nail Clipper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001579YRM/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_F04wvb0F3HW55They fidget way too much for scissors
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I LOVE Piyo Piyo. Nail file seemed difficult to me.
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Piyo Piyo or the nail file. I do it when she is drowsy or feeding. A hard nail file is fine...I just don't use a pointy one.
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I use nail clippers. I cut his nails when he's sleeping. Otherwise, it ain't happening.
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I use nail clippers with a light up tip. They came in my little first aid kittens I find the light helps a lot.
Also after the first few months I started turning in the tv while I clipped to keep her still. Now I strap her in the high chair facing the TV.
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Cuticle scissors!
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@danda: same! Love piyo piyo scissors! I wil files seems more difficult, and I really hate using nail clippers for litle ones. Mom my said she would just literally chew/bite our nails off when we were newborns
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@lady grey: my mom also bit our nails but I read somewhere that there is a risk of infection.
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@regberadaisy: I have the same, but mine doesn't have a light. I love them.
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@danda: hmm I think that would only happen if you bit their skin and got bacteria from your mouth into baby's blood stream. That seems very unlikely...
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Safety First nail clippers have worked since day 1!
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We have the piyo scissors and a file but at six weeks old have never used either. Her nails just peel off partially and we pull them the rest of the way off.
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I just used a file when she was a newborn and then I started using the Piyo Piyo scissors. Love them!
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I used the safety first clippers until recently (LO is 20 months). Now I just use my adult clippers.
I've always clipped his nails while he was sleeping. In an emergency I can clip a few while he watches cartoons, but if he's awake he wants to play with the clippers.
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safety first nail clippers here too... I clipped his skin once, he hardly seemed to notice. Otherwise, no problems.
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we use regular nail clippers or safety first nail clippers.
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We use Gerber nail clippers that my parents used to use on my brother 20 years ago, ha
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Piyo Piyo scissors! At first the thought of using a scissors on baby freaked me out, but they really are easy to use when baby is sleeping or drowsy.
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In the beginning few weeks, DS' nail just fell off because they were so thin and frail. We used a pair of Safety 1st baby clipper (DH did it when DS was reallyl small, because I didn't trust my unsteady hands). But since he's been older/bigger, I took over (same nail clipper). DS is fine during nail cutting and we've never had issues with it. In infancy, I used to do it while nursing him before bed. Now in toddler hood, he just sits and reads a book while I do it.
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The only way to go!
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I've always just use regular baby nail clippers (the ones that come with the health/safety kits for babies). They've worked great since day 1!!
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I have the piyo piyo scissors! Love them! I can cut her nails awake and does a pretty good job. I just file them after for any edges.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: ditto! baby nail clippers.
I tried the Zoli b nail buzz thing and it was great at first but the filing pads got dull quickly. Once I learned DD would tolerate regular nail clippers, I made the switch and have been using them since Day 1 for DS.
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We use the American Red Cross clippers we got in our first aid kit for the baby. It looks like this:
Its not fancy but I find it works better than the other ones I've been gifted and the file was a no go for us. When DS was a tiny newborn, we did it while he was sleeping. When he got a little bigger, we sat him in our lap while putting the TV on or while one of us wore him. Now at 8.5 months, I just sit him in my lap and clip away while tucking his other arm under my arm. Feet and toenails are actually harder than fingernails! I only bite hangnails.
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I asked the nurses at the hospital when LO was born what we should do, and they said that we shouldn't use a nail clippers or scissors at first, because the nail isn't well set in the nail bed for awhile (I forget how long it takes - maybe 6 months to a year?). Consequently, the added pressure can cause it to fall off. They recommended filing, peeling (like @Pawprints), or chewing - I peel after a bath, when the nails are soft, or whenever they start peeling in their own.
@Lady Grey: and @Danda: So your moms' solution is still recommended. And I agree, so chance of infection. Less actually than if you nipped LO's finger with the clippers.
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Regular nail clippers - and let Daddy do it! He is surprisingly good at it
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The files never worked for us. His little nails were so paper thin, it just didn't work. We use scissors.
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I use a file. The clippers freak me out too much.
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Regular nail clippers but I'm bad at keeping up with it.
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When he was I'd say 5 months and younger I used the Zolli buzz thing.
After 5 months I started using this and I LOVE it. It has a magnifying glass (optional).The First Years Deluxe Nail Clipper https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V88HJM/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_Vc7wvb0CMV3RV
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I used the clippers. Past tense 'used'- now she will only let my mom cut her nails with the nail scissors.
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I use the piyo piyo scissors and they are great! My DD is 9 months and I have to give her something in the other hand to distract her while I trim her nails. It's really an annoying task to do with her. I then go over with just a regular file and file them smooth. My son just sits in my lap and lets me cut his nails.
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Uh, I bite them.
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Regular nail clippers. He just sits there and lets me cut them. I tried a file, but his nails were too thin and they bend, just like mine.
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The scissors are awesome!
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filing seems like a pain in the butt. i use nail clippers. did it from when they were all young and none of them mind it.
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