Is there any mother alive who enjoys clipping baby fingernails? They are so tiny and if you clip your baby’s skin even once it’s enough to break your heart. Once their fingers get big enough to actually see, they are so squirmy and wiggly you are still terrified of cutting them.
So here is the dealio, I keep a pair of baby fingernail clippers in my car, and clip my baby’s fingernails (usually in the Wal-Mart parking lot) after Sadie falls asleep in the car. But you can do it in your driveway, at your Momma’s house or wherever you happen to end up with your baby asleep in a 5-point harness. Also, you have the added bonus of natural light to aid you in this process.
(I realize generations of mothers have bitten their babies fingernails, but I’ve never been smart enough to figure out how to do this…)
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Mommy-sister says
W E L L…a wise friend of mine has a GREAT mommy tip that consists of yogurt, a bottle, and a stage 2 nipple= baby smoothie king.
Stacey Hudson Hamner says
Harper currently has talons!
Kimberly says
I do the baby-nail-biting thing and I swear by it. It was really the best advice the hospital nurse gave us when we brought our first home from the hospital.
Paige says
I can't do the baby finger nail biting. I just can't.
I also don't suck the snot from my babies nose with my mouth… Yes, I have a friend who said his Mama did this…Yes, it's causing me to vomit even as I type this…
Robin says
PAIGE!!! I shot a snot rocket across the room when I read that! I wish I loved my kids that much…I mean if they absolutely couldn't take a breath…but. Oh. My. Lanta.
Kimberly says
Oh. My. Word. That nose bit is just upsetting! Nails. I draw the line at fingernails. 😉