I cut my babies thumb (yes, her thumb) and made her bleed her second day at home! Afraid to do it again I moved to filing her nails, but it was hard to file the edges without cutting the baby with the file...
What is the best way to trim your babies fingernails?
Many suggestions were given by other new moms, here’s a couple that seem to work best for everyone:
Purchase the curved nail scissors but instead of cutting to the curve of the finger cut away from it. This way takes three cuts.
Use the nail clippers and stroke down over the nail until you hear the ‘click’ indicating that the bottom of the clipper is under the nail, then snip away. This takes two cuts.
File the nails.
Any way you do it, most new moms suggest to do the trimming while your baby is sleeping.
Now that my baby is a bit older I can hold her hand still long enough to trim with nail clippers and then I file them to soften the edges, if necessary.
