How To Get Your Toddler To Let You Cut Their Nails

21 Jun, 2021

Do you struggle to get your toddler to sit still long enough so you can cut their nails. Two use a nail file as much as possible.

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The only way I have been able to get her to sit and let me cut her nails is by putting something on TV that she likes.

How to get your toddler to let you cut their nails. Since we didnt watch tv alot she would become engrossed in the show and sit still so I could cut her nails. Once they earn 3 stickers allow the child to pick a prize. Cut nails fresh out of the shower or bath when they are softest.

Introduce tickling games then move up to using nail files. Heres a quick tip something you might want to try out if your toddler is like my Smarty Pants and doesnt like to have his finger or toe nails cut. For a while my girls happily let me snip away.

At the end of the week they get to choose a prize. Do some deep pressure proprioceptive andor heavy work activities prior to cutting his nails to help decrease overall sensitivities. Maybe it was the novelty of nail cutting or maybe they just hit a defiant stage but it suddenly became a battle.

A favorite show was something that worked with our little girl. However your newborns nails can grow quickly and if theyr. For toddlers this doesnt need to be.

Dont attempt trimming childrens nails under water but do try to schedule that mani-pedi for just after the bath. Many parents are terrified of bringing sharp clippers near their babys tiny fingers and toes. I used to cut all of Oscars nails relatively easily by distracting him with good old Peppa Pig and more recently episodes of Pocoyo.

Since Oscar turned two in December it has been impossible to cut his nails especially his toenails. If you always cut their nails when theyre asleep youll always have to cut them when theyre asleep and after a hard-fought sleep battle most of us wouldnt chance waking up a sleeping toddler. Find something that will capture his attention while youre cutting his nails.

Press down on their fingertip to keep the skin well away from the nail Hold your babys hand firmly Cut your babys fingernails along the natural. Yes my LO is the same way. One start cuttingfiling their nails when theyre very little when theyre wide awake.

If there are two of you available have one read a book and the other cut nails. Get them used to hearing the noise of nail clippers. So much so that nowadays whenever I read The Gruffalo to my son I give him a pointed look when we get to the part about the terrible claws.

This will help the child associate fingernail clipping with a positive experience and make it more tolerable. My attempts to cut Smarty Pants nails usually results in him swiftly making a fist and withdrawing his hand to a place where I cant reach either behind his back or into his armpit. Have her bathe before bed and lotion up her feet thatll soften the nails and make them easier to clip and dont put her in socks or footie PJs so you can try to get a couple toenails done each night.

Or soak hands first with some good calming aromatherapy oils lavender or vanilla and water. Do a few at a time. Let them watch you when you cut your own nails or even let them cut yours for you.

Every time your child tolerates clipping even one nail give them a sticker. Give your child proprioceptive input before nail trimming to help calm them. Touch their nail with the nail-clippers or nail file without doing anything else.

Offer your child a small prize or put a star on a sticker chart for each day they dont bite their nails. Cant get through ten fingers and ten toes without a struggle. Warm water softens up nails and toddlers who usually mellow out after a soak in the tub making them more amenable to a trim.

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