How do you cut/file baby's nails?

DD has a scratch on her face from her nails but she moves SOOO much its so hard to trim her nails

I don't want to use the baby scissors cause she moves so much....filing is a bit better with the baby emery board, but when do you all do it? When DC is sleeping?

Any tips?

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I just do it after Im done feeding him. By then he is full and less wild. I do it in his HC. He likes it. That and the nose thing. He digs both. He is a nut.

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I do it around bath time or post-feeding when he's most relaxed.

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When he was really small, I did it when he was sleeping. Once he was older, I did the toenails when he was in the highchair, because he couldn't see me. Once he could hold his own bottle, I started sitting him in front of the TV with the bottle and did it then, since he was distracted.

It remains my most hated baby-related chore. I had a face scratcher and really had/have to stay on top of it.

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I used to use the nail clippers when she was sleeping...well one time I accidentally clipped her finger...now my MIL does it for me...

No I will do it every once in a while but I do it when she it watching one of her favorite shows and actually sits down for 2 seconds.

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I usually do it while they are in the high chair with the clippers. When they were little I used the nail file.

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I do DD's nails after I give her a bath

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Safety first nail clipper with the magnifying glass. I only do it while shes sleeping. If her nails get too long and I didnt gte to them yet I put mittens on her.

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I use a nail clipper and then file the edges when he is SLEEPING...he moves a lot less!

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During the first few months I did it when DD was sleeping. Around 4 months or so I started doing it in the bath and still do now (15 months).

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I just started to use the clippers this week on a couple of nails but I mainly use the filer. I do it right after the a bottle when she's pretty much asleep. Best advice...I leave a file out where I feed her (one in her room and one by the couch this way when I dont have to disturb her)

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I just stick to filing her nails. I already knicked her finger with the nail clippers

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Good post... I already pinched DS already trying to clip and felt so bad. Filing is hard b/c his nails or soft it doesn't do anything

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dh has to hold him on his lap while i struggle to actually hold his hand long enough to cut.... it is a whole battle


sometimes i do one nail at a time when ever i can get a finger

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I use a tiny nail clipper when DD is asleep.

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I filed them for a long time, then switch to baby nail clippers, much faster.

I do it in her high chair or booster seat, when I have her strapped and trapped in. She hates it, especially her toe nails but it doesn't hurt and it has to get done.

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duiring or after feedings with an emery board....my older dd too - she sits down and then I file her nails...I am to nervous even with an almost 3 yr old to use the clipper or scissors!