Wednesday, February 12, 2014

How to cut a baby's nails

This task is necessary to avoid getting hurt, because as they have little control over their hands can get scratched inadvertently





Tips to cut the nails of babies

Cut your baby's nails can be a complicated task, but essential to prevent the face or eyes scratched.

When you do this, it is better to use special scissors or clippers for babies, with rounded ends, and cut following the natural lines of the fingernails, taking care not to cut around the meat. To do this, press a little fingertip baby and just cut the protruding part. The toenails should be cut straight.

The best time to trim them is after a bath , because they are more soft. If the baby is very restless or print gives, the best will cut nails while sleeping. Always there to wipe little hands and feet with gauze to complete the task.

As l nails as babies grow quickly, it is advisable to cut the fingernails once a week, while the feet grow slower, so once every 2 or three weeks will suffice

Mind the time to do it. If your baby is quiet, you can cut your nails when awake and so go accustoming to this habit . Also, try to enlist the help or support of any person who gently hold hands as babies have little control of their movements, can get to make any sudden action and so hurt.

If, however, the baby is more restless, had better cut off while sleeping.

If started quiet and then starts to worry, do not push or force me only that you will achieve more worry and can hurt unintentionally.

If you've brought the baby and cut her finger starts to bleed, do not worry, just take a cloth and pressed until bleeding stops, in most cases are only superficial cuts.

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