How to cut newborn baby's nails

When a newborn is just born, all parts of the body are very fragile and the nails are very thin. For parents, cutting the nails of a newborn is a very demanding physical and mental work. When trimming the nails of a newborn, you should pay attention to the movements, time and method. Therefore, trimming the nails of newborns has become an important compulsory course for parents. So today let us learn in detail how to trim the nails of newborns?

1. Be gentle and careful when cutting your nails.

When cutting a child's nails, you must not adopt a tough attitude, use rough actions, or force the nails to be cut regardless of the child's crying. Otherwise, you will either cut too deep or cut the nail together with the flesh. After this painful experience, it will be more difficult to get children to cut their nails in the future.

Cut your child's nails gently and carefully to avoid hurting the skin.

2. When cutting your child's nails, don't try to make them very round or spend too much time on them.

Some parents are very particular when cutting their children's nails and always trim the nails into a round shape. This practice will affect the development of the nail plate, causing it to grow to both sides and become embedded in the soft tissue, which is medically known as "ingrown toenail". When children suffer from ingrown toenails, the pain is unbearable. The pain is aggravated when the affected finger (toe) exerts force or touches objects. In addition, because the nail is embedded in the soft tissue, the nail groove is stimulated and paronychia or purulent granuloma often occurs, which can seriously affect the child's life and study. Deliberately trimming nails will take a long time and children will get tired of having their nails trimmed.

When cutting the child's nails, the nails should be cut flat, and the ends of the nails only need to be slightly cut off. The front end of the nail should be horizontal. In this way, the nails will grow forward smoothly and will not become ingrown.

3. Before cutting nails, you need to persuade your child to cooperate.

If the child is unwilling to have his hair cut, you can wait a while before trying to persuade him. Two people can also work together, with one person holding the child and reading the picture book to him while the other does the cutting. If your child refuses to let you cut his hair, you can wait until he falls asleep.

4. Pay attention to the method when cutting nails.

If the person cutting the nails holds the scissors with his right hand, he should use the index and middle fingers of his left hand to hold the child's hand that needs nail cutting, and then cut to prevent accidents.

5. Nail cutting game

Purpose: Mothers cut their nails in front of their children so that they can develop good habits of cutting their nails regularly and keeping hygiene.

After reading these detailed introductions, are mothers already eager to trim the nails of their newborn babies? Newborns need careful care. Starting from all aspects and details, it is the responsibility of every new parent to ensure that the baby does not have any problems in any aspect, so that the newborn can thrive.