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kathyandbub 
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 6:03pm |
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i was clipping noahs nails today they were insanly long and i got to his thumb i grab what i thought was his thumb nail with the clippers and squeezed but the nail didnt come off so i squessed harder then i noticed his face was screwed up and he was giving that slient scream then he started bawling i had grabbed the skin. i feel so bad its all purple now and it even bleed a little thou theres no broken skin. i just feel so bad. i gave him booby which seemed to make him feel better but not me.
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 6:28pm |
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aww don't feel to bad ive done the same.
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 6:38pm |
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Me too! Benjy's nails were really long when he was born and I was worried that he would scratch himself with them so away I went with the clippers. I managed to clip the tip of his finger off and made him bleed a little bit!
I felt like such a mean mummy!
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 7:30pm |
don't feel bad, i think every mum has done that at some stage hun...........it's a hard job when their fingers are so tiny 
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 7:43pm |
I refuse to cut my babies fingernails coz I am still traumatised by cutting Maya's thumb when I was trying to clip hers when she was five weeks old. Willie came home from work and I was in tears and I said to him "I hurt the baby!" He rushed inside thinking I'd dropped her or smothered her or something, he was not impressed when he realised I'd made him panic over a cut finger 
My mum gave me the best advice tho coz I was feeling sooo guilty - she said if a cut finger is the worst thing she ever has to endure in her lifetime then she's a lucky baby. And she is so right!
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:26pm |
I tried to use the nail clippers on DD1 when she was very small and freaked myself out by almost doing the samething. So instead I use small embroidery sissors - they are very sharp so cut the nail with very little effort and because they are small you can see what you are doing. 2 children and no accidents yet - so far 
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:36pm |
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I've done it too, and I knew as soon as I'd done it what I'd done... I handed him to DH and couldn't go near him for an hour, I felt sooo bad...
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Posted: 14 September 2008 at 9:40pm |
Yip been there and done that 
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 8:37am |
eekk , dont feel bad though it was an accident . I cut cadens last night when he was asleep, I have a tommee tippee nail clippers set and it comes with little emery boards, I find them great and they are really safe.
I cliped the long long bits gently then did the rest with the emery boards
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 10:33am |
Have done it too! I felt so bad and was scared to do it for ages.
I still hate cutting them but lately when I have been doing it and he is quite interested in what I am doing and just keeps his hands still. lol
Most Mums do it so dont feel too bad 
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 3:03pm |
I did that too, and it was bruised for a wee while which made me feel even worse  Then when Keziah was 7 months old my mum did it to her little toe 
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 3:53pm |
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it looks so so bad today. it looks like its blistered up but theres a bit wea you con see under it. if it came off there would be a huge hole in the top of his thumb! should i put anything on it or just leave it. it doesnt seem to be bothering him
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 4:20pm |
I'd just leave it to heal itself... unless it's broken skin!!!!  If it IS broken then i'd put an antiseptic cream and a wee sticky plaster on it
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Posted: 15 September 2008 at 9:35pm |
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Just leave it. Maybe a bit of antiseptic cream if it looks a bit nasty but I'd stay away from plasters, they can irritate wee skin.
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i feel so so bad!!
