Biting fingernails
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Topic: Biting fingernails
Posted By: newmum
Subject: Biting fingernails
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:17am
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Joey has started to bite his fingernails. It is yuk! I keep pulling his hands out of his mouth and telling him not to do it but that doesn't work of course, LOL
Should I worry/care? Will he grow out of it? Why is he doing it? Any ideas? Thanks!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 28 January 2008 at 8:28am
Charlotte started at about Joeys age and stopped of her own accord about 6 months ago. I didn't make too big a deal out of it- meant I didn't have to cut her nails  Glad she hasn't made a full on habit out of it though. Hopefully he'll just grow out of it too. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 8:59am
Hope so!! Maybe it is a sign of a genius child...hehehehehe   ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 29 January 2008 at 6:05pm
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Hannah started to at about that age and I started rewarding her on a daily basis for unbitten nails - with pink nailpolish lol so don't try that one
In the end she seemed to just get discouraged about it so I dropped the whole idea and she grew out of it. Took a couple of months and she still reverts on occasion. -------------  |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 30 January 2008 at 8:44am
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So I shouldn't make a big deal of it? Probably will make him want to do it more I guess. Thanks! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 31 January 2008 at 11:50am
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I'm still too scared to go near Keira with nail scissors, and shes not to keen on it either so I still just bite them for her... she hasnt tried herself yet but if a nail is broken she comes straight to me to fix it. Any one have any good suggestions to get rid of long nails other than me biting them? ------------- 
 
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