By now you probably know the rules: once the big-belly grow-up kicks in, these tiny chubby fingers become powerful nails that create fiddly fingernails that won’t fit on my fingertips. Not only is baby fingernails excruciatingly painful, they also create tiny pinches and compresses that cause more pain to old hands.
The good news is that baby fingernails are disappearing. To make matters worse, your first newborn fingernails grow longer than usual, which translates to them disappearing in years to come. To mitigate those pain points, get on board the trend of changing your little one’s nail habits.
Instructions from Penny Lagel and Pamela Costello suggest just five easy steps to simple nail removal. “The fewer times babies are exposed to nail bacteria and the fewer times they see an adult or adult is not taking care of their nails, the fewer chances they have to pick, scratch, or even lick their own nails,” explains Penny. If your child can’t touch your hand without that annoying shaving cream covering it, or they get a nail sticking out, or they don’t get little bumps on their finger, they can’t touch you either.
But the best part about being able to cut your baby’s nails is that it makes it easier to become a baby’s constant nail-polish color palette.
1. Change Your Toddler’s Nail-Dye Job
Today a toddler can wear 18 different shades of nail polish in 12 months. That means they are constantly cleaning off their nail polish, which increases their risk of picking up bacteria. You could hold your finger down gently on the nail, but getting a nail-polish remover too close to your child could end up picking up bacteria, too. Instead, start with a simple, biodegradable polish remover like an apple-cider vinegar version. Or, as Penny suggests, choose a gel-based polish and leave them on at room temperature for 24 hours to steep and decontaminate, then apply nail polish remover in the middle. It will help to neutralize the acids that could end up clogging your baby’s pores. If you have another option, let your child decide what’s best for them.
2. Cut the Luxury with a Sanding Machine
The idea of swiping baby’s fingers under a small, steam-heated rod might seem frightening — especially for a newborn, according to Penny. “A very steamy rod, even in a small kitchen, can really hurt your baby’s hand and set the foundation for infection,” she says. Instead, let your baby get used to a small tanning table with a small pad, a brush, and the lowest setting for sanding. If you ever had a 10-year-old sanding the palm of your hand and they ended up with an ingrown nail, you might get a lot of back pain.
3. Use a Q-Tip to Scrunch Your Baby’s Nails
Now that your child has been running around with mom’s fingers, their nails are becoming longer and more bulbous. This increased tendency to poke with little fingers is pretty common, and one of the primary culprits is the gel manicure trend. If you really want to get extra-seriously cuticles pruned, clean your baby’s fingernails and use a Q-tip to rub on their top front nails and the tips of their pointer and middle fingers. Instead of continually slapping your baby’s nails around with scissors, this method will encourage the hair follicles to shrink.
4. Use an Industrial Trim Tool
So now that a new baby has bitten your fingers so that tiny little claws start falling off, use an industrial trimmer tool to snip and trim all the remaining bugs. Once a baby is a solid two months old, remove all of the nails that have grown longer than they should be, no matter how cute they are.
5. Get a Microdermabrasion Method
Now that a new baby is older, a microdermabrasion method is likely a necessity. “We like the Fiddly Hand Charcoal when it’s applied directly to the fingernails because it’s a little abrasive and doesn’t penetrate your nail,” says Penny. “It works to break down the nail bed and it also lightens the color of your fingernails. And in some cases, it takes away the toe jam.” Read more about getting this treatment.
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