This number is a metric of both baby and parent humility: Once your child has reached pubescent, she’ll graduate to adult fingernails! In no time, from the tender years of baby, her little digits have grown so tiny that they have reached adulthood, which is when she becomes great at cutting her own nails. That’s when you give her instructions on how to do it!
Unfortunately, most parents fail to follow instructions, even after they’ve grown a set of baby nails of their own. “Around age 3, most women will begin to clip their children’s toenails,” said Amy Bernhardt. “They’ll clip them to size, then finish the nail cut, removing their top layer of skin.” This all sounds cute, but “some women will trim nails lengthwise, resulting in a square cut,” explained Amy. “Some women will clean out the skin and go over the nail with a nail file to make it flat, which will result in bleeding and nail pain.”
The cut above your baby’s lip is also a bad idea: While baby teeth have fleshy cartilage and give the mouth a smooth surface, those with adult teeth aren’t smooth. “As the cuticles solidify over a baby’s lip, blood will form around the cuticle, leading to damage,” explained Doctor Abby Shapiro, MD. “Nails need to be cut low on the line of the teeth, because the cuticle will remain between the teeth (around the digit) for six years to form a nice ridged tooth.” Doctors say that pulling at the nail can make the cuticle deteriorate, and once it bleeds (possibly after a car accident), the teeth may one day connect with it through the rest of the baby’s finger, leading to bleeding.
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