[blparent] trimming babies' nails
Veronica Smith
madison_tewe at spinn.net
Sun Sep 27 22:03:40 UTC 2009
So these buffing sponges, can you use them on older kids? V
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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dena Wainwright
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 5:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] trimming babies' nails
I use a buffing sponge. It looks like a foam brick (about 2 inches by 1
inch), and costs about $2 at places like Walgreens or Walmart. You can also
get them anywhere they sell manicure stuff. I like the sponge for several
reasons:
- It is soft enough that if I miss and rub it against the skin of her
fingers or toes, it doesn't hurt.
- It's large enough to give me some extra surface area, which is important
when you are trying to deal with a screaming and/or wiggling baby.
- Its grain is not so rough that it will tear a baby's delicate nails.
All I do is buff the tips of her finger nails every few days (her nails grow
so fast that they would be claws if I didn't do it that often). Her toes
only get done about every 2 weeks.
I personally didn't feel comfortable using a clipper. I was terrified that I
would cut her. Not even my husband likes to use one, and he is sighted.
HTH:
Dena
----- Original Message -----
From: "Angela Frederick" <angelahoward at mail.utexas.edu>
To: <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: [blparent] trimming babies' nails
> Hi, everyone,
>
> Okay, I have my second blind parent question to ask all of you. I just
> bought a baby gift for a friend who is pregnant, and I picked out a baby
> grooming kit off of her registry. And this has me wondering, how do you
> trim babies' nails as a blind person? I'm interested to hear your
> techniques.
>
> Thanks so much. I am learning so much from all of you already.
>
> Angela
>
>
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