[blparent] trimming babies' nails

[Elizabeth Cooks]

They can be used on anyone.  They are great.  I should get one for angelica. 
My husband cut her nails yesterday, and caused her nails to beed a litle. 
she's a little drama queen anyway, and that didn't help matters.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] trimming babies' nails


> So these buffing sponges, can you use them on older kids? V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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