How often do you cut your children’s nails?

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amother

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:29 pm

My 2 year old needs every week but it’s impossible to do it and I dread it every time. Just wondering what the norm is and any tips to get them to sit still.

amother

Honeydew

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:37 pm

Usually every 2 weeks. I sometimes play a video just for the short time I am cutting nails to help distract them.

amother

Lilac

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:40 pm

I feel like my kids need it every week.

avrahamama

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:43 pm

Every Friday or every other Friday. I gather them all and give them a lolli (shabbos treat)and cut their nails lchvod shabbat. It's a ritual and they love it. Sometimes they'll bring me the clippers just to get a lollipop.

The loli keeps their hand busy while I cut the nails on one hand and then switch.

SuperWify

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:46 pm

At the risk of sounding neglectful- I don’t. My toddler is very difficult with that. I gave up long ago. He pulls them off himself as necessary. Hopefully, he’ll grow out of it.

NotLazySusan

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 8:51 pm

Once a week here

amother

Forestgreen

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 9:22 pm

I try for weekly--I do it after baths with some screentime as a distraction.

ra_mom

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 9:26 pm

Every 10 days is perfect but then I don't have a set schedule. I hate that I forget. Every 2 weeks is not often enough. Every week is too much, I feel like it will grow too quickly if I keep cutting each week.

Tzutzie

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 9:29 pm

Usually weekly. I can forget every now and then.
Superwify, at one time thats what I did with obe of my kids. It was impossible to get her to sit still enough to do it. She outgrew it soon enough....

amother

Tue, Sep 29 2020, 9:44 pm

ra_mom wrote:

Exactly!

essie14

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 12:26 am

My 3 yr old needs it every 5 days. She hates it but her nails grow so fast!

amother

Seagreen

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 12:35 am

The more often you cut it, the more often it needs to be cut.
I do my daughter's fingernails about every 2-3 weeks, and toenails very rarely. She's 4.
When she was a baby everyone kept telling me to cut them because she would occasionally scratch herself but I was too scared to do it and doc said it was fine not to cut it at all the first 6 months or so, and 2 years for toe nails.
(I don't cut my nails every week either, I think it's excessive. I do mani about every 2 weeks or so.)

essie14

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 1:38 am

Cutting nails more often does not make them grow faster.

silverlining3

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 1:39 am

Every other week, Friday.

amother

Coffee

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 2:09 am

A week would be perfect. One kid is super good about getting nails cut, so it's just laziness when I don't. The other kid often cries so at least I have an excuse.

I actually cut between once a week to once every two weeks.

amother

Floralwhite

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 3:06 am

essie14 wrote:

Cutting nails more often does not make them grow faster.

But yours cutting them every 5 days!

essie14

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 3:38 am

amother [ Floralwhite ] wrote:

But yours cutting them every 5 days!

She needs it! Theres nothing I can do. Its gross.

Kiwi13

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 4:38 am

About once a week. I let them choose which finger or toe we start with. They like that. Sometimes they hold a toy in their other hand. Sometimes I promise a cookie or lollipop when we’re finished. I count down “clip clip 9 to go...clip clip 8 to go...”

They’re usually pretty good about it.

Kiwi13

Wed, Sep 30 2020, 4:39 am

essie14 wrote:

Cutting nails more often does not make them grow faster.

Agreed. When you keep them shorter, you notice the growth faster. Doesn’t mean they actually grew faster. Same with shaving.

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