My son refuses to trim his toe nails

Hi,

My son is 18 months old.

He cries and shakes when I try to trim his toe nails. But is absolutely comfortable when I trim his finger nails.

How can I overcome this problem?

Dear charu,

I dont have a child.But I will give u an idea my sister uses for her baby.After giving oil bath to the baby he/she will sleep well.At that time their nails will be even softer due to the oil bath.She cuts the nails at this time.
But be sure,u do it in a soft manner or else they may wake up.
Try this and see if it works out...

with luv,
seeba.

My grandmother told me not to do it while the baby is sleeping. I did not ask her why.
Any way, try
1. distract him by giving him his favorite toy to paly with or watching TV and then cut the toe nails . Also, make sure its soft from a bath or shower.
2. Cut yours first so he can see what you did and then try to cut his. Also when soft.

Same problem with my 19 month old... I can only trim one or two toe nails at a time .. I cannot distract him or keep him interested in what I'm doing longer than that ... so we do it all week 2 at a time :)

i agree with seeba, i followed the same procedure when my dd was small and afraid to let me cut her nails - I used to cut the nails just after she would fall sleep - that time she is in deep sleep so i can cut the nails easily.

hope this helps