smhufflepuff
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nail clippers - 2008/01/08 09:43
My little one is pretty good with letting me clip her nails (except when she's in huffy mode and becomes a gatling-pooper), but I have one problem that seems to be growing... she likes shiny things and tries to bite them. I'm using regular human nail clippers - the type that the airport security people were busy ripping the nail file parts off of starting late 2001.
As you might imagine, she becomes all interested in what mommy's doing with the shiny object near her footsies and starts investigating with her nose and tongue. Despite being repeatedly informed that licking or chomping the clippers is dangerous, she persists. I'm really patient and haven't even so much as nicked anything other than her nails, but it seems like this is a set-up for a beautiful disaster.
Other than going really slowly and constantly being prepared to release the clippers at the very last second instead of snipping, I've tried shielding the clippers from her sight and distracting her with mealies. But the mealies last only so long and she can wiggle to a point where she can see the clippers no matter how I hold her...
Any ideas?
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