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Your baby: Nail care
Babies are born with soft nails. However, they soon dry out, and babies can easily scratch themselves.
- When your baby is a few days old, smooth any rough edges with an emery board.
- After a few weeks, use a small nail clipper or baby nail scissors.
It may be easiest to trim fingernails when your baby is napping
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Source: Allina Patient Education, Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond, fifth edition, preg-ahc-90026, ISBN 1-931876-25-8
First published: 04/01/2002
Last updated: 05/01/2008
Reviewed by: Allina Patient Education experts
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