How to cut your baby's nails Many babies don't like to cut their nails. Some mothers don't cut their nails for a long time because they are afraid of hurting their babies. In fact, babies should always cut their nails, and it is best to have their own nail clippers. This is because the baby's little hands can't be idle all day and are easy to get infected with bacteria. Nail seams are the base camp for bacteria, microorganisms and viruses to hide, and babies often like to suck their fingers, so that bacteria can be easily eaten in the stomach, causing diarrhea or intestinal parasites. The baby's nails are too long, which is easy to scratch his delicate skin and cause inflammation. Therefore, parents must always cut their baby's nails, preferably once a week for fingernails and once every two weeks for toenails. But because the growth rate of nails is related to the seasons, summer is faster than winter, and fingernails are faster than toenails. Therefore, it is not static, so it should be observed at any time and trimmed in time. Parents of Wang Xinliang, the pediatric internal medicine department of the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, can give their babies a hot bath first to make their nails soft and easier to trim. At the same time, parents should praise and encourage their children to "love" nail cutting. It is best to cut your nails with nail clippers specially designed for your baby. The plastic protective frame can prevent the baby from being cut, which is convenient and safe. In addition, it is very undesirable for infants and adults to use nail clippers to infect bacteria. Pay attention to the following points when cutting nails: ⊙ To cut when the baby is still, you can choose to cut when breastfeeding, or you can choose to cut when the child is asleep. Because the baby's nails are very small and difficult to cut, try to cut them with micro scissors, not too much, so as not to hurt the skin. Babies like to scratch their face and other parts of the body with their hands, and often scratch their skin, so when cutting nails, don't leave corners, cut them into circles. Excerpted from 0- 1 parenting reading every day, Hebei People's Publishing House, 2005, edited by Wang Xinliang.