until when do they wear scratch mitts?

butrfly · Jun 19th, 2009, 01:15 AM

can anyone please tell me until when babies should wear scratch mitts?

tasha41 · Jun 19th, 2009, 01:30 AM

Well they say you can start cutting their nails at 6 weeks here. If his nails aren't too long or he's not scratching his face you could stop, Elyse never wore hers unless it was cold and only scratched herself (it was really small too) one time.

Aidan's Mummy · Jun 19th, 2009, 01:31 AM

Aidan wore his for about the first few weeks and then he learnt how to get them off. I did try keeping them on put he was way to quick for me

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butrfly · Jun 19th, 2009, 01:39 AM

i cut his nails at 3 weeks in the hope that he didn't have to wear them again (elijah is the same, Aidan's Mummy, he manages to slip them off too often) but he scratched himself (only a tiny scratch but it was so near his eye!) and so i put them back on him again.

i've cut his nails again today (5 weeks) and put his mitts back on again. maybe i should try with them off for now and see?

codegirl · Jun 19th, 2009, 02:20 AM

Edward has never worn them. No-one told us that we had to wait to cut nails so we've always kept them short by either cutting or filing them.

marley2580 · Jun 19th, 2009, 02:45 AM

Kaya never wore them either, she soon learned not to scratch herself

mommyof3co · Jun 19th, 2009, 02:49 AM

I didn't know you were supposed to wait to cut their nails either? But it didn't matter how short they were or filed they always scratched themselves, the boys wore them for a long time lol. I'd say atleast a month pretty much all the time and alot of time for another 1-2mo lol. I didn't want them to have scratches all over their pretty faces haha or hurt themselves of course

Blah11 · Jun 19th, 2009, 03:56 AM

I cut Amelies nails a few days after birth

oops.

Anyway I never really bothered with scratch mitts. She managed to get them off in the night anyway.

Louise-B · Jun 19th, 2009, 07:29 AM

Never really bothered with the scratch mitts as they were always too big and fell off her tiny hands. What we did do was put her in sleepsuits with the sleeves that fold over the hands, if you know what i mean? They were great. From Mothercare. xxx

lauren-kate · Jun 19th, 2009, 07:35 AM

I don't think I used scratch-mitts much after the first few days in the hospital. I wasn't told you had to wait to cut nails either, although I don't remember Ryan's being particularly long. I just bit them to cut them - sounds horrible, but was advised by my HV and my mum to do it, as there's no chance of hurting their fingers as there is with clippers/scissors and the nails are very soft.

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tasha41 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 23,921	Well they say you can start cutting their nails at 6 weeks here. If his nails aren't too long or he's not scratching his face you could stop, Elyse never wore hers unless it was cold and only scratched herself (it was really small too) one time.

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Jun 19th, 2009, 01:31 AM	#3
Aidan's Mummy Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hull Posts: 11,002	Aidan wore his for about the first few weeks and then he learnt how to get them off. I did try keeping them on put he was way to quick for me xx

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Jun 19th, 2009, 01:39 AM	#4
butrfly Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bali, Indonesia Posts: 1,427	i cut his nails at 3 weeks in the hope that he didn't have to wear them again (elijah is the same, Aidan's Mummy, he manages to slip them off too often) but he scratched himself (only a tiny scratch but it was so near his eye!) and so i put them back on him again. i've cut his nails again today (5 weeks) and put his mitts back on again. maybe i should try with them off for now and see?

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Jun 19th, 2009, 02:20 AM	#5
codegirl Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,418	Edward has never worn them. No-one told us that we had to wait to cut nails so we've always kept them short by either cutting or filing them.

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Jun 19th, 2009, 02:45 AM	#6
marley2580 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Forfar Posts: 6,100	Kaya never wore them either, she soon learned not to scratch herself

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Jun 19th, 2009, 02:49 AM	#7
mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	I didn't know you were supposed to wait to cut their nails either? But it didn't matter how short they were or filed they always scratched themselves, the boys wore them for a long time lol. I'd say atleast a month pretty much all the time and alot of time for another 1-2mo lol. I didn't want them to have scratches all over their pretty faces haha or hurt themselves of course

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Jun 19th, 2009, 03:56 AM	#8
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,873	I cut Amelies nails a few days after birth oops. Anyway I never really bothered with scratch mitts. She managed to get them off in the night anyway.

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Jun 19th, 2009, 07:29 AM	#9
Louise-B Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 513	Never really bothered with the scratch mitts as they were always too big and fell off her tiny hands. What we did do was put her in sleepsuits with the sleeves that fold over the hands, if you know what i mean? They were great. From Mothercare. xxx

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Jun 19th, 2009, 07:35 AM	#10
lauren-kate Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 2,757	I don't think I used scratch-mitts much after the first few days in the hospital. I wasn't told you had to wait to cut nails either, although I don't remember Ryan's being particularly long. I just bit them to cut them - sounds horrible, but was advised by my HV and my mum to do it, as there's no chance of hurting their fingers as there is with clippers/scissors and the nails are very soft.

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