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8 Year Old Habitual Nail Biter

P.B. asks from Wichita

We have an 8 year old son who has a nail biting habit. Ever since he was a baby, he was very oral - everything goes to his mouth, even now! We have tried reminders, p...

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Seeking Advice on Biting

A.O. asks from Oklahoma City

My 18 month old daughter has started biting. She started it while "kissing" and then it has turned into biting just about anything that comes in her path on some days...

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Nail Picking

B.W. asks from Lubbock

My daughter will be 4 this month, and she picks her finger nails. She has been a picker from day one. She will pick the stickers off of her toys, she will pick the sc...

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Biting Fingers and Toes

J.T. asks from New York

Hi Moms, Recently my daughter has started biting her fingers and toes, usually when she is in the car seat. She has occaisonally made her cuticles bleed! I think...

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Nail Biting 2 Year Old

H.H. asks from Yakima

My daughter turned 2 in January. About the same time, I noticed that I didn't really need to trim her nails as often. Since she trims them rather short, (they bleed...

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Help with Biting Nails and Skin

S.D. asks from New York

Hi my 4 year old has been biting his finger nails for a while and now his nails are very short and he is eating the skin! I have talked to him about stopping and he ...

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Any Thoughts on Discouraging Nail and Cuticle Biting?

A.B. asks from Portland

My daughter has developing a habit of chewing on her thumbnails and cuticles....It is really doing some damage and causing a lot of hangnails....She really never was ...

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Nail Biting Problems for a 21 Month Old

S.H. asks from Cleveland

My problem is that my 21 month old daughter bites her nails down to the quik! Hier littele fingers are soo chapped that they peel and then she'll bite at the skin! ...

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Thumb Slammed in Door - Nail Coming off - Advice

A.C. asks from Sacramento

Hello Mamas! Well, my 4 year old got her thumb slammed in a door by another child. The skin around the cuticle is all torn up and it looks like the nail will even...

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Nail Bitting 2 Year Old HELP

T.S. asks from Portland

My 2 year old started bitting her nails about 6 months ago and then stoped because Daddy said he would paint her nails so he painted them for a while and then she com...

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  • also a nail biter in 2 answers "I think I heard it takes 8 weeks to kick the habit. I am also a nail biter and have ..."
  • tough habit to break in 2 answers "This is such a tough habit to break!"
  • used to bite my nails in 2 answers "I used to bite my nails all the time."
  • sugarless gum in 2 answers "appropriate"- sugarless gum, crunchy things like raw green beans, carrots, trail mix ..."
  • nail polish in 6 answers "There is a sort of "nail polish""