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try using a nail file while the baby is eating. :) A quick one two swipe of the file should do the trick!
If not - get one nail a night for the next week once she's sleeping :)
I had to hold my son in his boppy on my lap and hold each finger as I cut the nail (we would sit on the floor to do this) it always worked well for us =)
I file (I'm too scared to clip!) but what about just doing a couple of nails a day? That's what the guy at our newborn class suggested.
Biting them worked for me. Sounds crazy, I know. Someone offered me this tip and it worked like a charm!
Mine were squirmy too 
What worked for me was to sit baby in my lap and put the arm with the finger on it that I wasn't cutting behind my back and to her baby firmly to my side, while holding the hand that I was cutting the fingernails on in my free hand while also holding as many fingers that I wasn't working on down at the same time.
When my kids were babies, I had to use nail clippers, but nowadays, I have seen special clippers for babies that have guards on them, like the ones you would use for your pet, so you don't risk nipping their little fingers and/or cutting too much of the nail. I highly recommend getting some of those; you may just be cutting a bit too close to the finger for her comfort. I really wish they would have had those when my kids were little.
I swaddle my daughter in a swaddleme wrap and while she's taking her bottle right before bed i sneak her hand out the side and cut real quick then tuck it back in.
This probably sounds bad but I have to just hold my 6.5 month old's hands tight and clip as fast as I safely can! :) Good luck!
If you are nursing try doing it then, possibly with help. We've tried the nail file and that works ok, not great. Biting them works well.
I have the baby safety clippers with the light on it (SafetyFirst) and honestly my baby has always been so into watching the light that he is very still and actually seems to like it. ;) Maybe try those? If that fails my Mom and Grandmother (who is a midwife) swears by the biting trick. Lol...
I use these 1/4 jaw cuticle nippers to get more control of the clip for such tiny nails. As for when I do it, either when LO is asleep on DH during a nap or DH does it while I am BFing. I've never been able to successfully do it any other time. And sometimes you just have to be happy with only getting one or two nails done at a time.
@Ocean: that's totally what I was going to suggest - it's what my mom has always told me to do with baby's nails!
I'm old school. With my son I bit his as a baby. It was safest that way. I made a game of it too where I would kiss his fingers then bite then kiss or preteend to eat them and you get the picture.
Our peridatrician said that biting nails is not safe; since babies' fingernails are so soft and tear so much easily, there's a greater risk of tearing too much/causing injury. When we can, I have my husband distract our daughter with songs, finger games, books, etc... Lately, though, that hasn't been effective, so I've started letting her "help" me by holding the big end of the clippers. She likes to be a helper. :)
I find it easier for me to come from behind WT to cut his. So right now he's sits in his hippo (hook on high chair) chair and I stand behind him and do one hand at a time. I'm usually pretty happy if I can get 3-5 fingers. Then I'll try again after the next meal. Last time I put out some puffs and managed to get them all clipped while he was distracted eating :)
Sometimes I can do it while he's sitting in my lap if he's distracted by something.
Right now I struggle the most trying to get his toe nails. It's much harder to keep he foot/leg still.
Good luck!!
in the first few months I would do it while nursing or while he is sleeping. around 6 months I let him watch TV while clipping - I could often get one hand done that way. I used baby nail clippers, never had any problems (eg no blood, ever). part of it is just being firm about it and part of it is understanding that getting one whole hand done at a time is good enough :)
I try to do it in the evenings when she's a little more docile. Then sit on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table and plop her on my legs so she's facing me. Then we sing or coo to get her distracted and usually start with the file but sometimes the clippers but I usually only get one hand done before she's just fed up.
I try to do it in the evenings when she's a little more docile. Then sit on the couch with my feet up on the coffee table and plop her on my legs so she's facing me. Then we sing or coo to get her distracted and usually start with the file but sometimes the clippers but I usually only get one hand done before she's just fed up.
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I have one very squirmy baby, lol! Clipping her nails while she's awake is nearly impossible - even when she's distracted, she's moving and I can't get her hand still enough to be comfortable to clip!
I've tried when she's asleep, but she's not a very sound sleeper and by nail #2 she wakes up. I've tried filing but I don't find it works well anymore (it made more sense at first when her nails were softer and weren't growing so fast!).
Any mommy Bees with suggestions / tips on how to make this easier?