Scratching

lizzylizaerd

My son is 5 months old, and I am clipping his nails every few days, but he still continues to scratch his face up, especially at night. He has pretty much outgrown the newborn mittens. I haven't seen any bigger ones, and I was just wondering what other people are doing to help keep their kids from scratching themselves. I might just have to sew a couple bigger pair of light mittens. 

yelyah4826

Baby socks on hands!

taraleanne

I just keep on cutting and filing like every single day!

steelerbaby29

I file and cut every other day. My LO has always loved his hands, and even more now that he is teething so mittens wouldn't work for him. 

Carnation77

We've never used mittens. When he was first born he scratched himself a lot more.  Now it's less often.  I figure babies have lived for hundred and hundreds of years without wearing mittens and did just fine.   How else are they supposed to learn not to scratch themselves?