What are mittens for?

carmenlarue · July 2009

Are they just for baby with long nails? If so, then you can cut/file trim them right? Somebody fill me on on other reason why a baby would needs assorted colors of mittens for scrapy nails?

SouthernBellelovesaYankee · July 2009

We trim his nails every other day and he still looks like he sleeps with Freddie Kreuger

lwilkinson · July 2009

Ummm... so they dont scratch themselves.

pinkle08 · July 2009

My son likes to suck on his fingers so I put them on him so that he doesn't dry out his hands anymore.

kyrastapp · July 2009

SouthernBellelovesaYankee:
We trim his nails every other day and he still looks like he sleeps with Freddie Kreuger

Freddie Kreuger vistits our house too! Damn Freddie

Matreshka · July 2009

Small babies tend to touch their faces a lot! You can file the nails as much as you want but sometimes there are still some sharp corners and edges left which is enough for them to scratch. I am not a fan of mittens, but had to use them from time to time especially at night during first couple of months.

peachypear · July 2009

SouthernBellelovesaYankee:
We trim his nails every other day and he still looks like he sleeps with Freddie Kreuger

Yep. They are deadly weapons, esp when DD grabs onto my nipples. DD HATES having her hands covered, so we all just get scratched.

Staceyand Peter · July 2009

our little guy used to literally grab his face

Mike&Care · July 2009

I used them everyday for about 2 weeks. Now we dont use anything. She learned pretty quickly not to scratch herself. They were very useful in the beginning though. It was so nerve wracking to try and trim the paper thin nails. I honestly never trim her nails. they just fall off.