Nail painting on the little ones

[Lisa]

I've done it to both my daughters

They haven't bothered to eat the polish off, it usually wears off as they're crawling. DD2 thinks it is wonderful and shows off her toes to everyone by pointing and saying 'toes' with a big smile.

[RhiChiChi]

My mum does my DD's - she is 3.5yo. I can't remember what age she first did it, but my DD was over the putting her fingers & toes into her mouth. My DD loves her nails painted - always pink!

[StrawberryMumma]

I wouldn't paint my babies toe nails either! But I have painted my 3 year olds as a special treat! and I've just bought her a tiny bottle of kid safe nail polish for christmas..just as something special! I'm not really a nail polish person and I only wear it for weddings etc, but I thought it could be like a 'dress up' thing for her.

I certainly wouldn't use adult nail polish on a baby...yuck..nasty

[Lulu]

Ooh DD2 luuurves nail polish. Dunno about a baby, she might have been having a bit of fun though.

[CinderToriella]

I understand when they are a little older, i know they would love it , but a 8 month old , not for me ..

[MrsFabuloso]

I do with my DD who's 3 1/2, but not when she was tiny. I only do it now because she sees me with some on, or sees me doing it and asks for some too.

[~mamaspice~]

It's actually never even occured to me to paint my DD's toe nails. But like others have said, maybe your friend just did it for a bit of fun. And to give her the benefit of the doubt, one would think she wouldn't have done it if her baby was a toe sucker.

[Daydream Believer]

Not at 8 months old, DD has recently become obsessed with makeup so some pale pink nailpolish keeps her happy & out of my makeup (she's nearly 2 & a half)

[Traveller]

It wouldn't have occurred to me to paint the kids' nails that young, but as long as it is non toxic I don't see the harm. Girltwin often has her nails painted when I do mine, and the boys sometimes ask too but aren't as fussed by "pretty" as my girl.

[Catastrophic]

My dd1 loves nail polish it has to be all different bright colours :-) She has so much fun, I even let her do mummies :-) And DD2 comes and gets hers done now too :-)

[joshnchloesmummy]

I have only recently started painting DD1's nails but she was 3 in october and she absolutely loves it. I wouldn't do DD2's nails at her age (she's 8 months) and to be honest she wouldn't sit still long enough anyway. If she's interested when she's over 2 then i think its fine.

[Ryatha]

After I posted in here yesterday, DD1 brought a friend home from school and they wanted to paint their toe nails. DD2 sat between them and watched carefully as they painted theirs, then picked out a colour for herself and the girls painted her toe nails. It is all a bit of fun and washes off very quickly with the amount of crawling she does.

[Just Me]

I paint DD1's fingernails sometimes and have done since around her second birthday. She loves it. I tend to just use pale nail polish though.

I have thought about painting DD2's toenails though she is 15 months now but I would have done it younger, I just haven't had the time. I guess it's what you're used to - I've seen other people with painted toe nails on a baby so I don't think it's all that odd. I actually think it's kind of cute