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So i just saw a pic from someone on my FB of her little 8 month old girl and she had painted her toe nails .
I was a little shocked , i personally would not do this at all.
What are your thoughts , am i missing something here? Why would she paint her baby's nails
Wow, that's weird. DD has her feet in her mouth all the time just now (the flexible little bugger that she is!) so I'd be worried about her eating the nail polish.
my DD1 is 4, she came home from seeing the SIL with a mani andpedi, which she proceeded to chew off with her teeth. i lost my nut!! and she's 4!!! no way on a teeny 8 mnth old!
Every now and then when I am painting my toes I'll do DD2's, she thinks it is very funny to see and feel. It isn't an everyday occurance, but just for fun. Maybe it was one of those things?
I wouldn't on a baby, I'd be worried they'd suck it off. I've put it on DD2 a couple of times, and DD1 likes hers to get done every couple of weeks. But she doesn't bite her nails.
i had a friend that used to paint her babies nails. she would have been a similar age. don't like it, wouldn't do it!
I've done it to both my daughters:hide:
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.
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!
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
Ooh DD2 luuurves nail polish. Dunno about a baby, she might have been having a bit of fun though.
I understand when they are a little older, i know they would love it , but a 8 month old , not for me ..
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.
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.
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)
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.
I'm kinda impressed she got her 8 month old to sit still long enough to paint her nails! Maybe she was asleep when she did it?
I was thinking the same thing lol, how did she do it:
i have done DD's fingers once but she is almost 3.. i wouldnt do it t a little baby... i dont really see the point....
I painted a BF's toenails when he was watching telly once. He didn't even notice. Nice shade of pink too.
The only way i can get to cut DD's nails is if i promise to paint them! A good friend bought her a bottle of non-toxic nailpolish that washes off by itself after a couple of rinses under water. When DS was tiny DD used it to paint his toenails! He wasn't at a toesucking age yet thankfully :)
DD1 does Pie's nails every now & again, has done for a while.. I really can't remember if she did them when she was that little or not, but maybe... she grew out of toe chewing a while back.
Agree with PP's, more than likely just for fun? At elast it wasn't full war paint, you know, eyeshadow, blush & lippy :lol:
Haha, totally agree.:
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 :-)
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.
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.
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 :hide:
hhmm but with this mum it would not surprise me if that is the next pic i see lol:
I honestly don't see a problem with it :hide:
But that's just my opinion :)