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Never cut nails while angry
I was feeding Mr I this morning when i heard DH say "You scratched me, that's it I'm cutting your nails" I heard him go to the bathroom, then take DS1 into his room, then screams - He'd used the toenail clippers
and DS1 was thrashing about & he cut his thumb. Blood everywhere. We eventually got some band-aids on it, held down with elasoplast & DH spent the whole day treating DS - he had chocolate, we went to the Ginger Factory, bought him a car (to go with the thousand he's already got) & bought him a gingerbread man.
Thing is, in the 3 1/2 years of his life DH has never cut DS's nails, I've always done it (using baby nail clippers or sissors) sometimes with DH's help to hold him, sometimes on my own.
We also had a disagreement about changing the band-aid - DH thinks you don't need to change them if they get wet & I do. We changed it tonight and it bleed heaps when we took the band-aids off. I'm concerned its really deep - its hard to tell through the blood and the struggling & we need to take him somewhere (doctors?) to get stiches or at least some sort of better bandage.
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ooh ouch!! Im always scared I'll cut DD's finger she is so wiggly, and always tries to grab the clippers with her other hand!
If it is still bleeding I would be taking him to emergency if you can, I don't know if a doctor in a clinic would be able to stitch him up there if he needed it?
For the record I would probably change the band-aid too, they get a bit icky after a while anyway!
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DS wiggled and I cut his finger once. I ALWAYS use teeth now! But his bled and bled and bled for almost an hour, soaking through 3 plasters... I ended up calling NHS direct, but by the time they got back to me he was asleep and had stopped bleeding. But they said over half an hour of proper constant bleeding would be a worry, especially if the child was still distressed by it.
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oohhhhh I have done that - twice in fact and always the same finger no matter how careful you are, accidents happen particularly with little squirmers.
I just pop DD bleeding finger in my mouth once she has calmed down then apply firm pressure for as long as she lets me. I don't use bandaids despite the amount of bloodloss as it really doesn't take too long for her clotting mechanism to kick in.
Hoping your little man is ok today
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Oh poor little guy!
Sounds like he's had a pretty damn good day as a result tho! hehe
Hope he's feeling better now
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