when k was a baby, i only had to trim her fingernails about once a month. they just didn't grow! i never once got her fingers either. i remember hearing friends talk about how they hated having to clip their baby's fingernails. i remember hearing friends cringe when talking about how they accidentally clipped their poor baby's skin instead of fingernail. i thought i had it all figured out when it came to fingernails. i kept up with my daughter's just fine and i never, ever clipped her skin on accident.
then came baby b.
this girl's fingernails grow so fast i can hardly keep up with them! it seems like just a day or two after i cut them, i can feel their sharp edges scraping at my skin again - let alone her skin! poor girl always seems to have a nick or two on her face.
as much as cutting a baby's fingernails gets old, nothing feels worse than when i've cut into her skin instead of her nail. oh my. the worst. it only take a second or two for her fingertip to flood with bright red blood and i'm flooding her with the "i'm so sorry's!" then you get a reminder of it anytime you catch a streak of red on her clothes that day. those fingertips take awhile to stop bleeding and finally clot!
just more evidence that nothing we do is because we have raised a perfect child - another child, whether yours or someone else's, will always serve as a reminder. they all do their own thing and have their own way!
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