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Saturday, October 07, 2006 - (see all news for this day)
nail cutting - 08:23 AM
(filed under 'smiley')
i was chatting online with jade the other day & the conversation turned to trying to cut the fingernails & toenails of our various offspring. actually, it turned that way after talking about m&m's when i asked her if she was able to use them as a good form of bribery with her children. she acknowleged that sometimes it was useful for when trying to cut toenails.
i said that my latest trick with trying to get smiley's toe & fingernails cut was to wait until he was doing something he really liked & then start cutting & tell him that if he didn't let me finish cutting them that i would take away that thing he really liked. so for me it's not really bribery so much as extortion. 
Hmm... Nail cutting little children can be an exercise.
By far the best way is to 'pretend' you scratched yourself with one of your own nails and clip the long nails in front of them (by invitation of course).
Then ask them if they would like their's trimmed. Then its carefully (before the clip) go under all the way, then out a couple of hairs, then CLIP.
Of course without having them wriggle all abouts would be a plus...
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Hey,
I've been a lurking reader for a while. Just wondering where in Australia you will be moving to?
Di