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Leonie2 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: Nail biting

My son S has a really bad habit of biting his nails! What can I do to make him stop, is there a really foul tasting remedy I can paint on them to break his habit? Help!

Somerset Lad · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject:

When i was a lad, my Mother put alum on my nails oooohh it was bitter, had the effect though. Laughing

alison · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

There is a little pot you can get from the chemist with a sponge at the top with a cross cut in it, so the child slips each finger into the cross.

Tastes foul! I can't remember what it is called. There is another one that you brush on like nail varnish, same type of stuff, called "stop and grow".

lloyd · 5 Star Club Joined: 17 Jun 2006 Posts: 2646

what's wrong with biting nails anyway?

I still do it.

Even my toe nails.
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nanny · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject:

Kathy · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:26 pm Post subject:

yeuchhhhhhhh

None of the paint on things I used worked I have to say. I was told by a child pschologist friend not to make an issue out of it (Greenman bit his nails) just ignore it and eventually they grow out of it. Greenman got fed up having sore fingers and just stopped of his own accord.

Leonie2 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject:

biting your nails (especially toenails! Shocked

) is a disgusting habit. S has been biting them so short you can see raw skin. Thanks Alison, I'll visit the chemist tomorrow and see if they have what you describe.

Cabbagepatch · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:51 pm Post subject: