| |  | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,880 Senior Member | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,880 Senior Member | I cut my baby's finger :(  03-14-2011, 06:31 PM | |
I was trying to trim her nails and I KNOW I should have used the nail file but I couldn't find it, and she pulled her hand away right as I closed the clippers. It got the tip of her thumb and cut it a little and it just BLED forever! I put pressure on it and washed it, and then finally put a little round bandaid over the tip of her thumb to keep the pressure on and stop the bleeding, which it did. I don't think the cut is THAT bad though, because she only cried a little and then seemed fine. But she's 4 months old and loves to suck her thumb.  I put one of those baby mittens over her hand, and she's asleep now, but I'm so worried she'll get it off in the night and start sucking her thumb. What if she choked on the bandaid?? I called my mom freaking out, and she came over (she lives close) and proceeded to just give me more things to worry about. What if she needs stitches? What if we should have gone to the ER? What if she choked on the bandaid? What if she's allergic to the latex on the bandaid and breaks out in hives? Come on, Mom! I feel bad enough! So now all those worries are running thru my head. I just feel AWFUL! I rarely use the nail clippers anyway, usually I file or even bite her nails, and now I'm NEVER going to use them again! Please tell me she's going to be okay!!
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She'll be fine, I promise. Has it quit bleeding? If so, no trip to the ER is necessary. Is she breaking out? If not, she's not allergic. If you are worried about her getting the band aid in her mouth, take it off before you go to bed. I bet if it starts bleeding again, she won't like the taste of it. Put down a blanket that you can easily wash or throw away in case she does bleed more. I shut DD's fingers in the dishwasher when she was about 7 months old. Her little fingers were bent the wrong way and everything. I totally cried harder than she did. I promise you are not the only mom to hurt her baby, accidentally of course. Best wishes! I hope it heals up nicely!!  | | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 4,766 Senior Member | 03-14-2011, 06:43 PM | |
I cut my little girl's finger the first time I cut her nails. I cried more than she did! She will live. You will feel bad every time you see the cut until it heals. It will heal quickly though! Since it's something she likes to suck on, keep an eye out for possible germies/infections. I, too, would take the bandaid off before you go to bed. Hugs, KatieViolet! | | | |  | | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 29,773 Senior Member | | Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 29,773 Senior Member | If she bleeds on the blanket 03-14-2011, 06:51 PM | |
or sheets, just pour hydrogen peroxide on the stain. It will bubble up into a white foam and remove the stain. It sometimes needs to be repeated a couple of times. It won't remove the color from the sheet or blanket. | | | |  | | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 932 Senior Member | | Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 932 Senior Member | Bad Mother Award 03-14-2011, 06:52 PM | |
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Sounds like we have the same mom. 
You are not the first or last mom to ever do this. The clippers or file are the best way to trim the nails though. She's okay. She won't be scarred for life. Take the bandaid off before you go to bed. Clean her finger in the morning, put antibiotic ointment on it with a new bandaid and the mitt in the morning. I've slammed DD's various body parts in many things including a door (she had fingers in the other end) dryer (she grabbed the bottom of the opening to bend over just as I closed it) fridge (scared her more than anything) and even choked her when I rolled up the window, not knowing that in the nanosecond it took me to look away from the rearview mirror and roll her window up, she stuck her head out to yell at someone in the parking lot. | | | |  | | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,043 Senior Member | | Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 7,043 Senior Member | I also 03-14-2011, 07:09 PM | |
cut my son's finger the first time I cut his nails. He was a few days old, and kept scratching his face with his nails. Those darn newborn fingernails are so bendy, and almost impossible to cut. I also started crying. He was fine in a few minutes. You've passed a painful Mama Milestone - it will make you (and baby) stronger. | | | |  | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,738 Senior Member | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,738 Senior Member | 03-14-2011, 07:26 PM | |
Ugh. My oldest baby is 13, and I remember vividly the evening I cut his finger with the clippers. The bendy newborn nails, as someone said--auuuggghhh!!! He looked shocked, like he would have said,"What the he!!, Mama!" He didn't really cry---but I sure did. It still makes me cringe when I think about it, but he healed with no problem whatsoever. Yes, I'd take the bandaid off. Too tempting. | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 71,351 Senior Member | 03-14-2011, 08:23 PM | |
I did that once too with a 2 month old foster child we had at the time. It is so heartbreaking and you feel terrible when you do it, but your baby will be fine. I think I would remove the bandaid though. I think if he sucks his thumb during the night he will be fine. (((HUGS))) Nancy | | | |  | | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 5,344 Senior Member | | Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 5,344 Senior Member | 03-14-2011, 08:53 PM | |
I think just about every mom has done that at least once. She'll be fine. I agree that I'd worry about the bandaid, if it's on a finger she sucks on. I'd take that off.
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I cut my son when he was little as well. My hubby never let me forget it. It is a rite of passage for every mom. I have also used cuticle scissors for baby nails. it will work and might give you more control. If you get the chance tell your mom you worry enough about your bundle without her "help". | | | |  | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,198 Senior Member | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,198 Senior Member | 03-15-2011, 04:30 AM | |
This is your first child, I am guessing? All the PP advice is wonderful. Bottom line: She'll be fine and she'll forget it unless you document it in her scrapbook... | | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 9,057 Senior Member | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 9,057 Senior Member | 03-15-2011, 06:37 AM | |
(((Hugs))) I've heard that happens! I'm sure your DD is fine! It's probably more traumatic on you than on her. You could try this-I always bit my baby's nails for the first year. I just started using a clipper on my DD now that she's 13 months. I know it sounds funny to bite their nails, but it really does work! | | | |  | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,046 Senior Member | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,046 Senior Member | 03-15-2011, 03:21 PM | |
You probably cried more than she did, uh? That happened to me once when I clipped my daughter's nails when she was a baby.....she'll be OK. Don't beat yourself up! | | | |  | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 27,298 Senior Member | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 27,298 Senior Member | 03-15-2011, 04:39 PM | |
Oh, I remember that day like it was yesterday and my DS is 24!!! I cried and cried and cried. I thought they'd take my kid away from me! He lived and grew up just fine! ((((HUGS)))) First of many tears over your baby! | | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 155 Full Member | 03-15-2011, 05:15 PM | |
This makes me feel better. I cut my one month old's little finger. As you said I didn't think it was ever going to stop bleeding. He had a scab for about a week and then was just fine. Momma still isn't though. It has been two months and I have yet to cut his nails again. His lovely babysitter does it for me. | | | |  | | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 273 Full Member | | Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 273 Full Member | I split my baby's head open... 03-15-2011, 05:40 PM | |
When DD was about 6 months old we'd just moved to FL. I had her on the changing table under the window. I had taken the venetian blinds down and washed them outside, then rehung them. At the exact moment I was changing her the blind fell off the window and the sharp end hit her in the middle of her forehead. Of course it bled like crazy -- head wounds always do. I grabbed her and a kitchen towel and ran to my neighbor, who drove us to the hospital. They took x-rays and stitched her up. I remember two things---
First, before they took the x-ray the tech asked me if I could be pregnant and I laughed a little hysterically and said "No way." She looked at me oddly. What she didn't know was that DH was at sea, and had been since DD was 4 days old. So no hanky-panky going on then!! Second, I expected to get a visit from Navy personnel investigating child abuse, and was on pins and needles for days. But no one ever showed up. That was a relief. Then there was the day DH came back from sea duty and insisted I teach him how to change her diaper, so he could do them from then on. As I'm shoving in the diaper pin she started screaming, and he wondered if I'd poked her. "Of course not," I proudly assured him. "I know what I'm doing." I showed him, and lo and behold --- the diaper pin was going in her thigh here... and poking out there...  She recovered and is fine, though 30 years later she does have a tiny scar on her forehead, barely visible on her very pale skin. Moral of the stories --- Babies are TOUGH! Fortunately. | | | |  | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,893 Senior Member | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,893 Senior Member | 03-15-2011, 07:02 PM | |
You are in very good company, as you can see. I did that with my DD the very first time I cut her nails with a clippers as well. I couldn't believe how much blood came out of that little finger!! She will be just fine though. It will take you longer to get over it than her! (speaking from my own experience on that one ) | | | |
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