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AIBU?

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To worry about dd's little toe nail?

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WannabeNigella · 23/04/2011 22:08

DH says I am.

She's 18 months and always had funny little toe nails, really thick and you can only see about 5mm of it as it was almost curled out and back on itself. One of them split down the middle the other day and subsequently both bits have fallen off and she now appears to have no toe nail on the one little toe.

Have mentioned it to doc twice when I've been there for other things and he has just said a lot of people have funny little toe nails.

I know it's not serious but I am worried for her she will grow older with no toe nail on that toe and for girls that is important, think toe nails painted in flip flops etc.

DH says I'm mental and it will grow back.

AIBU to worry (I'm not losing sleep over it by the way) this is a mild worry worthy of a Saturday evening post on mumsnet

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hellymelly · 23/04/2011 22:10

i would think it will grow back-could she have a slight fungal thing? Or do her shoes perhaps press a bit at that point?

Beamur · 23/04/2011 22:11

I have funny little toe nails too. It sort of splits and I have a nail and a half - the half is a nuisance and I usually cut if off as short as I can and the other bit looks ok. My DD had very soft and curly nails as a baby but they are getting stronger and straighter as she gets older.

Is your daughter walking? Could the nail have been damaged by shoes?
I expect it will grow back, I know of people who have shed nails after getting blisters under them and they do grow again.

winnybella · 23/04/2011 22:12

Both dc had funny little toe nails- DD still does at 26mo, but it's getting a bit more 'normal' now.

Don't worry.

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WannabeNigella · 23/04/2011 22:12

I don't think it's fungal and hopefully the doc wpuld have picked it up if it was. Will get Health Visitor to have a look when I go again.

Don't think it's shoes either but will try and monitor that. It's really difficult to explain how it looks. Thanks for the reply.

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eggyminniewhingesagain · 23/04/2011 22:13

It will probably grow back. But if they don't, there isn't really anything the gp can do for it TBH. I agree, lots of people have rather funny toenails, DD's are pretty weird too[busmile]

Thingumy · 23/04/2011 22:15

I have no toenails or very tiny toenails on my little toe.

I do have odd little toes.

Ds has toenails that curl over his toes (almost ingrown) and I just make sure I trim them regularly.

Maybe speak to your HV?

AmyStake · 23/04/2011 22:27

My sister assisted me in losing mine when I was about 6.

It grew back though, it's thicker than it was before and it hardly grows at all but to look at it's absolutely fine and you would never notice. But who inspects other people's little toe nails?

DioneTheDiabolist · 23/04/2011 22:36

I have always had tiny little toenails. Like you describe, it almost curls back on itself and is prone to splitting. It has never caused me any health problems and when it comes to looks: It doesn't even register. Not even a little bit. When I have had pedicures the beauticians don't even mention it because it is so normal.

If your DS is healthy and not in any pain, I wouldn't worry about it. I'm not sure it's something you can do anything about anyway and no one else notices.

MummyTubb · 23/04/2011 22:41

I think YABU. Worrying about whether your daughter's toenails will look pretty in flip-flops is a bit shallow imo. I have funny toenails on both my little toes - so tiny as to be virtually non-existant and they grow straight up in the air. Certainly not enough of them there to put nail varnish on. Can't say I have been particularly scarred by this experience over the last 40 years.

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WannabeNigella · 24/04/2011 08:12

MummyTubb I don't think it's the slightest but shallow to be concerned about whether my daughter will have something physically she is unhappy about in a world where we're constantly being slapped about the face with everything that is wrong with the female form.

If you read the OP I did say I wasn't losing sleep over it it was just a mild concern.

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squeakytoy · 24/04/2011 08:42

I have funny little toe nails too, and always have had. It doesnt stop me wearing flip flops, or dabbing nail varnish on the bit of nail in a splodge that makes it look bigger than it is.

It really is very very common, and I bet if you look at other peoples feet today while are out, you will see many like that. Which proves two things, its quite normal, and nobody takes any notice usually.

Your daughter will not be unhappy about it unless it is constantly brought to her attention by you. So please dont fret about it. :)

MummyTubb · 24/04/2011 20:57

I think it is shallow in the extreme - I was being restrained before! My 4 year-old daughter has recently had to have a life-saving operation for a collapsed lung, and will forever bear the scars of a major operation on her chest. Am I fretting about it? Well, obviously I'd rather they weren't there, but that is life - I can't change it. Missing little toenails? It's hardly important in the great scheme of things, is it? Go and see your HV by all means, but they'll either grow back or they won't, and nothing you or your HV does will change that. Spend your energies teaching your daughter to love herself and her faults (because that is what makes her an individual), rather than fretting over things you cannot change.

FollowMe · 24/04/2011 21:03

I've got funny little toe nails too. Always have done.
I still wear flip flops and paint my toe nails (just put a blob on my little toe to make the nail look bigger!) and no one has ever commented. I've never been bothered by them.
Fairly normal I'd say!

brightermornings · 24/04/2011 21:06

I have funny little toe nails which fall off. My dad's are exacty the same. They don't cause me any pain or discomfort.

EasterIgg · 24/04/2011 21:11

DS has a strange toenail - it's called a deviated somethingorother - I raised concern with doc who referred me to hospital. I think you deserve to have it at least looked at!
I'm missing toenails and it is a bugger to find shoes in the summer that don't expose them (a curse on you all with your painted toenails ) so I am completely with the OP regarding her worry.

gkys · 24/04/2011 21:26

MummyTubb really feel for you, hope your DD is on the mend, it makes me realise how lucky I am.

MummyTubb · 24/04/2011 21:39

Thanks, gkys! I am pleased to say she has made a complete recovery, and is as cheeky and lively as ever. Does make you realise what is important though. It was just caused by pnuemonia which developed as a (rare) complication of scarlet fever, so she was just unlucky. Mind you - being in a children's hospital makes you realise there is always someone worse off than you. At least her scars are on her side between her ribs, so not visible when she is just walking down the street.

hairylights · 24/04/2011 21:43

I have this. I have lived to 43 with no major problems. :)

Itchywoolyjumper · 24/04/2011 21:55

My toenails do that too and so do my sister's. I actually don't think anyone else has noticed and we are in our 30's. Its nice to know we're not alone :)

Itchywoolyjumper · 24/04/2011 22:01

MummyTubb, I'm glad to hear your DD has recovered x

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