My two year old daughter is biting her nails and I don't know how to stop or distract her from doing so! She is biting them until she can't pull any more off and usually ends up pulling off skin etc. down the sides and making them very sore. I don't want them to get infected.
When she can't get any more off her finger nails she will sometimes start on her toe nails as well.
Is this just a normal phase she is going through and will it end soon, or is there something else going on? She comes across as a very happy, confident and outgoing little girl so I wouldn't have thought it would be the latter? I do have an eleven week old daughter though if it is an attention seeking problem, but she seems to be fine with her sister, she's always kissing and hugging her and doesn't appear to be jealous.
My sister's son (nearly three) is also biting his nails but as I haven't seen them for a while I don't know how severe it is with him and my sister doesn't seem overly concerned.
Any comments would be greatly received. Thanks.