Cut a chunk out of DS' finger while cutting his nails

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OK PFB alert, but DH just cut a chunk of skin off our 3.5 month old DS' little finger while cutting his nails. I was feeding him at the time, he stopped, looked utterly shocked and then screamed a really high pitched scream .

A relatively big chunk of skin has come off the finger pad. I sucked it at first, then put disinfectant on it but it is still bleeding so we put a plaster on and gave him some Calpol and he is now asleep. I'm going to take the plaster off when it has stopped bleeding later in case he sucks his hand and accidentally swallows it.

Does anyone know if the chunk will grow back? I know it's only minor in the grand scheme of things but DH feels horribly guilty and we are both really upset to have caused him pain.

Yep, DH did the same with a nail clipper.
It will heal very quickly and DS won't remember it.

Hello, thank you for these posts, 5 years later. I just did the same to my 6month old and I feel so horrible. I’m usually quite careful with mostly everything except I wasn’t this one time. I’ve questioned my entire existence. I feel so guilty. I can’t stop feeling sorry for him. Although I haven’t removed the attached skin, I’ve just covered it. It feels good to know that I’m not really alone and that it’ll heal soon enough.