Why do my baby's toenails keep splitting and breaking off?

[bohemianbint]

has anyone experienced this? It looks like it must be painful for him and it keeps happening! What can I do to stop it?

It happens to my dses and they are 1.5 and 2.5. My nieces and nephews have it too. I think it's Just One of Those Things.

it saves you cutting the tops of his toes off whilst trying to cut them yourself though. I dont think its painful for them, happens to my ds all the time.

hmmm...it's quite bad though. FOr example at the moment half of his big toenail has broken and come right off, so he only has half a nail. Looked a bit bleedy as well.

bump!

Is your DS crawling around?

This happened to my three and by the time the third was crawling I had worked out that they caught in the cracks in the floorboards which kept bending them back. Ick. Didn't seem to bother them though.

Nothing I can do about it and their nails get much better when they start walking.

yeesh, I hadn't thought of that. Could well be as well because he won't wear socks. Good to hear it gets better though!

My 2 have this too. Nearly 3 and 21mnths

Think it is one of those things, am sure as they get older the nails will harden