Hug Twice

I am not generally a nail biter.  Sometimes one gets too long and annoys me, and if I can’t find a clipper I might bite it off, but I don’t bite them out of habit or nervousness.  Yes, I am so not a lady.  Long nails annoy me anyway. 

However, I have come to determine that nail biting is actually a trait that can develop at a early age.  My son - he bites his toenails.  Yes, his toenails.  I find it disgusting and kind of odd all at the same time, and i stop him whenever I see him doing it.  If I ask him why he either doesn’t answer or tells me that it is fun.  Fun.  Heh.

And this week I realized my daughter has a biting habit of her own.  She bites her fingernails.  And in fact, it kind of scares me.   There is nothing “nibbling” about it.   She gets a piece of fingernail between her teeth and then she rips her finger away from her mouth as hard and fast as she can.  Ow.

But she loves it.  I have no idea why.  She will lie in her crib, happily munching, I mean yanking, off pieces of her fingernails.  Eeek.  She’s only 20 months old.

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