Since many months am observing that my 2yr baby having habit of scratching nails herself, though we trim the nails whenever necessary, if she cant scratch nails , she start scratching the skin above the nails, we told her not to do with love, in anger, threatened her bt it doesn't effect her habit, even when she sleeps in sleep , when she wake up, we kept her busy by giving toys, finger puppet bt still she does the same, what is it, and why does she do that?

Question

Since many months am observing that my 2yr baby having habit of scratching nails herself, though we trim the nails whenever necessary, if she cant scratch nails , she start scratching the skin above the nails, we told her not to do with love, in anger, threatened her bt it doesn't effect her habit, even when she sleeps in sleep , when she wake up,  we kept her busy by giving toys, finger puppet bt still she does the same, what is it, and why does she do that?

Accepted Answer

if your child is 2 years old and the child is having a habit of nail biting you should apply a lotion femite lotion over the nails it will cause bitterness in the nails