How do I stop a nail biter?

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My son is biting his nails so badly that they are all severely in the

quick and one has actually been chewed down to the CUTICLE! Telling

him no does no good. Is there some product I can put on his

fingernails to discourage biting?? This is a horrible bad habit. I

don't know of any 4yr old that bite their nails like this.

Thanks for your help,

Pam, mom of Dillon ASD 4 yrs old

SCD June 23, 2007

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Dear Pam,

I had the same problems with my son. According to my doctor in the UK this is a

problem because of lack of minerals in his body. When you go swimming in the sea

on a daily basis the nail biting often stops and will continue again after you

stop the daily sea swimming. There are some supplements like seagreens which

might help but Seagreens is not SCD legal. Any form of good bath mineral salt

that you could try on a daily basis and let him soak in the bath as long as

possible. Also what I have learned from a dentist and what worked for my son is

that nailbiting and thumbsucking takes 3 months to break the habit. For my sons

nailbiting I asked him what he wanted the most and his answer was a gameboy

(which I hate) but I promised him one when he could stop I told him he has to

grow all of his nails 3 times so that I had the cut them 3 times if he could do

that he would get a gameboy. I didn't believe myself that he could do it but he

did. (black mail maybe but it worked) Also th

e thumbsucking stopped after I told him everyday for, I think it took me a

little less than 3 months, to stop sucking his thumb and even sometimes had to

pull out his tumb at night he managed to stop that habit. Hopefully this might

be helpfull for you and your son.

Good Luck,

Kitty

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> Date: 2007/09/20 Thu AM 05:26:51 HKT

> To: pecanbread

> Subject: How do I stop a nail biter?

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> My son is biting his nails so badly that they are all severely in the

> quick and one has actually been chewed down to the CUTICLE! Telling

> him no does no good. Is there some product I can put on his

> fingernails to discourage biting?? This is a horrible bad habit. I

> don't know of any 4yr old that bite their nails like this.

> Thanks for your help,

> Pam, mom of Dillon ASD 4 yrs old

> SCD June 23, 2007

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[Guest guest]

Where would be the best place to find a good bath mineral salt? What

about an SCD mineral supplement? Is there one that someone could

recommend? My son isn't taking any supplements now because I

realized, even being SCD legal, they were making the diarrhea once.

We are still stage 1 and it's been 3 mths. He's having bad stools

again and I'm trying to figure out why. He probably couldn't take

the minerals yet but it would be nice to have an idea of what I'd

need to get down the road. I do want to get the bath salts and try

them asap.

Thanks for the advice, Pam

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> Dear Pam,

>

> I had the same problems with my son. According to my doctor in the

UK this is a problem because of lack of minerals in his body. When

you go swimming in the sea on a daily basis the nail biting often

stops and will continue again after you stop the daily sea swimming.

There are some supplements like seagreens which might help but

Seagreens is not SCD legal. Any form of good bath mineral salt that

you could try on a daily basis and let him soak in the bath as long

as possible. Also what I have learned from a dentist and what worked

for my son is that nailbiting and thumbsucking takes 3 months to

break the habit. For my sons nailbiting I asked him what he wanted

the most and his answer was a gameboy (which I hate) but I promised

him one when he could stop I told him he has to grow all of his nails

3 times so that I had the cut them 3 times if he could do that he

would get a gameboy. I didn't believe myself that he could do it but

he did. (black mail maybe but it worked) Also th

> e thumbsucking stopped after I told him everyday for, I think it

took me a little less than 3 months, to stop sucking his thumb and

even sometimes had to pull out his tumb at night he managed to stop

that habit. Hopefully this might be helpfull for you and your son.

> Good Luck,

> Kitty

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> > Date: 2007/09/20 Thu AM 05:26:51 HKT

> > To: pecanbread

> > Subject: How do I stop a nail biter?

> >

> > My son is biting his nails so badly that they are all severely in

the

> > quick and one has actually been chewed down to the CUTICLE!

Telling

> > him no does no good. Is there some product I can put on his

> > fingernails to discourage biting?? This is a horrible bad habit.

I

> > don't know of any 4yr old that bite their nails like this.

> > Thanks for your help,

> > Pam, mom of Dillon ASD 4 yrs old

> > SCD June 23, 2007

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