X-Nail Biter Gets Her Reward

This is Georgia. She is five. She bites her nails. That is she bit her nails. Since she was a baby she has been gnawing on her nails and given the fact that I have rarely had to trim her toenails, I suspect she is not discerning when it comes to the nails she wishes to bite. As a parent I add this to my list of worries. Is she nervous or anxious? Is she worried about something? Is it an indicator of an underlying problem? Or does she just like to bite her nails?

When I have my nails freshly done the kids are always fascinated with the choice of colour and want to talk about the how and the why of the manicure. I have been holding out the manicure experience as a reward for stopping the chewing. It worked. Georgia is a good six months into non biting and last weekend we took the journey to a little nail bar and got the works. I love these photos and she loved the results. She even got little flowers carefully painted on each of her tiny fingers. If only all issues were this easy to solve and as nice to look at as freshly painted nails.