I wasn't going to let my daughter have painted nails until she was much older - but she has panic attacks about going to the dentist.

Found a dentist who paints kids' nails after cleanings. DD bought into it and will now willingly go to the dentist.

Yes, you will see painted nails on my four year old ... once every 6 months.

Why does everyone think that painting a toddler's nails is a bad thing? It says nothing about age to get her nail painted. It says she wants to be like mommy. My 18 month old loves having her nails painted the same color as mine. What's the harm in that?

save us all from nail polish toxins. don't buy it. i read somewhere that nail salon workers have high rates of nose and lung cancer. can't imagine how much worse it is in the factores. and where does all that old nail polish go? right in our dumps. no thanks.

Equating a little nail polish in any way to Jon Benet Ramsey is going too far.

Child beauty pageants are creepy for a variety of reasons, including putting a little girl dressed up like a short prostitute up to be judged and voted on publicly. Little girls playing dress up, even with a little nail polish, is not. Do you people who are creeped out even have little girls?

creepy, agreed. doesn't look like we're in the minority after all.

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Anonymous wrote:I think nailpolish on little girls is creepy. But it looks like I'm in the minority.

Little girls cannot be "creepy" on any level, least of all for wearing a little nail polish.

Um. I don't think she said the little girls would be creepy, but rather that their wearing nail polish is creepy. The same way that Jon Benet Ramsey was creepy (but to a much lesser degree).

Anonymous wrote:I think nailpolish on little girls is creepy. But it looks like I'm in the minority.

Little girls cannot be "creepy" on any level, least of all for wearing a little nail polish.

Anonymous wrote:I only let my 2-yr-old daughter wear nail polish if we have a playdate that will include boys.

LOL!

i started painting my daughter's toe nail a blush, bare pink when she asked just shy of age 3. dhe's as strong willed, physically active and out-going as any kid I know and she loves her pink toe nails.

I only let my 2-yr-old daughter wear nail polish if we have a playdate that will include boys.

I really do not understand the harm here, and I am fairly conservative with how I let me DD dress and what kinds of dolls she can play with, I do allow princess dress-up and disney in the house.

I cannot remember when we started, age 2 1/2 or 3 with the toenails. At 4 she had her first real pedicure . At home, I only use "quick-dry" nail polish in order to protect the house. She really only gets polish every couple of months, more in the summer because she goes with me when I get a pedicure.

What I really cannot stand are all the temporary tatoos. It is hard to explain why they look so tacky to a 5 year old who thinks they are beautiful because they sparkle or whatever. We have a rule of no more than one at a time and none to school.

PP -- I agree. It's creepy, and wrong. It encourages little girls to want to look 'pretty' in the way that's socially accepted.

I think nailpolish on little girls is creepy. But it looks like I'm in the minority.

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Anonymous wrote:Just painted my DD (3 1/2 yo) nails green yesterday. And she asked Santa for play make up, and she's getting it... I see it as part of dress-up, she loves to dress up and accessorize, and I don't see anything wrong with it. She won't be going out to school with make up on, but in the house when she's playing, I see nothing wrong...
I've noticed an anti-princess trend lately but honestly, what's wrong with a 3 year old playing princess?? I remember those days as so much fun and full of magic... My DD is into other things too (books, drawing, and puzzles especially) but isn't dress up, pretend cooking, and playing "mommy" normal at this age?

sure, but playing mommy doesn't mean your daughter needs to step back in time one century. many of us (myself included) do more modern mommy things, like work and expect the dads to do their fair share. you apparently have minimized mommy's role to applying makeup, putting on frilly dresses and cooking pot pies. well done, mommy.

I never said playing mommy = cooking, if you can read punctuation marks as part of your "modern mommy thing" you'll see the "," separating the 2. And what's wrong with a mother cooking??? I must have hit a nerve with you... News flash, I am a mom, have a career, manage my household, I'm a wife AND I cook and play dress up... I know, shocking...
You must be really insecure if you feel like playing these things at age 3 takes you back a century...

Nanny here, go ahead and try it out! I got a color and remover from www . safe nail polish . com for 2 of my 3yr olds in my nanny-share on their birthdays. We only do toes (it does help in keeping them patient during clippings) and not fingernails. Thinking about what you use to remove the polish is just as important if not more than the polish. I really liked the products on said site.
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