Nail Biting and HOT Sauce

Anybody tried it? Did it work?

If not, what did work? My four yr old will NOT STOP. It has gotten so bad she is eating the nails and her fingertips are starting to hurt her. I'm at my wits end.

Someone I know used hot sauce on the fingertips and it worked for their daughter.
I bought the STOP nail biting polish but when i looked at the ingredients it is basically flammable chemicals. Hot sauce is at least natural??

I don't have personal experience but I'd be afraid that she would rub her eye and get hit sauce in it.

Quoting Jalen's mommy:" I don't have personal expieriance but I'd be afraid that she would rub her eye and get hit sauce in it."

that's the one thing i am worried about too. but she isn't a big eye rubber. heh. she used tissues to wipe away her tears when she cries.. 

I was a bad nail bitter my mother tried black pepper, hot sauce, mashed up hot peppers, lemon juice, mittens you name it she tried it she said I would lick it off and then bite my nails worse. I finally stopped when I was ready the biggest problem with a nail bitter is one it's a control thing, it helps with stress because it is something that takes our minds of it and the nails have to be even and cannot have those white spots on them so I would suggest getting her nails done so they are not messy but it still may not curb the habit completely only time will

Also one of the biggest rtigger for nail bitters is telling them they cannot do it try ignorng it and she may loose interest.

Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):" I was abd nail bitter my mother tried black pepper, hot sauce, mashed up hot peppers, lemon juice, mittens ... [snip!] ... so i would suggest getting her nails done so they are not messy but it still may not vurb the habit completely only time will."

i've always kept her nails really neat that's what i don't get.

and i take her for manicures and she eats off the nail polish  


bah i don't know where she's getting it from. neither me or my husband are biters.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):</b>" Also one of the biggest rtigger for nail bitters is telling them they cannot do it try ignorng it and she may loose interest."</blockquote>

  it's an anxiety thing. I'm an anxious nail bitter and dd is an anxious thumB sucker. If someone tells us to stop its worse cause then were more anxious. Just ignore it.

Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):" Also one of the biggest rtigger for nail bitters is telling them they cannot do it try ignorng it and she may loose interest."

i know i know.

so hard... i've tried. but since she started complaining about her fingertips hurting (cause she's bitten them down so far) i got worried and have been on her case CONSTANTLY...

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Mylittleone's (B.B.M):</b>" Also one of the biggest rtigger ... [snip!] ... bitter and dd is an anxious thumB sucker. If someone tells us to stop its worse cause then were more anxious. Just ignore it."

<<groan>>

so nothing works and just ignore it??! noooooo  
lol....

Quoting Dr. Angelface:" i know i know. so hard... i've tried. but since she started complaining about her fingertips hurting (cause she's bitten them down so far) i got worried and have been on her case CONSTANTLY..."

My nails looked horrible, they would bleed and hurt all the time and I kept chewing them until I wasn't upset anymore eventually it doesn't even hurt anymore just watch out for in-grown nails this can be a common problem with nail bitting but really it all depends on her. You can try everything and she will not stop until she is ready.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/thum-b-sucking/nail-biting-liquid/ID=prod922-product

this stuff is probably alot safer than hot sauce.

Quoting Karnie 2 Dope [Expecting :" http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/thum-b-sucking/nail-biting-liquid/ID=prod922-product this stuff is probably alot safer than hot sauce."

Nope.
Ingredients
Cayenne (Capiscum Annuum) Pepper Fruit Extract , Citric Acid , Isopropyl Alcohol , Acetone , Lacquer

Quoting Dr. Angelface:" Nope. Ingredients Cayenne (Capiscum Annuum) Pepper Fruit Extract , Citric Acid , Isopropyl Alcohol , Acetone , Lacquer"

lol oh well there goes that idea...

Quoting Karnie 2 Dope [Expecting :" lol oh well there goes that idea..."

lol...

that's actually why i thought maybe just straight hot sauce might work. without all the chemicals. i put a teensy weensy bit on her nails and she doesn't seem to be biting as much. we shall see....

<blockquote><b>Quoting Dr. Angelface:</b>" Nope. Ingredients Cayenne (Capiscum Annuum) Pepper Fruit Extract , Citric Acid , Isopropyl Alcohol , Acetone , Lacquer"</blockquote>

Probably as safe as when I chew the polish off my nails haha