Hands and fingernails

Kayleigh had big, strong hands , not petite slender ones that I thought she should have had considering her size. I always commented every time she held my hand on how big they were. Kayleigh, from the age of about 7, always had callouses on her hands from climbing and playing on the monkey bars. Her hands were rough and the skin was tough. She was strong enough to crush her Dads hand with her grip. Playing mercy with her Dad was one of her favourite games as there was a good chance she was going to win!

The one things that always annoyed me though, was that Kayleigh was a finger nail biter. I don't think i ever cut her fingernails as she was always biting them down to the smallest point. In fact she bit her finger nails so much in primary school that she got infections in her fingers and I would have to use a needle to pierce the skin around her nails and get all of the infection out. You would have thought that this would have stopped her, but no, in another 3 months she would get another infection. Kayleigh finally stopped biting her nails about half way through Year 7 - i think it was because she was happier, but her fingernails didn't grow much by then. Kayleigh proudly showed off her 3mm of fingernails that she had managed to grow - without them being bitten or broken.