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Originally Posted by TotalMILF
I caught him doing it again as he was falling asleep tonight. Grrrr.
It seems like all the nail-biters here are saying "don't bother... nothing will work and he'll eventually (maybe) outgrow it," while all the non-biters are saying "use this, try that, rub this on his hands, dunk his head in a toilet, etc..."
I think for now I'll listen to those who are more experienced with nail biting than myself and just let it be, since his hands are still in pretty good shape. Heck, maybe it's a blessing! I'll never have to pin him down to cut his nails again 
(If he starts getting as bad as his Daddy or his Grandma, however, then I will have to break out the Bitrex/artichokes/hotsauce/toilet/straight jacket, etc.)
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I am a nailbiter, but what broke my habit won't work for your son. It was a tip given to me by a family friend. She noticed, shortly after she met me, that I liked to bite my nails. She told me she had had a terrible nailbiting habit for a long time, but after she accepted a promotion, she had started getting manicures. She never bit her nails as long as she had a manicure, because she had paid for it and didn't want to ruin it, plus nail polish tastes gross.
So I started painting my nails and giving myself manicures, and I haven't had a nail biting problem since. I can now leave my nails natural and not bite them. I just divert the nervous energy I expended through biting them into keeping them neat and tidy. I carry my lovely
in my backpack everywhere I go.