Hi there - my son is 5 weeks old and since day 3, he's had a problem with his nails. It started on 1 thumb, where the side of the nail got red & swollen (a paronychia, I'm guessing from my research...), and that was followed by the skin on the tip of this thumb peeling. It almost looked like a bit of while glue had dried on his thumb. A few days later, the 2nd thumb went through the same thing, and now the fingers have all started to follow suit, one or 2 at a time, as well as his 2 big toes. Further details are that his nails seem a bit "dirty" underneath (slightly yellow or green under the distal end of the nail, but not under the nail bed itself.) There is also a small hard yellow "dot" at the site of the red swollen part, that is strongly attached to the skin but that can be pried loose. It's not pus-filled - just a very small hard "dot".
Any thoughts on this? I can't get an appt with his MD for another 2 weeks... he is very healthy otherwise, eating and sleeping well, gaining weight well, a calm baby overall.
Thank you,
Eldyka