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  • - Oh my God.

  • I'm not gonna last a week.

  • (playful music)

  • Hi, I'm Hannah, I'm The World's OK-est Mom,

  • and I wanna talk about Kylie Jenner for a second.

  • Now, I don't actually know that much about her,

  • but I do remember when she had her daughter, Stormi,

  • she caught a lot of flack online for having long nails.

  • Now, I have a newborn, so I actually wanna see

  • what all the fuss is about,

  • and see if it was worth mom-shaming her for it.

  • So for an entire week, I'm going to attempt to parent,

  • wearing Kylie Jenner's signature coffin nails,

  • and see how I do, wish me luck.

  • - We are here at the nail place.

  • I brought my two sidekicks,

  • 'cause this nail place is kind of special.

  • It's called, Mommy's Retreat.

  • They have a playroom where they will watch your kids.

  • When Kylie posted the photo,

  • I just remember feeling so sorry for her,

  • because I was a young mom too.

  • I remember how vulnerable I felt,

  • and how embarrassed, and insecure in my parenting skills.

  • But honestly, I was very curious

  • to see how she actually pulled that off with those nails,

  • and so I decided to try it.

  • We opted for what's called Gel-X,

  • which is basically like a glue on nail.

  • She uses acrylics, but I was not in this for the long haul.

  • It's really hard to write.

  • What do you guys think of my nails?

  • - They're really long.

  • - [Hannah] Wyatt, do you like them?

  • - Yeah.

  • - Yeah.

  • - I actually really love them.

  • It's gonna be really hard to function,

  • but they feel so glamorous and fancy.

  • I'm actually kind of obsessed with them.

  • Okay, here's the deal, I can not unbuckle Wyatt's car seat.

  • They're too long.

  • Look at this.

  • I literally can't push, oh my God.

  • Okay.

  • Let's see.

  • (Hannah sighs)

  • Nope.

  • Oh, maybe.

  • Yeah!

  • - Hi.

  • - Hi, what do you think?

  • - Oh my gosh, look at those things.

  • - The first thing I discovered, right away,

  • is that vlogging with these nails is very hard.

  • The buttons on my camera are very tiny.

  • We usually edit out most of my stumbles,

  • but there was too much to edit out.

  • First challenge happened right away,

  • as soon as I got home I had to change Henry's diaper.

  • And this was something I was very afraid to do

  • after I got the nails on.

  • Like, feeling them and seeing how long they were,

  • I did not know if I could do it.

  • Oh my God.

  • I am not going to last a week in these nails.

  • Changing the diaper took about three times as long,

  • as it usual does, but I was successful.

  • (Henry cries) Oh my God.

  • Oh my God, I can't do it.

  • I know, I know, I know, you're sick of this.

  • You're sick of this, I'm so sorry, I'm trying.

  • (Hannah exclaims)

  • Okay, come here.

  • Come to your mother.

  • (Hannah laughs)

  • Next was buckling Henry into his car seat.

  • Ready?

  • We're gonna try this.

  • Babies are very tiny, and wiggly,

  • and then the car seat is small.

  • It's a confined space with these big ass nails.

  • Oh my goodness.

  • And it was essentially like defusing a bomb.

  • Like, very calculated.

  • Okay.

  • You're so patient, Henry.

  • (buckle clicks)

  • One.

  • Get that arm through,

  • yeah, okay.

  • (Hannah sighs)

  • That was really hard.

  • - [Matt] It was painful to watch.

  • - That was really hard.

  • These are like one inch too long.

  • Very quickly, zippers and snaps

  • became the bane of my existence,

  • because with nails that long,

  • I had to use the pads of my fingers for everything.

  • But when there's a very tiny zipper,

  • my pads don't reach it,

  • like physically, I could not reach

  • a lot of things with my fingers,

  • because the nails were so and so in the way.

  • It's like having five extra appendages

  • that I have no real control over.

  • I have to like, watch where each one is.

  • Okay.

  • Oh God, this is all snaps.

  • Oh my God.

  • (Matt laughs)

  • No, why did I do that?

  • Baby clothes are either all snaps or all zippers,

  • and I grabbed the wrong outfit.

  • (Hannah exhales)

  • Oh my God, I have diaper cream all in the nails.

  • Next, it was bath time.

  • I was really dreading the bath,

  • because it really felt like I was bathing a child

  • with scissors in each hand.

  • Bare skin is very delicate on babies,

  • and so at least when Henry is dressed

  • and I'm holding him and stuff,

  • there's a barrier between my nails and his skin,

  • but bath time was gonna be complete nail to skin contact.

  • Gonna get the armpit, yes.

  • Parenting aside, these nails had an impact

  • on my everyday life too.

  • A lot of easy tasks, became very difficult.

  • (nails clicking)

  • By the middle of the week,

  • I was starting to get the hang of things.

  • But a couple things came up throughout,

  • that were still a little bit tricky.

  • Oh gosh, oh gosh, okay, okay.

  • Wait, I can't hit my power-up, it's so hard.

  • My kids love playing video games together as a family,

  • and so they asked me to play Mario Kart with them.

  • And of course, that is the one game,

  • that uses like half a Switch controller,

  • and so it's the tiniest, tiniest buttons,

  • for these big nails.

  • (kids arguing)

  • Having to push this button,

  • and this is the power-ups, and steer.

  • A lot of people have been curious to know

  • if Wyatt has gotten less dramatic, since Henry's arrival.

  • And the short and long answer is no.

  • (Wyatt crying)

  • - [Jackson] It's my turn.

  • - Why are you crying?

  • - [Jackson] It's my turn.

  • - I am going to attempt to wear Henry in the baby carrier,

  • because that's literally

  • how I get everything done during the day.

  • He does not like being put down.

  • It's how I eat.

  • I'm so hungry, it's almost two o'clock and I haven't eaten.

  • And I'm gonna try to get him in the carrier,

  • but I don't know if it's gonna work.

  • Oh gosh.

  • (Henry grunting)

  • Oh gosh.

  • (Henry fusses)

  • Okay, okay.

  • This buckle across the back,

  • it's too hard for me to do with these nails.

  • We actually did it.

  • That back buckle that was really tricky,

  • I feel very accomplished.

  • I'm gonna assume that Kylie does not baby wear.

  • If she does, maybe not one with buckles.

  • Once I mastered the baby carrier,

  • things got a lot easier and I got a lot more productive,

  • because I had two free hands.

  • So what I wanted to tackle next was cooking dinner.

  • Man.

  • I can not stand these pop cans.

  • (can pops) (Hannah gasps)

  • Oh my God.

  • That is exactly why I hate those.

  • I cook a lot, and it's one of the reasons why

  • I have really short nails.

  • I'm just gonna saute this spinach

  • with these bell peppers.

  • It's difficult for me to cook

  • when my nails are anything other than super short.

  • I felt very awkward.

  • - [Wyatt] What are you making?

  • - [Hannah] Come take a look.

  • Oh yeah, look at that bubble.

  • - What is it?

  • - [Hannah] Meatball bake.

  • - [Wyatt] What's meatball bake?

  • - [Hannah] It's like biscuits, and meatball, and cheese.

  • - Mm, this is so, so good.

  • - [Wyatt] This is so, so good.

  • (banging)

  • (Jackson chuckles)

  • - By the end of the week, life with nails

  • was getting significantly easier.

  • Okay, I'm getting the hang of it.

  • Yes, baby, yes.

  • Yes.

  • I even came up with a couple genius hacks, in my opinion,

  • for functioning with these bad boys.

  • (glove pops)

  • Oh, that was not as dramatic as I thought it would be.

  • I should have been using these for diaper changes,

  • all along, because they like, dull everything sharp.

  • I missed the mark in not using these

  • for some initial diaper changes,

  • that were precarious and took a lot longer

  • than they needed to.

  • Before the week was over,

  • there was one last thing that I wanted to do,

  • and that was post a photo like Kylie's

  • to see if I would get the same response that she did.

  • "Kylie Jenner, I think you mean Hannah Williams."

  • (Hannah laughs)

  • I never in my life thought that our names

  • would be in the same sentence.

  • People were so nice.

  • And I got a lot of compliments on the nails.

  • I got a lot of people coming to my defense,

  • if anybody even questioned them.

  • And it proved me, either we've come a long way as moms,

  • in terms of mom-shaming

  • and being more positive on the internet,

  • or I am so incredibly lucky to have

  • the community of people around me that I do.

  • So after a week of these nails,

  • did I have a hard time functioning?

  • Yes.

  • Am I going to immediately remove them?

  • Also, yes.

  • But am I ever going to judge anyone else for having them?

  • Absolutely not.

  • Keep in mind, I'm a person who has never had long nails

  • in my life, and if I can function for a week with these,

  • think of how someone who's used to having long nails

  • is going to function.

  • It's doable, it's fine, and it works,

  • and it's something very cosmetic

  • that makes a mom feel more human.

  • I felt the same way when I dyed my hair blue.

  • I got a lot of comments, I got a lot of looks,

  • I got a lot of judgment,

  • but it was something that made me feel more human,

  • and it made me feel like I was doing something for myself.

  • Okay, I'm gonna go get these taken off.

  • So that's all I got for today, I'm Hannah,

  • and how do you think I did with those nails?

  • Did I do okay?

  • Have you ever had coffin nails?

  • Let me know on Instagram.

  • Now if you'll please excuse me, he's ready to take a walk.

  • (Henry coos)

  • Yes.

  • 'Til next time.

  • (playful music)

  • (upbeat music)

  • Yes.

  • (glove pops)

  • Now I look cool.

- Oh my God.

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