Little Guy with Toenail Issue

I have just noticed a toenail issue with my 13 month old son. One of his big toenails is loose and sort of yellow. another smaller toe has the yellowing but it is not loose. His toenails do not grow much, we have only had to clip them a handful of times. We made an appointment for tonight with the ped. but I was hoping someone would have some insight as to what this may be and how normal or abnormal it is.

I looked up info on fungus and that is possible but I'm getting alot of conflicting info. There seem to be some home remedies that we can do for most of the stuff but again there is conflicting info. Any info would be helpful.

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So What Happened?™

First of all I want to thank everyone who either replied or looked something up with the intentions of replying. I have noted your advice and will try some of these methods if needed.

We went to the ped. and the first one didn't think too much of it but wanted to get a consult from another more senior ped(it was nice that he was humble enough to admit that he wasn't an expert in everything). The second ped agreed that it was not serious but that it did look slightly fungal. They concurred that OTC topical Lotrimin(spelling?) was the way to go. I am uncomfortable with any medicine at this age so they referred me to a podiatrist.

I called the podiatrist and they told us to come in right away due to his age. She thought it could just be weak nails at best and fungal at worst. She urged us not to use the Lotrimin and to just use vinegar. She clipped the nail and will send it for a more advanced and accurate test than they normally do which will take 3 weeks instead of 1 week.

Interestingly, she could count on one hand how many kids this young had ever come in with fungal infections in her 20 years of practice but that our son was her second of this month and third in the last year. Her practice is a mere 40 feet away from a 10 doctor pediatrician pratice and they highly recommend her so she has experience with child referals. Her opinion is that something new is going to pop up with this in the coming years.