Ok while my fingers aren't fat but they are on the large side of average and I'm having tremendous difficulty fretting clean notes. I appreciate this is a common issue for beginners, which I am.

my middle finger causes the most problem when trying to press down the D and G strings anywhere in the first three or four frets. There just seems to be no tolerance for not being absolutely precise with placing this finger. In fact after trying for a few minutes the tip of my finger flattens out and it is impossible to cleanly place it. I've tried everything with respect to technique with no success.[br][br]

will this improve as the tips of my fingers toughen up or am I better suited to a ukelele?