Toddler with broken arm

[k8bailey]

My little girl broke her arm last night (Radius & Ulna), she's got a very heavy, temporary, full arm cast on, which is bandaged to allow for swelling. She gets her 'proper cast' next Tuesday.

The nurses in A&E told me she had to take it easy with this temporary cast on - no trampolining, that kind of thing - but she's not yet two and doesn't understand. We have swings, slide, trampoline etc in the garden, the weather is great and she wants to be out there using all this stuff with her big sister.

Will she be able to be a bit more active with the proper cast when she gets it? how hard wearing are they?

[firewatch]

Oh love her! just say to her for time being her arm has a special friend visiting whilst its poorly and it dosnt like to be bounced around as it gets travel sick?
She will have to take it easy defo no trampalining or anything to vigorousx

[DaisyNonna]

Introduce her to retail therapy.
Seriously, it is not going to be easy. Is it her dominant arm?

[sherrardk]

Not sure where you are, but it's due to start chucking it down here (Hereford) on Friday (yes, I know two days is a long time). Think you are going to have to get creative - cinema afternoons, baking, face painting, trip to the garden centre/pet shop to see the fish/bunnies, etc. Good luck (hope it is not too sore for her).

[naomi24]

Ahhh. Poor little girl. My little niece broke her wrist but once the cast was on she wasn't too restricted in her activities. It seems they are quite hard-wearing.

[Canary42]

Tell her big sister not to be so selfish and instead spend time nursing her little sibling.

[k8bailey]

Ah Canary if only... the novelty wore off really quickly today for the big sister! Don't know whats worse: both of them bored or the little 'un bored and jealous?!

We're in Cardiff, so maybe our sunshine won't last too long either. It must be too hot for her at the moment, but can't get any clothes on except vests so she's gonna get cold if it does change.

She's a bit ambidexterous (sp?) at the moment so maybe this will will force her into becoming right handed.

Theres no stopping her Firewatch - she's such a dangermouse, and clumsy too, she's already jumped off the sofa today and fallen over on it twice. Fingers crossed that they are hard wearing or she's gonna need regular replacements!!

[firewatch]

Lol we are in newport, and have a toddler with heat stroke! She too is a danger mouse and ended up in a+e when she scalded her self with coffee!

Your in for a long six weeks im afraid hun if shes already testing boundries its going to be quite hard to entertain her. Try Cardis if the weather changes and tops wit elasticated sleeves or layer vests with tshirtsx

[sherrardk]

I actually think that canary is being a bit mean, it's not your eldest daughter's job to be nice, she is meant to torment her sibling. Hope things sort themselves out and the little one isn't too uncomfortable.

[vodkancoke]

I was forever breaking my arms and legs when I was a kid. Once the plaster cast is on, it's much easier to move about. She shouldn't have too much bother. Poor wee soul, at 2 it must be awful. I hope it heals quickly for her. x

[lcg]

for broken limbs, a temporary cast and bandaging is normally used initially as it may swell and needs room to do so. when that has reduced (1-2 weeks depending on what is broken) she will go back to fracture clinic and they put a proper hard cast on. it will be less clunky and she will cope with that a lot better and 6-8 weeks healing time overall is usual. i broke my hand in nov 2011 (first one in 35 years) and it is such a pain in the.....i couldn't cope with the cast and took it off myself. to adults they are annoying and the restriction of movement/use of the limb usually has much more of an impact than that of children as they need limbs to function properly day to day. they are fairly hard wearing, but you obviously can't get them wet and the edges of a cast will get loose and crumbly if it is bashed around and used a lot. your daughter will carry on doing her thing and as time goes on, it will get easier. good luck x

[k8bailey]

thanks everyone, she's been a bit more accepting of it today, but keeps falling over and landing on it quite a bit, but I'm not surprised it's quite heavy and is knocking her off balance. The big sis has been a bit more sympathetic today too.

Can't wait to get the proper cast on her, don't think I'll be as concerned about her bumping it then. Think it's gonna be a looooong six weeks though - so far she hasn't managed to sleep on her own, or all night because she likes to wriggle about, but the cast is keeping her pinned down a bit.

Hope your little dangermouse is feeling better now firewatch.

[firewatch]

Hope she feels less clumsy with the proper one her arm hun. No shes only just dropped her temp with some benedryl she was sent home from play group today as she was just crying. but i think that has more to do with a boy trying to take her hat (shes obsessed with hats!).