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Post by plutomickey1 on Jan 25, 2016 20:13:26 GMT
My next door neighbors little boy is a new 3-year-old and just broke his tibia  He cannot walk for 6-8 weeks and she needs some ideas on how to keep her little guy busy! Thanks! |
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Post by Dictionary on Jan 25, 2016 20:34:59 GMT
So sorry about df's little girl, but paint with water books and sticker books always good for some sitting down fun. Of course there are also the videos, and online games. What about playing with paper dolls? (showing my age of course)
If she is an older 3 y/o and knows her numbers dot to dot books (they sell easy ones), never a bad time to work with flash cards, or playing games like spot it. Where's Waldo books. Get a jump start on Christmas gifts and have her make some baker's dough ornaments. Simple stamps to make cards.
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Post by nnnsmom on Jan 25, 2016 20:36:11 GMT
Playdoh
Coloring books
Movies
Handheld games (Nintendo DS)
iPad games
Movies
Matching games & other simple board games
Matchbox cars or any other small toys
My DS2 broke his leg skateboarding when he was nine. He played lots of DS games, Xbox, board games, cards and drawing with me or grandma. We would take turns drawing parts of a scene. He even started having me pause cartoons on the tv and he would draw them. Once he got his hard cast and felt a little better his brothers pushed him around on his skateboard while sitting. He also got lots of Tech Deck (mini skateboards) and used his cast as a ramp for them. He played that for hours. Lol. He was quite obsessed with skateboarding at that time - and still is at 13. He rolled his ankle this past weekend trying a new trick at the skatepark. Ugh!
Good luck! The first week was the worst for us.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2016 20:39:01 GMT
He is probably going to be very cranky for the first week or so.
Maybe offer to sit with him for an hour so mom can clean up and do some chores
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Post by krc11 on Jan 25, 2016 22:21:15 GMT
My son cracked his tibia at about 6 or 7. He was running in his cast within a week (probably just a few days actually). It wasn't a full-on break, so that might make a difference. But she might be able to get up and move around sooner than the 6-8 weeks. But, for those few weeks, I think you got some good suggestions. I just wanted to let you know it might not be quite that long of a recovery.
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Post by lorieann13 on Jan 25, 2016 23:03:10 GMT
My son was casted for 6 weeks when he had spiral fractures on bot his tibia and femur.
Anyways, he wasn't walking yet but was crawling. He actually crawled in his casts (he had two fractures on one leg, one on the other - osteopenia)
So we bought him an inflatable pool and added ball pit balls to it as well as sensory balls. He was able to sit in it and play.
We also did shave cream play, made sensory boxes with dry beans and sand to play in with toys and his hands.
Oh and a yoga ball to lay on to keep up core strength.
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Post by lorieann13 on Jan 25, 2016 23:09:17 GMT
Oh and as far as bath, I stuck his legs in trash bags and used duck tape to create a tight seal. Turned the water on with drain open and washed him. Got him out, dried off while sitting, took off bags, and dressed him. Casts never once got wet. He got a bath every 3 days and sponge bath in between.
He was 2 yrs 2 months old at the time.
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Jan 25, 2016 23:15:55 GMT
that poor baby. I want to go over there and hug him.
funny cartoon movies.... he deserves them....
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Post by salem on Jan 25, 2016 23:35:48 GMT
My younger DD was 3 when she got a buckle fracture in her right leg. She had a big purple cast that went from the first roll on her chubby thigh down to her toes. They didn't want her walking on it, so it was bent at the knee and the ankle to prevent it. That lasted about 4 days. She figured out how to get around. Little stinker. There really is no way to keep them down for long.
We had one of those plastic trays with the pockets on the side so she could stretch her leg out and color or play with Play Doh. Lots of pillows on the couch to prop her up and keep her leg elevated the first few days.
Movies, TV and books and ipod games. By the second week, she was doing pretty well and her preschool teacher said to send her and they would move her around. DD would just scoot or hobble to get where she wanted.
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Post by Minty118 on Jan 26, 2016 1:36:55 GMT
My younger DD was 3 when she got a buckle fracture in her right leg. She had a big purple cast that went from the first roll on her chubby thigh down to her toes. They didn't want her walking on it, so it was bent at the knee and the ankle to prevent it. That lasted about 4 days. She figured out how to get around. Little stinker. There really is no way to keep them down for long. This was my son exactly except his was a spiral fracture of his tibia. |
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Post by mirabelleswalker on Jan 26, 2016 2:31:17 GMT
Nerf basketball, beanbags, velcro dart toys, etc. Things that will give him the opportunity to do some gross motor activity.
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He cannot walk for 6-8 weeks and she needs some ideas on how to keep her little guy busy! Thanks!
