Keeping DS off school with broken wrist

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He just did it today and it is in a plaster. Hospital said it would take 48 hrs to harden properly and not to 'dent' it, so I thought maybe he could stay off tomorrow and go back in Monday. Is this being OTT? He's ten and is busy playground etc and didn't want it bumped / falling over until it has hardened properly.

Sounds sensible to keep him off tomorrow and let the plaster dry and him get used to what he can and cannot do.

Yes, of course he should stay home. Give him the full weekend to let the cast harden and help him recover.

He could go in and stay indoors at playtime. My DS6 has just recovered from a very badly broken arm and he didn't miss any school, I just had to have a word with his teacher about making sure he didn't get knocked, which meant sitting on a bench or staying indoors at playtime.

I'd talk to the school. As long as he's not in pain, I'd send him into school, if they were willing to keep him off the playground at breaktimes and make sure he was accommodated during busy transitions.

As a teacher, I dealt with a fair few breaks, sprains, casts etc and this type of accommodation was never a problem, but we did need clear advice and instructions.

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me! It needs to harden before it can protect the wrist properly and a busy playground would just be tempting fate I think! Let him have the day off, hope he feels better soon

After a couple of hours it's fairly hard to dent a plaster cast unless there's some major banging on it (in my experience with plaster casts).
I'd send him in personally. I had a few plaster casts on as a child and it was boring enough not being able to do things without sitting at home alone so I was always sent in as long as I wasn't in pain. It was fun in school with a cast on too.

At upper KS2 kids are sensible and give people with pots on a bit of clearance. He might even be able to stay indoors with a couple of friends if you speak to the teacher.

Yes definitely- it may well still be painful too.

Keep him off until Monday, very reasonable imo :)

Ok thanks, it is also the school fair tomorrow which might he hard as it has things like a water slide and bouncy castle type things, none of which will be suitable, so it might be hard for him. Maybe Monday sounds better and it is the weekend after all. Thanks again, never dealt with a broken bone before. He broke it in the playground tripping over the root of a tree.

Yes, I would do that

Let him stay home for a long weekend. Hopefully it'll be less painful by Monday morning.

I'd keep him off, gives you tomorrow and the weekend for it to harden and your DS to get used to it too

In which case i can see why you might want to keep him off then.

I don't think you need to keep anyone off for a cast if they're not in pain but if it's a fair and he'll not be able to do anything at the fair then it might be hard for him.

Keep him off tomorrow and contact school so they can ensure things are sorted ready for Monday

Just to add, I remember the day after I broke my wrist it got very painful and I was feeling very sorry for myself. I’d keep an eye on him at home.