2 yr old dd has broken collarbone

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I’m not really sure what I’m after I think I’m just upset and after a bit of reassurance. We’ve just spent today in the hospital after dd had an awkward fall off one of her toy units and I could see straight away her collarbone was disfigured (not to mention the screams were like nothing I’ve ever experienced) Confirmed break at a and e anyway and strapped it up and said there was little we could do so we’re home now and dd is sleeping (next to me - have asked dh to sleep in the other room for the time being) but I can’t sleep. I’m just so awake and so upset about it all and worried about how the next few days and weeks are going to be for her. Any one else have a child so young have a broken bone like this? Docs didn’t seem too concerned and even had a leaflet saying it was a common childhood injury but I’m just so shocked that this has happened to her. Feeling like the worst parent in the world right now I really am and I just want to make her as comfortable as possible and she’s so young she doesn’t understand what’s going on which makes it all the worse. Any advice would be most appreciated anyway and thanks if you got a this far

My then three year old broke his falling off the couch the day we brought his baby sister home from the hospital. He wore a sling for a bit but other than that they pretty much left it to heal itself. It healed incredibly quickly, and on the subsequent x-rays you can see the bone growing to meet the other broken part and then knitting together. I think it's a very common childhood injury, but I know exactly how you feel. Hope you get some sleep tonight and that she has a good day tomorrow.

They are very common injuries, heal quickly, and don't lead to any long-term problems. Unless the pieces of bone are quite far apart from each other, we don't even arrange to follow these children up in clinic as they do so well without our help! DOI: Orthopaedic doctor.

Thanks for the reply and glad to hear your little one made such a good recovery (timing sounded like it couldn’t of been any worse!!) it’s been a rocky 24 hours but dd seems to be dealing with her injury well overall. I’m worried mostly about her taking another tumble and potentially making the whole situation even worse if that’s possible (shes not one for walking and prefers to run at top speed everywhere she goes) I’ve been told 6 weeks for it to heal does that sound realistic? I’m hoping fast healing might mean more like 2-3 weeks but that’s probably my wishful thinking I don’t think my nerves will last a whole six weeks!!

My DS broke his collarbone aged about 20 months, falling off the bed. I cannot tell you how awful I felt. However, it healed amazingly quickly & he was soon right as rain. Then he broke it again aged 15, but that's a whole other thread!

I think it took about six weeks to fully heal but he was back to his regular self after just a few days.

My dd broke hers at 21 months. She protected it naturally and was back to normal within 2 weeks.