Toddler with a fractured leg

[EmmaArchieJesse]

My daughter (almost 16 months) fractured her leg on holiday on Wednesday and has been given a temporary (very heavy) full leg cast up to her mid thigh.

She doesn't appear to be in much pain but the cast is making her thoroughly miserable. She already hated being still and being in the car seat or buggy was a bit of a nightmare. She's very independent and likes to walk/run everywhere and explore.

The last 2 days/nights have been very long and hard and the thought of another 2-6 weeks is quite overwhelming.

She has a small greenstick fracture near the bottom of her tibia.

She is due at fracture clinic next Friday and I'm pinning all my hopes on them changing the cast to something more lightweight and manageable. Is this likely to happen? Just wondering if anyone has experienced a similar injury and what the recovery timeline looked like.

Any ideas on how to keep her amused woukd also be welcomed. Today we've done stickers, bubbles, crayons, iPad, water painting and tomorrow I might get some play doh but she doesn't have much attention span at her age.

TIA

At this age my DS loved playing with Tupperware boxes of different sizes, various wooden spoons, my saucepans and the sieve and the colander, with a big packet of (uncooked!) fusilli pasta which he would pour from one pot to another. I kept a low level a cupboard in the kitchen, full of packets and boxes and plastic containers her could safely sit and unload. Then he'd play at looking through the colander or the sieve at me. Then eventually spread the pasta all over the kitchen floor. I would sweep it up and put it in a bag and next day he'd do it all again. He absolutely loved that game.

He also really liked Sticklebricks at this age (technically aimed at older kids) as well as toy food. You'll get years of use from them so worth investing in, just keep the tiny round sticklebricks away if your baby outs things in mouth.

Oh god what a nightmare. Terrible terrible age for it. You have ALL my sympathy.

When do you go home?

Does she talk much? At all?...

Do you have a baby doll etc they're quite good for putting to bed, bathing.taking out to the park, feeding... generally something to chat about

A ball to roll to each other couple of cars & you can make ramps and racetrack/obstacle course.

When you get the playdoh see if you can get cheap cookie cutters plastic knife, even a ruler to use to cut it.

What country are you in and what are the local shops like.

Table tennis balls are good as she can bounce them and not break anything. Goid fun in a bathroom.

Endless cartoons on tv or iPad.

I really feel your pain

Fingers crossed it heals soon & well. Children usually do!