Worried about impact of broken wrist on relationship with my baby

[bluecloths]

Hi there,
Just wondered if anyone has any advice for a mum with a broken wrist. I am normally very very cuddly with my 11 month old, but I can't do anything for her at the moment and won't be able to for another couple of months. It is really upsetting and frustrating not to be able to care for her, but more than that the fact I'm suddenly so different around her will affect her negatively and make her feel like I'm an unreliable person in her life. I know that sounds over the top, but it's really worrying me. At the moment she only really wants her dad.
Has anyone else been in this situation? Any tips on how to handle it?
Thanks so much.

Can you cuddle her with your other arm? Sit on the floor so she can snuggle onto your lap? You can still read to her, and play with baby toys with her. Try to think of ways around this. When you have the more permanent cast on you will feel safer around her, and until then, find safe ways she can still have mummy cuddles.

Thanks Bronya - that's good advice. It's just I'm so used to scooping her up! But I guess she's probably more adaptable than me.

Happened to me when DS was 13 mo
I just did what I could. It was a bit hard for me as he soon learned to run to other people, arms outstretched, if he wanted to be picked up.... But he wasn't bothered really just as long as someone did respond. He obviously thought it was odd that I wasn't responding like normal but nothing more sinister....
And it really doesn't feel like it now but it healed so fast. Soon I was able to balance more weight on it. And within a couple of weeks of having the plaster off we were all back to normal.