It has been awhile since I have blogged, so I thought one was due. :)
Soo.. last Monday, my 18 month old broke her arm in 2 places. She fell off a chair in our kitchen and cried more than usual, and we finally got her to point to her wrist when trying to figure out what was in pain. She got up twice that night, but we decided to see how she was the next day. Though mostly just fussy the next day, she screamed when she fell on the wrist she pointed to the night before. After that, she screamed when I was wiping off her hand when she ate, and that was enough for me to decide to take her to the doc. She acted as if nothing was wrong so I am sure they thought I was crazy, but when they looked at the x-rays, sure enough she had broken her arm! She was such a trooper, and the good thing is that it didn't seem to hurt unless she moved it a certain way, so that has been a good thing. She helped them put the splint on and Ohh.. how sad it was to see her in that sling!
Soo.. last Monday, my 18 month old broke her arm in 2 places. She fell off a chair in our kitchen and cried more than usual, and we finally got her to point to her wrist when trying to figure out what was in pain. She got up twice that night, but we decided to see how she was the next day. Though mostly just fussy the next day, she screamed when she fell on the wrist she pointed to the night before. After that, she screamed when I was wiping off her hand when she ate, and that was enough for me to decide to take her to the doc. She acted as if nothing was wrong so I am sure they thought I was crazy, but when they looked at the x-rays, sure enough she had broken her arm! She was such a trooper, and the good thing is that it didn't seem to hurt unless she moved it a certain way, so that has been a good thing. She helped them put the splint on and Ohh.. how sad it was to see her in that sling!
With the hot pink cast / Right after the cast was taken off, on the car ride home
On Thursday she got her hard cast put on. We let her choose what color, and she went straight for the hot pink one! She did good with this too, though she didn't like being held there while it was drying hard. Soo.. she has been great so far, and thankfully she will be getting it off in only 3 wks, versus 6!
Sooo.. back to my original title.. We were so concerned about giving M a bath. She really needed one when this all happened and we wished we could have given her a quick one when they took of the splint, before they put the hard cast on. I bought some more of the disposable soapy washcloths, and we laid her down at the sink to wash her hair. We haven't done this in the past bc she is such a wiggle worm, and she loves to be in the bath anyway. She was great! We were so happy that we were able to wash her hair w/o incident, and she was great about keeping her arm away (the broken one) too! YEAH! We have a wonderfully clean baby again!
I know I know.. not really that big a deal, but a great one to us!
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