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How To Survive A Toddler Fracture During Summer

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We have a toddler at our house.  A toddler who got a toddler fracture.  Never in my life have I broken a bone myself so the whole fracture world is relatively unknown to me.  Sure I worked around patients with broken bones in my past working in the Children’s ER, but those were all fresh breaks.  They left the ER and I never saw the recovery process.  So when my own son stepped down wrong, tripped on a toy and “twisted his ankle” I thought that’s all it was.  Just a twisted ankle.  Only it wasn’t.  It was so much more.

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He just rolled his ankle on a toy and then refused to walk.  He wouldn’t even crawl.  He just sat on the floor and would say things like, “Carry me, Mama” in a pitiful little voice.  My heart broke the first time I heard those words.  I knew something was very wrong.  The ER doctors said it and the orthopedic’s office a week later further confirmed it.

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He had the dreaded toddler fracture.

It was summer time. How does one survive a broken leg during the summer?  Here’s how we are managed and what helped to get us through. Particularly what helped the toddler get through it.

How To Survive A Toddler Fracture During Summer

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Lots of cuddle time.

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Let the little guy get lots of rest with you and his .

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Lots of reading books together time.

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is our most favorite.

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Lots of coloring time. 

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I think these are the cutest.

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Lots of Play-Doh time.

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The is definitely the way to go.

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Lots of enjoying nature time.

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Go outside, sit down and just enjoy the world!

Before you know it that toddler fracture will be all healed and he’ll be running all over the place!



Tara

blog owner at Seeing Dandy Blog
A mom blogger for over 15 years, Tara Smith lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her audiologist husband and four kids. Her blog has been featured on local media television shows like News 4 Great Day and Show Me St. Louis, as well as in the Farmhouse Style Magazine for Country Sampler. She loves to travel, explore the Midwest, make crafts and read.

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