Bored 11 yo with broken arm

[bluemtnrunner]

wow. :shock:

It is amazing how pliable those bones are at a young age. Even with this arm broken 4 times, my son still plays his cello just fine today. Even when he had the casts on.
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"Doctor, when the cast comes off will I be able to play the cello?"
"Of course."
"That's amazing, I couldn't play it before."
Sorry

 

[LightWorker]

Our boy broke his arm last Friday and is bored out of his skull. He is in a splint and won't get a hard cast until Wednesday. We are trying to keep him somewhat under wraps, no running and jumping with our other boys
Any thoughts on activities to keep him occupied? I hate to stick him front of a video game day after day.
Yesterday he colored, it will be six months before he will want to do that again. We have made snow cones, played chess, set up a mini golf course, played Planet Earth...bottom line, I have to get my own work done.


Any thoughts on activities to keep him occupied? His elbow is stuck in the bent position, he is left handed and that is the one he broke, he can't get wet

Ask your son to pick a favorite movie star and have a movie marathon.

Oh ...and don't forget the snacks!!!​

 

[Goddessgal]

The Eye Spy books are a great suggestion! If he's been through the jigsaw puzzles, how about Tangrams? Getting all of the different configurations should take a while! I bet they probably have those at Perpetual Imagination too. Maybe a trip to the library would be a good thing - new books and all....

 

[kathydwells]

Nothing wrong with hours and hours of the video games when it is warranted. I just caved on the World of Warcraft deal. He will be busy for hours.

My almost 15 year old son and all of his friends are so addicted to this game. Last night my son had a friend over to spend the night. They both came in the living room with "that look". You know the one that you know they want something? Well, he said to me, "Mom, we can win $200,000 playing in a WOW tournament. You just have to loan us $20 bucks each. I said "loan", you don't have a job how will I be repaid? He looked at me with those big baby blues and said "I will do anything you ask me to do around here" please mom. If I win, I will buy you a beach house. I said "ok, where do I sign up". Not that $200,000 would buy much of a beach house, but I bet I could get a condo. Anyway, I am a gambler at heart, and needless to say I caved. So, in six weeks I will let you all know if I get to buy a condo at the beach.

I will tell you this, I have kids over here every weekend, and all they do is play WOW. I would much rather them be here than running the streets.

I am so sorry about your sons arm. Wishing him well.

 

[legand]

Man the soft cast time is kind of the worst but not as itchy. Each time I brake something I spend most of my time in front of the computer. What pain pills is he on? If its anything lora he is still in pain and probably agitated. Best thing to him will be keeping him comfortable specially bed time and showers. Give him foods he likes but don't piss him off by doing things he can't do like use a knife! Get out places like go get ice cream go to mall to keep his mind wondering. Oh and friends are a good thing. That will keep his mind going and he will begin to feel allot better because he will begin to forget about his arm. Above all let him get out and about.

I broke my shoulder 3 times in a row. Within having cast off each time in less then a week re broke it, 6months of healing time. So believe me the most stressful thing is not going out and its easy to get depressed on long term breaks when no friends come over or you don't go hang out.