First break

There are many attributes I would love to pass on to my daughter; however my clumsy self with easily breakable bones is certainly not one of them.  I hope for Lilah (and for all of us), that this first broken bone is also the last, and not a blip on the long line of times we go to the emergency room.

Lilah fractured her left wrist while we were in Paris taking some family photos.  She was walking around a park picking up chestnuts that had fallen on the ground and carrying them with her.  She fell while holding a chestnut and must have broken her fall awkwardly because of the nut.  She cried a little more than normal for a typical fall, but was consoled within a few minutes. Her wrist never bruised, swelled, or showed any physical signs that there was a problem.  We only knew it was hurt because she wouldn't bear weight on her hand, so we took her in for an x-ray.  The x-ray showed a Torus Fracture, which is pretty common in toddlers.  Their bones are very malleable, so instead of actually breaking, they bow out slightly.

The fracture is the little piece of bone that bows out on the inner part of the bigger bone in her wrist (yes, that is the medical definition).

Close up

Little L and her little cast.  She was a really good sport for the most part.

Of course she still had a few meltdowns.

The cast came off after 20 days, and she went straight into the tub.  Bathing a toddler with a plastic bag on one arm is not easy!  We were both pretty happy to get her back in the tub where she could splash around.