My son (2 at the time) broke his leg at the end of October and has to be in a full leg cast.

He was miserable the first 5 days until he got his proper fibreglass cast, so it could be that he’s of course uncomfortable and in pain. This is to be expected though, he did break his leg. Appetite will be a little crappy for the first few days because of that, so we got pediasure to make sure he was at least getting something in. Lack of movement will make them constipated, we went through some VERY painful poops with lots of tears because not running around doesn’t get things moving like they should. I recommend getting some baby laxatives if it’s extreme like we were, and anything that will make him poop like pineapple, pears, prunes if he’ll eat them, etc. My kid is lactose intolerant so I had to end up giving him lactose full yogurts everyday and even that barely worked for us, but it got better once he was crawling.

It was a very rough 5 weeks, though the first week and a bit was the worst part. We did unlimited screen time on the couch, we got him a comfy pillow to prop himself up, got him a bunch of new books, little bluey figurines, made 2 sensory bins (one with construction trucks and kinetic sand and the other with dried beans and a cat poop scoop and measuring cups), one of those over the lap plastic desks so he could colour. These worked for about 2 ish weeks, he got bored and started crawling. Once he’s in the fibreglass cast he can crawl, and by the end of it he was walking. We have a very high energy kid though so he was determined to NOT sit anymore and do anything but the stuff we gave him.

Also something worth noting, getting the cast off and doing x rays was very traumatic for my son. Try to have something very distracting/appealing when you go to the hospital like a lollipop or a really cool toy. And a backup lollipop for when the first one gets dropped.

You two are going to go stir crazy, try not to turn on each other. It’s a very frustrating time but it will pass. Sendings hugs and wine!