Slightly distraught mom with four year old bedridden child (fractured femur) seeks ideas to keep erstwhile overactive child occupied when all he can do now is lie on his back for the next six weeks.
Ideas already covered are : television, gaming, reading, playing the mouth organ and 'changing hairstyles game', the last of which was evolved by the patient himself. " amma u close your eyes...now look at my hair" "Now close your eyes again..." and so on and so forth.
All ideas will be rewarded with tremendous good will from mother...and also from the child when he is old enough to know what good will means.
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Ooops, Jun's confined to the bed, is it? What happened?
How about play-doh? or puzzles? err, snakes and ladders?
Ouch...i am so sorry, for both of you. Gosh, what can you do? For six weeks?!!! I know this doesn't help much...
Oh I came here looking for a light read and hopefully a wholehearted laugh, but was shocked to read about the broken femur. Poor little Jun and poor mommy dear too! Take care.
OK here are some ideas..but this is for 2.5 yrs. Think u can extrapolate??
Toys
Storybooks
Rhymes
Charts
Alphabet
Numbers
Tamil (/mothertongue)
Music-
Xylophone
SaReGaMa
DoReMeFa
Devotional songs (oh yeah)
Patriotic songs (not a bad idea eh?)
Colouring
Clay
Puzzles
TV
www
Other
Get well soon, Jun!!
Hey, how about art on the cast?
:) :)
One of my wishes,as a kid, was to break a limb so that I could 'draw' on my cast!!!
A. Baywatch, the PG version
B. Lego
C. Election news
D. 'color of the day' for the cast
I somehow landed on ur blog sometime back, and from then onwards used to visit it every once in a while. I am sorry to hear about the little Prince's present state and wish him to get well soon.
Eye-spy is a game u can play with him. My little eyes spy a blue 'B' somewhere in this room or a red book somewhere, or picture or anything u can say. U take turns to spy things. It's a fun way to kill some time. U can also do some clapping games, finger games...
Moggie : he fell off his scooty when he was taking a turn...(the three wheeled board that you push with your leg and then ride) I hadnt thot of play doh...thanks!!
Ganga : Yup six weeks. And then he is going to be limping for six weeks after that...it was actually quite bad...the femur broke and overlapped and actually shortened his leg. Doc has assured us that there will be no permanent damage. Just keeping our fingers crossed.
Pal : Remember you wrote something about missing the mundaneness of our lives? I kept thinking of that when i was in hospital with jun!! Thank you for ALL the ideas.
K : Thanks for the ideas ...A and C are a dead giveaway that you dont have any kids!
Suuups : I had totally forgotten about that game....thank you so much and do leave your comments more often :)
...after the shopping experience (!!?) ...don't think you should rule out K's A! ;) :))
On a serious note ..does he have a Nintendo DS or a PSP?
he is a man now! please dont deprieve him of sex and politics - the only two fun things in the world anymore!
and please keep Kanecha away from him. he is evil and is trying to make your son a video game junkie ;(
The poor little boy! All he needs is your time :)
Poor thing, am so sorry ! I thought music and reading are conventional but great ideas, but then am a nerd :)
Get well soon buddy, too many fans out here waiting !
kanecha : after jun once said 'acha, i love you because you give me your phone to play with'...we swore not to get him any of the serious stuff for sheer self preservation!
k : i still think video game junkie is a safer bet compared to your suggestions! go get your own kids :p
zak : After the initial trauma, he is leading an enviable life right now...ordering all of us around without the slightest dent in his spirit!! We are so worried he is going to like this life too much! But yeah...ALL my time :)
Krithika : hee hee...a nerd with a great voice!...i wouldnt complain :) Thank you for the concern.
Hey Arch.. Hope all is well and Junjun is recovering!
We are doing fine now zak...thank you! :)
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