by Sabrina Garibian posted in Products & Prizes

Do you know what's worse than being stuck inside all winter with small kids"
Being stuck inside, in winter, with a child in a full leg cast. I have the solution though! We've found great toys to entertain a toddler in a cast.

I'm going to share them with you, but first, here's the background story you're dying to know.
My almost 3-year-old daughter went to a birthday party at one of those indoor trampoline parks. She was happily (barely) bouncing along when a bigger girl hopped on by. My daughter fell and poof! she ended up in a full leg cast. She's lucky in that she only has a small fracture on her tibia and will have her cast removed after 6 weeks. She cannot bear weight on it, and the most she can do aside from crawling is stand there and hold on to something. She's been great about following those rules, and they haven't stopped her from having a dance party now and again. Here she is putting on a (dangerous) performance for her baby sister:
We are 22 days out from having her cast removed, and she has been a serious champ. It has hardly slowed her down and she's only complained a handful of times about wanting her leg to be better and wanting the cast off. Had it been me I feel I would have complained a lot more, and as her mom and chief officer in charge of carrying her everywhere, I've done my fair share of complaining already.
I feel thankful that the injury isn't worse, Ali is being a superstar, and that we ar...