Nursemaids elbow
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Anonymous
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Has your kid ever had this? How old were they? Were they prone to having it happen again?
TIA- 2yo DD got it while I was holding her hand to cross the street and she suddenly lurched away. I feel terrible! My older DD never resisted the hand holding but this one does all the time. Thinking we need to go back to the stroller for walks again for a while. |
Anonymous
| My daughter got it once when she was 3, and it never happened again. |
Anonymous
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My youngest had it several times. The first time we rushed to the pediatrician and he put it right (I don’t remember the term for it). Not even sure how it happened, she was just sitting on an upholstered chair and started crying. She was too young to tell me anything but I guessed what it was because I remembered a friend talking about her daughter having it happen and the way my daughter was holding her arm.
The second time, we were out of town, in the mountains, not near any medical facilities, and I called a friend who is an ER doc. She talked me through bending her arm up to reset it. It probably happened two or three more times after that and I just took care of it myself. They outgrow it eventually but some kids are just more prone to it. |
Anonymous
| Mine had it at age 1. Only once. |
Anonymous
| My child had it happen at daycare at age 2, and again courtesy of his father a year later. You do need to be careful after it happens the first time, but they grow out of that tendency for re-injury. |
Anonymous
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The reason it happens is that the "cup" which is supposed to hold the end of one of the forearm bones in place is not well ossified and/or without a well-shaped rim to hold it there, so it slips out more easily. They grow out of that problem when the "cup" fully ossifies.
If it has happened once, that means the anatomy the child has right then predisposes them to the dislocation. The predisposition will fix itself over time, but meanwhile the child is at least a little more prone to having it happen again. |
Anonymous
| My DS had it last year at 2. He wouldn’t use his arm and cried when I moved it. Had a telehealth visit and ped said it sounded like nursemaid’s elbow. Advised I could bring him in to have it popped back in place or watch a video on how to do the reduction. I watched a video and did it while he was sleeping. Hasn’t had it occur since, but common in young kids due to weakness of ligaments in the elbow. As the ligaments strengthen, it’s less likely to occur. |
Anonymous
| A couple years ago there was a toddler in our music together class who was sitting quietly and wouldn’t play or move her arm. She was with her grandmother who didn’t know why she was so off. A nanny leaned over and diagnosed it immediately. The grandmother came back with the girl a week later and confirmed the nanny’s diagnosis. The family had no idea how or exactly when it happened. |
Anonymous
| Yes it happened to my son around 2.5 for the first time. Then it happened 3-4 times afterwards. My pediatrician friend taught me how to fix it. |
Anonymous
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It happened to my son constantly after a while the dr taught me how to relocate it.
All in all the drcrelicated it 5 times me 10 ish times |
Anonymous
| Nanny here. I don’t do strollers. They walk or I babywear (and I nanny for twins). I have been a nanny for a 15 years and only had this happen once (1yo threw a fit on the national Mall and tried to dash into traffic). The kid is in elementary now and never had any further issues with that arm. It’s rare but it’s not a big deal. |
Anonymous
| Yep, I was holding my son crossing the street and lurched away too. Only happened once. |
Anonymous
| Once so far, DS was about 3. He was playing on the couch and jumped from the armrest onto the seat. DH ended up going to the ER with him because we didn't know what happened (urgent care closed right before they got there.) Easy enough fix, he's 4.5 now and it hasn't happened again. |
Anonymous
Ok? We aren't all super nannies. Parents should do whatever is best and safest for them and their kids in the moment. If that means the older kid walks and the younger one who has a history of running off rides in a stroller, so be it. My mom had three kids within 5 years and there was a time that my younger sister was on a leash because that was the only way she could manage errands with all of us (this was pre-online shopping and she was a SAHM so we went everywhere with her). |
Anonymous
| It’s happened to my daughter 3 times. She was less than 2 the first time. And 2-3 the next 2 times. I’m sorry, OP! |