it is only the first week you have to worry about, getting over the surgery, then you will work out the best way to do things. There are women who only have one arm who manage to cook and look after their kids. even with plaster on you will be able to use the arm somewhat and will be fine.
Stock the freezer with easy to do meals, the kids love fruit and sandwiches for lunch, the lawn can go a bit feral if you or DP can't do it. The girls can take a term off swimming if it is too hard with the cast, although if the op isn't until next year DD2 will be able to go in the water by herself anyway, and you just have to get them dressed.
Don't put the op off again if it can give you big benefits, over little things that can be worked out now.
hey sweet,
well i didnt have surgery, but some of you know i just recently broke my left arm (cracked the tip of the small bone off rightnew my wrist and broke right through the big one (ulna?, dunno LOL)
anyway, i feel your pain, was in a cast for 6 weeks, i admittedly only have one DD (2.5 yo) BUT my DH works FIFO so he wasnt here half the time (which was good for less dishes etc, BUT if i needed something open, like say childrens panadol for DD.. it was a prety funny sight, trying to watch me in tears open it with my feet LOL..
Bathing DD was pretty easy (again i only have one) id just sit there with her, wash her with my good hand, her hair would only get washed when DH was home, its just too much of a struggle with one arm.
im a little embarressed, but when DH was away i would use throw away plates/knives and forks.. i KNOW thats really slack, but it was so much easier. Obviously i couldnt get away with using no dishes, but MIL would come aroun dmost days and do it. DH was slack when he was home, and i would be the one doing them, id glad wrap my cast amd then put a surgical rubber glove on (washing up gloves wouldnt fit over the cast) and id do them that way (i almost killed DH THAT many freakin times, selfish so and so..) he did the dishes TWICE :sigh: slack..
i would freeze meals when he was home (he did cook which was really good) i just made him make a little extra and thats what DD and i would eat.
driving, i only had accss to a manual, so didnt drive for 6 weeks (GAHHH) but i think if id had an auto i still wouldnt be able to, steering with my left arm just WASNT going to happen ( i did give it a go) even after i got the cast off i didnt drive for another week coz i couldnt steer properly, the dr until you can make an "emergency stop" then you shouldnt be driving, but meh, if you feel like you can then it should be ok.
the hardest part for me, which is all very selfish, was i couldnt do thinkg for myself, imanaged good with DD, i just couldnt lift her with that arm, washing my hair was a mission, i couldnt put my hair up (i wore a plat for 6 weeks straight, and some days id have the same plat for almost 3 days...)
but you will be fine, esp if your girls are little older and can help mummy, DD knew it was an "ouch" and mummy had a broken arm, not that she knew what that ment but she was mindful of it when she remembered.
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