Scratchy Casts
Natalie never really complained or should I say cried a lot about the cast. She adjusted very well and very quickly. She learned how to crawl or pull her self along just after 10 days. She was very determined to move. She had just learned to walk along furniture and crawl two weeks before her surgery. She was not exactly happy when she woke up and could not move, but adjusted to it better than mom and dad did.
I was happy that she learned to move around on her own in the cast. The only problem was that sometimes she would pull thread like material free and cause a spot that would irritate her skin. She would not complain; I would just notice red spots where the cast would scratch her skin.
I would fix this problem by placing medical tape around the edges of her cast. This included around the chest, or waist. It would depend on where the top of the cast was at the time. I would also put it on the ankles. I do not know how but she always managed to latch on to some toy that would pull pieces loose. When she was placed in the second cast, she had her left leg free. This where I would put tape daily because she would use this leg to push off with. This side got the worst of it.
This was just a little tip that I thought that I would share with any one who might be having this problem.
