HELP! First broken bones :( UPDATE w/PIP
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DH broke my baby's leg. 
He was holding DS and coming down the stairs, lost his footing and fell on his butt. He didn't drop DS, but somehow the way he fell caused DS to have two "buckle" fractures, one each in his tibia and fibula just above the ankle. The dr said when they're this little their bones are still kind of soft and sometimes don't truly break, but bend and buckle instead. He got a splint and we'll see an orthopedist when we get home later this week (we were visiting family) who might put a cast on. We're supposed to ice it (which he hates) and keep weight off of it. Which brings me to my request for help: I need ideas on how to keep a boy whose favorite thing to do is run off his feet. I'm thinking he'll spend some time in my Beco carrier (not sure how long I can carry him around anymore), some time in the stroller, lots of time in my arms, and some time in front of the tv. He's going to get bored and I need some good distracting activities! Also how am I going to let him burn off any energy like this?? It might take 4 weeks to heal, maybe less. I'm not sure we can send him to daycare while its still swollen because he's going to want to run around with the other kids, but maybe next week? Ugh, I don't know what to do. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Update 10/10: got his cast and a liittle sandal this morning. Doc said he can walk on it but we shouldn't encourage it. He's been getting antsy not being able to move around like he normally does so I'm hoping this helps. He'll have it on for 5 weeks.
Re: HELP! First broken bones :( UPDATE w/PIP
Luckily DS is in an ok mood so far (once I got him calmed down from the initial scare and hurt). I think the compression of the splint helps it not to hurt as much. And I was able to ice it when he fell asleep in the car.
Excited prompted me to buy connect 4 when I saw a picture of Grace playing with it when she was poorly.. that is something you can play together while he is in his highcair and you can double it up for some educational and fine aim skills.. colors and counting and aim and sharing and taking turns..
perhaps some finger painting and maybe some wooden alphabet blocks to learn letters and stacking and such all can be done sitting in a high chair or at a table?
my lil guy would be impossible to keep still unless we sat him in front of a looping Jane and the dragon and Zula patrol marathon ... you have my sympathy.
DH feels horrible, and I just feel bad for my baby.
We got home tonight and he went down ok. I iced his leg for about an hour after he fell asleep. Ibuprofen seems to be helping. We'll see how the night goes.
It's funny how I'm accumulating all these terrible stories to share with DH to try to make him feel better! Today my sister reminded me about how her first DD burned her little baby hand on her flat iron, and shortly thereafter was burned by humidifier steam. Our poor kids!
Oh my gosh! Yuck. Well if you can get through all that, I suppose we can get through this.