 [ Symptoms ] what are the problems with picking a 24 pound child up by her wrists  this child is 20 months old and has been subject to this since she was crawling please advise [ Disease ] the problem usually does not occur in the wrist but the elbows it is quite easy to painfully dislocate the elbow subluxation of the radial head this is called the nursemaid is elbow it is best not to do this