Using Humor

“To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do.” Job 5:2 (TEV)

One way we like to deal with the arm difference is by using humor.  We would like to encourage you to embrace your child’s limb difference in this way as well if your child responds well to it.  Let him know how proud you are of it.  Kiss it daily and make light of it.  Make his arm a puppet, put a hat on it, and draw a face.  The only limitations these children will have are those we place on them.  As parents, we have a choice to make.... and our attitudes and ways of responding will determine the body image our children will have for the REST OF THEIR LIVES.  A website we recently encountered at http://www.cafepress.com/medtees/683931   includes “humorous and thoughtful apparel and merchandise for the irreverent patient.”  It may be wise to wait until your child is old enough to “get” the humor, prior to ordering.  Personally, we are choosing to wait a while, but plan to have fun with these tee-shirts later on in his life.  Our newfound friend, Jordan, and her family have enjoyed ordering tees from this website.  Below is a picture of Jordan.  Her website is at http://www.bornjustright.com.

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