Feet first!

Charlie sometimes uses his feet to do things..........

Charlie's Little arm cards?

So we were in a cafe today , when Charlie spots a group of slightly older boys with their family and in a flash he is off (never backwards about coming forwards!). It takes a couple of seconds for the boys to weigh him up and the questions to start, those of you with little armers know how it goes. So I sit back and watch for a minute as I like to try and let Charlie deal with these situations himself now, but one little boy is being persistent "how did you break your arm, how did you break your arm?". I can tell his mum is trying her best, but not liking to let the misconception continue I wander over and gently tell him "Charlie was born with one hand, this is his little arm". Now the older boy joins in, "but how does he eat his dinner?", I point to Charlie's hand and say, "with this hand", he asks again, but this time his mum manages to distract him and change the subject. At this point I thought, if only I had a business card to hand over with the address of this page on it!!! Come and see just how well he manages!! Inappropriate? I'm not sure, but maybe I may jot the address down on some scraps of paper just in case.......

Read this!

Look what arrived today!! Sooooo excited! Can't wait to start reading!

Prompted by a message someone sent me (thanks Janette!) I realised that some of you may not know of this brilliant organisation. Reach are a great support to families and children with upper limb deficiency. www.reach.org.uk

Bodywarmers/gillets are great for autumn and spring- no sleeves to turn up! Love it!

Charlie is getting on well with his throwing and catching. We usually have a higher success rate than this, but after a large piece of cake and a rough and tumble with daddy he is a little over-excited!!!! Enjoy!

Thank yoooou!

I've been trying to get some footage of Charlie riding his bike pre-adaption, for various reasons I haven't been that successful!!!! Mainly because A) I can't keep up with him or B) I can't get far enough ahead of him..... here is the grand sum (6 seconds) of my efforts!! Enjoy, but make sure you don't blink ;-) or wink...........