ok so how do i explain 2 jaiden when he just asked me "Mama! Why has Cerrie has got half her arm and her hand missing?"

she had an accident and they had to take it off

i dont know thankfully these questions havnt started yet x

Just tell him the truth. my SIL has this but as Rowan has only seen her once when he was 6 months old we've not yet had to deal with the situation yet. But when he does ask we'll tell him the truth, that she was born without her lower arm and hand

She was born with only half an arm.

I think this is really good that they have people with disabilties on the box as it makes our kids aware that we're all different from a young age. So when they venture off out in the real world they're not suprised or shocked to see people with missing limbs.

Well done to ceebeebees for this.

But I must admid cerrie really bugs me!

Just tell him the truth if you say it was an accident he might get fearful it'll happen to him. Just say sometimes babies ae born different xxxxx

thanks ladies he then asked me did it just fall off 1 day

so i told him that we are all different when we come out of our mummies tummies eg u have bendy toes (which he dont think twice about) just like daddy and Sophia has got mummies curly hair

then told him that when some babies come out they may not have finished growing properly and legs might not work or an arm hasnt grown or a leg and that when cerrie came out of her mummies tummy her arm hadnt finished growing so sje just doesnt have 1 so every body is different in some ways


He was fine and that was that !!!!

god and to think its just gonna get more akward as he gets older the joys of parent hood XXX

A little of Subject but Cerrie just to work with my best friend in Miss Selfridge in Brighton hehe, shes actually really nice in person not annoying like on tele lol!

It's fantastic that Jaiden is so observant and wants to know things...bless all our little sponges. (must drive you insane when he is constantly asking questions though )

BTW aren't all children's TV presenters really annoying?

ahh gill i couldnt agree more...especially poi, every time she speaks i just think urrrghhh kill me now

BabyMilly wrote:

I think this is really good that they have people with disabilties on the box as it makes our kids aware that we're all different from a young age. So when they venture off out in the real world they're not suprised or shocked to see people with missing limbs.

Well done to ceebeebees for this.

But I must admid cerrie really bugs me!

i can remember reading in papers and on another forum ( not ab ) there was a massive uproar about her working on cbeebs ,, the parents were fighting for her to be sacked ,, kids getting nite mare etc !

i think they did fantastically in hiring her , showing our children that not everyone is perfect and they dont need to be !

I agree with Cbeebies for hiring her, it is teaching children that we are all different and to see someone who is different will make it less of a shock later on in life. In Balomory there is a lady in a wheelchair, didn't see no one complaining about that!! What I said above is what I said to MJ that some babies haven't grown properly and she accepted it. xxxxx