Now that Haylee is seven and we have been living with Haylee’s little hand and her limb deficiency due to Amniotic Band Syndrome I sometimes forget that my daughter is not like  other kids. I forget that there are only five fingers and not ten.  Now before you think I am strange you need to hear me out.

When Haylee was first born and they that my daughter had a little hand, I had no idea what they were talking about and the first time I heard the words Amniotic Band Syndrome I was like what?!?!  All I could think about was how my daughter was missing five fingers.  But the very second I seen Haylee for the first time.  I forgot about it all.  All I could see was the most perfect baby in the world.  There she was with toes and fingers (notice I did not say 10 toes or 10 fingers, you don’t have to have fingers, toes, arms or legs for that matter to be perfect in my eyes or in Gods eyes) and a smile that lite up the room.  Yah I know it was just gas but it was still beautiful.

As time went on with Haylee I started to instead of feeling sorry for us I started on ok what do I need to do to adapt to this situation.  Obviously God gave me this wonderful gift from Heaven so adapt.  I began figuring out how I could get her to hold things in that hand.  How I could get her to shake a rattle in that hand.  I began figuring all this out.

But as the years pass she has adapted so well that I often forget that Haylee was born with out fingers on her left hand.  I forget she has that little hand.  I forget that it was an amniotic band that caused her nubbs.  I forget in a wonderful way because just like you and I do, Haylee adapts to situations also.