You Can't Judge a Book by it's Cover

I have always heard “You can’t judge a book by it’s cover”  Well, I learned yesterday that you can’t judge a kid cart by it’s cover - let me explain.  We have several pieces of equipment we use for Peyton.  The stander, a tumble chair, and some therapeutic toys, etc….a few weeks ago, our great friends with Early Childhood Intervention brought us an adaptive stroller for Peyton.  Ed and I took one look at that stroller and put it in the garage and left it there.  We have accepted a lot over the past 10 months about Peyton and her development and her special needs, etc…..but we just weren’t ready to see that stroller.  To us, it looked like a wheelchair and every time I looked at it, I felt like I was accepting that she wouldn’t ever do normal things.  Silly, right??? 

Well, yesterday, her physical therapist asked where the kid cart was and I kind of mumbled something about it being in the garage and she asked me to get it.  I begrudgingly brought it into the living room and she proceeded to help us get Peyton into the chair while explaining that this chair was not a permanent fixture in her life, and it was going to help Peyton learn to sit alone and get more head and trunk control.  Once Peyton was settled in, she really liked it.  She could look around and feel like a big girl and see the world from a whole new perspective.  I quickly changed my attitude about the kid cart and realized that I had to get over myself (yet once again).   Seems I spend lots of time getting over myself latelyJ