Wrap her in rubber and bounce her around?????

When I was younger my parents always said that they were going to wrap me in rubber. The reason being was that I tended to break arms, finger, toes, and whatever pretty easily. I do feel bad because comparatively I was a whole lot more expensive than my sister growing up due to all the illness and stuff. However, I guess it was my way of getting back of all the hand-me-downs I got until I turned 15 (then I got taller than my sister and needed longer pants... ).

My daughter has decided that since she doesn't really look like me that this breakable trait is her way of proving that she is in fact my daughter. In first grade, she was playing on the swing set in our backyard and fell off. She didn't really cry but looked pale. I looked at her arms (as did my grandma and mom) and thought maybe she sprained one. I sent her to school the next day w/ a note saying she could not do PE. Later that day after work I looked again at her arm and decided to take her in. Well she had broken BOTH arms.

In third grade, my daughter was at my parent's house messing around in the kitchen. You know sliding with your socks on like you are ice skating... (we have all done it). She again fell. My parents thought she may have strained it. Seeing how Aubree kept saying she was okay and did not cry we thought maybe it was okay. I decided the next day to take her into the hospital. Yep, it was broken.

So last week, I get a call from my daughter at home telling me that she can't do her chores because her arm hurts too much. I sighed and asked what happened. She said she was okay just hurt it on the playground. She did not tell anyone at the school because they had a field trip that day and she did not want to miss out. I then got a call from my sister saying that Aubree had hurt her arm at school and was walking funny so that she would not swing it or move it.

This time I thought I would be proactive and instead of waiting a day I would take her in. So as soon as I got home from work we jumped in the car and went to the clinic. Her face was purple from where she hit the ice on the playground and it was her shoulder that was bothering her. Guess what.... nope it was not broke. See even you thought for sure that this child is breaking things every two years so it most likely. Instead she pulled and strained the muscles around her shoulder and rotator cuff. The doctor kept saying that Aubree did not seem to be in a lot of pain. How, do you explain that every other time she has said she was okay she had broken her arm... so better safe than sorry right.

Now I have decided that I should wrap her in rubber. But, I want to do so to bounce her around. She is fighting me tooth and nail on wearing her sling. She did not do so at her dad's this weekend even though both the doctor and I said she needed to. She winces whenever she uses it so it is not like it is all better. I just want to knock some sense into her... but I may end up breaking something. Therefore, rubber it is... Just kidding.