Something you can try as a workaround, whenever the missing appendage bug happens, is going into first person mode (shift+tab in Live mode) for about three seconds on normal speed, then exiting it. If, when you exit first person mode, your sim's head disappears for a second, you did it right and the appendage should reappear at the same time their head comes back.Does anyone else experience the odd missing sim appendage or two? If I go back in CAS and tweak my sim's height a smidgeon the missing foot or hand appears again. For that reason, I'm inclined to think it's the Luumia height slider, but I can't find similar gripes documented online. I'm going to pull the slider from my game for now, but it might take awhile to confirm it's the culprit. I'm wondering if anyone else had this problem.
Something I've done for a while now to try and live with it, hope it works for you and lessens the irritation.