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All efforts at creeping out of dd2s room were ruined by stepping on pointless, annoying caterpillar which then sang 'que sera sera' of all things. Loudly and slowly.

I'd bloody well vote for an off switch on recorders.

If anyone thinks buying a recorder for a 5 year old is a good idea,I can assure you it isn't.

It changes your life.

Forever.

I hate the motion sensor ones. You creep out of the room and your ankle comes within six inches of a Vtech Fire engine. Suddenly the room burst to life. "I'LL GRAB THE HOSE!"

At five, surely it should be labelled "whistle". A recorder in the right hands makes beautiful music. Not a five year old's I'm guessing?

*Hates noisy toys**

Especially when you buy them off ebay, and its a crying baby doll, and the bemused postman hands you a wailing package at 7.30 in the morning!

Zingzillas microphone - I hate it.

Everything my ds's have had has always an off switch until this Christmas. My aunt bought ds3 a bob the builder ABC press button thing that has no off button and is loud! DS has SN and it drives me nuts as he will sit there with it on his knee pressing the same button over and over. Grrrrrrrr!!!!!

Good guess

Light sensitive puzzles are marvellous when in a toy basket with a couple of dislodged pieces. Farmyard sounds every time you turn a light off!

another zingzillas microphone here, drives me bananas

YANBU

I'm making a list of gifts to give people with children in the future. Two lists actually. If they get something from the list including jigsaw books, recorders and singing caterpillars, then something is wrong in the friendship....

I take the batteries out of any toys which do not have an 'off' switch. I then make a mental note of who gave the toy as a gift and vow to get them back one day.

My dc find things in charity shops and say "we used to have one of those!". Wasn't a zing zillas one, but a microphone all the same the other day!

you will find that batteries run out and are basically impossible to replace in our house !

If not an off switch then a volume button would be nice.

Yama I do the "getting people back thing too".

Revenge is a dish best served cold....

Skimming down the page, I misread the title of this thread as 'noisy torys'. Either way, YANBU.

Ha, without saying anything of my politics, you're not wrong

I took my revenge on dh's neice at Christmas by buying her baby some bip bop binging v tech toy for her baby. She bought ds a recorder when he was 3. She was childless at the time.

YANBU!

or a mute button. bloody things. We have 1 tolerable one (follow me fred, he's gorgeous )

We also do the revenge thing, so can anyone recommend a really annoying toy to give to my sister in revenge for the nursery rhyme playing dog rattle which never shut the f**k up?

Haha you should experience turning the lights off in a toy shop at the end of the day. Practically the whole shop erupts in sirens and nursery rhyme songs!

Always remember locking up the stockrooms a few years back, another member of staff had unpacked a new toy, a teddy bear that said in a cutesy childlike sing song voice "This is my tummy, tickle me" Had never heard it before in my life and it piped up as soon as I switched all lights off. I've never ran down those stairs so fast in my life!

Dd was bought some monstrosity which just said "peekaboo I can see you" to me as I was switching off in the playroom. I hadn't even touched it.

Kveta-a jigsaw book would be less obvious revenge but they are just as irritating. The jigsaws are never the right level to match the story and the pieces fall out all the time. (laughs wicked laugh )

Lol Salame - I misread it as "noisy boys" - oh I love mine so much when they are asleep . . . .

it's for a 1 yo, will reserve the jigsaw books for when he's older <evil cackle>