in being upset over a lost toy

[misdee]

more the fact someone has taken it or binned it rather thasn pop it on the hedge or side of the road where i can find it.

dd4 had a little upsydaisy doll. one of the small soft plush ones which caused controversy when they came out as the skin tone is too light.

we lost it this morning on the way home from my friends house. i have retraced out steps 3 times.

dh went and got her another one, but the new one is darker, has a yellow clip on its head, and is obviously cleaner and smells different.

am hoping that a little child found it and is loving it. and its not been binned.

[VuvuzelaPlenticlew]

Not U at all, perfectly understandable. I think most people will sympathise

How old is dd4 -- can you weave it into a bedtime story about all the interesting things Upsy Daisy is doing & adventures she is having?

If that works (if she is of an age to feel better about it I mean) you could even try sending her an affectionate postcard through the actual post from Upsy Daisy, reporting on her activities.

[misdee]

she is 19months.

she seems to have accepted new upsydaisy ok, but is a little confused over the big yellow hook on its head.

[VuvuzelaPlenticlew]

What's the hook for? Seems like a dumb thing to put on a soft toy.

[SandyBits]

I have one you can have

[misdee]

to clip onto things like the buggy. old daisy didnt have one but it was all dh could find.

old daisy was very grubby well loved.

[fabhead]

NOt at all, this is of thing is devastating. Much sympathy . I hope it turns up.

We have have had a few near misses with our very important cuddly toy for ds2 but lucily both incidents were in suprmarkets and I made such a tearful impression at customer services both times with written descriptions, mltiple contact numbers left with anyone I could pester, that both times it turned up. Once lost it for a week or so but it turned up in the house. I found ds2's little sad voice asking for it heartbreaing. So much so I have taken pictures of it now and written my phone number on it in indelible ink!

I think it is probably worse for us .... kids are more resilient.

[ShinyAndNew]

YANBU. There is a lost spotty dino in our local sarnie shop if anyone is missing one. It has been there for nearly a week now. Dd2 is desperate to take it home, but I won't let her.

[slushy06]

No Ds had a comfort wall-e and I stood on it and snapped the arm he never felt the same about the second so we ended up using elastic on the arm. I felt really bad especially as I had put it in my dressing gown pocket ready for bed and thrown my dressing gown on the floor .

[IMoveTheStars]

cut the hook off.

[misdee]

am going to try argos on weds and see if they still have some of the older style ones without hooks.

[AlCrowley]

I'm so worried about this happening that when I had the name tapes made for DS's school clothes, I got extra ones done in DD's name and sewed them to her favourite toys. They've got my mobile number on so hopefully, should one ever get lost, we have a better chance of getting it back.

I know that doesn't help with Upsy. We only have a Makka Pakka and Iggle Piggle so I'm no help. You should take Sandy up on her kind offer....

[ShinyAndNew]

Was it like this one?

[misdee]

aww thanks sandybits. if i have no luck on weds in town, i will take you up on your offer.

[misdee]

yesw shiney, that one glad i should still be able to get one. i thought they have replaced it with the correct skin toned ones by now, as we bought it before dd4 came along.

[SandyBits]

No worries misdee (am a namechanged regular btw, not some weirdy with sandybits ) Someone let me know they had spotted me so have gone incognito. Will have to see what that does to my CAT. I have the whole set of the little plush toys and my ds isn't remotely interested in them anymore. YOu're welcome to the lot

[misdee]

will try CAT-ing you

we had a near miss with one of the tombliboo's just last week in town, but some kind soul popped him/her up on top of a bin so we found it easily.

[Morloth]

We lost Puppy once.

I think how stoic he was about it was the worst part. I was so sad for him.

Happily Puppy turned up at nursery and is now not allowed to leave the house at all.

[letsblowthistacostand]

YANBU at all. It is so sad when they lose their toys--DD1 loves all things tiny so has lost said tiny things on more than one occasion. Latest incident: was given extra special, extra tiny thing for her birthday. Took it to the park (why? why did I let her?) and lost it. Was distraught. I managed to source another one and told her it had gone on holiday. Luckily she bought it and now talks about all the things the toy did on holiday.

[Wallace]

Morloth, I have this image of poor Puppy being so stoic about being lost... [grin

[SandyBits]

Have you all read Dogger? Gets me every time when little Dave loses his soft toy And the way his sister gets it back for him Reminds me so much of my 2

[Morloth]

He probably was, that was DS1's greatest worry, that he was all alone and lonely somewhere.

It was made worse because Puppy has a mum and he was all worried that his Mum was going to be sad that Puppy was lost.

My DS1 is a sweet little munchkin, Puppy is all snuggled up with him right now (he is 6) and is the one toy that isn't allowed anywhere near DS2.

I hope you can replace/find it misdee.

[Chulita]

Once we realised how attached DD was to Bear we searched on ebay and bought her another one. She won't leave the house without it so it's worth having a spare. We've got two of the same thing for the next one but guaranteed he won't like it and will pick something we can't possibly duplicate!

YADNBU though, I nearly cry when I hear DD's lament of 'bear, bear' when said Bear makes a dash for it after bedtime - it's the only word she says consistently!

[moomaa]

YANBU

Dog dog got lost in town once and I was just saying to DD where is it, and an old lady behind us in the queue in Sainsburys said she had seen it outside Primark, and we went back and there it was

Sadly my Mum will pick up lost toys and present them to my children and I have to take them back wherever she swipped them from

[misdee]

dd4 shouts 'Daaaissssyyy' every day, and screams if i leave her in the cot.

am thinking if i do get a replacement, then the one with the hook can stay on the buggy and daisy can stay in the house.

[Jamieandhismagictorch]

There's a lovely story book with beautiful pics called "Tatty Ratty" , by Helen Cooper, about a little girl who loses her toy rabbit. In the story the parents tell the little girl stories about all the adventures Tatty Ratty is having, ending up with him turning up in a toy shop all clean and mended.