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Please help me find the invisible duck before I go mad...

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ICBINEG · 21/01/2013 19:30

Every night for the last two weeks my DD (19mo) has been raging because I can't see an apparently invisible duck.

She stands next to the head board of the bed (shown here ) and makes all manner of quacking noises and signs duck. I should explain that she doesn't do much talking, only animal noises and signing so far Hmm.

If I say "is there a duck?"

She points to the main cross over point in the centre.

If I say "where is the duck?"

She covers her eyes - which usually means hiding, or peekaboo, or the object I am talking about is partially obscured.

If I say "is the duck hiding?" She signs hiding again and looks all expectant.

I have not yet found anything to say after this point that does not result in a screaming fit of rage. Including silence.

If I deviate from the above script in any way she has a screaming fit of rage.

I am starting to feel like I am trapped in a 80's text adventure, the only outcome of which is a screaming toddler...

Please help me find the duck!

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FeijoaVodkaAndCheezels · 22/01/2013 23:05

Grin excellent excellent resolution. What a brilliant little girl you have! (though I still see ruddy Daffy Duck rather than a dabbling duck)

PommePoire · 22/01/2013 23:03

Brilliant news! So glad your clever DDs frustration has been answered! So, she can see a hungry duck bobbing for food - a duck's arse, fancy! No wonder we clean minded ladies of MN didn't think of that Wink Now, what could it be in the curtains...

Dumdeedumdeedum · 22/01/2013 22:26

Awwwww I love a happy ending! I'm waiting for the follow up curtains thread now :D

2Tired2GiveaShit · 22/01/2013 22:10

I can only see an owl... Apart from the fantastically doctered bed shots which ammused the shit out of me and OH.

Don't kids have fab imaginations? Grin

MrsReiver · 22/01/2013 21:50

Do we know what the sign is for Carrot Duck???

TheWombat · 22/01/2013 21:50

This is a lovely thread! What a clever DD you have. Is she scared of the duck? Perhaps duck could leave her a little 'present' (choc buttons or crayons?) under the pillow, in the hope of making friends...

TomDudgeon · 22/01/2013 21:48

Yes that is a carrot!

I'm glad you have it sorted and presumably dd is happier than her silly mummy and daddy can see the obvious

BluelightsAndSirens · 22/01/2013 21:45

I've just found this thread so glad it has been resolved.

I think you should post a link of the curtains to give us a head start!

OPeaches · 22/01/2013 21:39

Hahahahahahaaa, just read this whe thread, it MUST go in classics.

Beehatch · 22/01/2013 21:38

I'm seeing carrots....

Don't tell ICBINEG's DD - she probably doesn't have a sign for carrot yet!

MikeOxardInTheSnow · 22/01/2013 21:35

Amazing! Can this go in classics?

MrsReiver · 22/01/2013 21:33

DH relinquished the laptop and I think Eugene is right!

Is this what you think DD is seeing?

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BIWI · 22/01/2013 21:33
Grin
OneHundredSecondsofSolitude · 22/01/2013 21:30

Fck me beehatch. Your duck is like a nightmare I once had where there were all these birds half in and half out and bits sticking out of the plastered sloping ceiling of an attic I was in [shudder]

EugenesAxe · 22/01/2013 21:29

Oh please please please... I am a sad cow, but please re-read my post. I think what you have described is what I was trying to convey!

Thank you for the entertainment :)

MrsReiver · 22/01/2013 21:23

I'm on the mobile app at the mo but I'll get on it in the morning. Smile

ICBINEG · 22/01/2013 21:21

Makes me wonder if DH slept with the milkwoman so to speak....

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ICBINEG · 22/01/2013 21:20

MrsR Please do feel free to add the actual duck to the list. I feel a gold ribboned finale round up would seal the deal on this wonderful thread (I would do it myself but I lack any artistic skills and apparently the imagination to find invisible ducks altogether).

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Beehatch · 22/01/2013 21:19

Ahhh I love a happy ending Grin

"all the little tails go wiggle, wiggle waggle..."

MrsReiver · 22/01/2013 21:19

Thank you for all the kind comments Blush Blush Blush

ICBINEG · 22/01/2013 21:17

Oh I should add a massive massive Thanks to all who hunted ducks and made the suggestions that got us to what I can only hope is the end of this little toddler episode!

Hooray for invisible duck hunters!

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MrsReiver · 22/01/2013 21:17

I'm gutted none of us spotted the upside down duck but very impressed with DD's imagination!

Duck Round Up is my desktop wallpaper!

ICBINEG · 22/01/2013 21:15

DH has admitted that about two months ago they sang "all the little ducks go upside down" at the end of soft play....no doubt this has triggered the whole palaver.

I am one part "oh that's so cute, what a memory she has" and 9 parts "and you are just remembering this now DH? Now, after two weeks of yelling?!?!?"

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AudrinaAdare · 22/01/2013 21:15

Second that Classics nomination, Tee.

NorksAreMessy · 22/01/2013 21:15

Duck led weaning is brilliant
This thread is brilliant
Mumsnetters superimposing duck shapes onto pictures of beds is brilliant
And I rather think that icbinegDD is rather wonderful as well

Thank you Thanks