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If you were a 4 year old girl...

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elvislives2012 · 23/08/2018 20:03

Where the fuck would you hide the amazon remote?!!! I've turned the house upside down! I know she was doing it to annoy her older sister....

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Catzpyjamas · 23/08/2018 20:28

Posted out the letterbox?

AsteroidAsterix · 23/08/2018 20:31

One of those ride on toys with a lift up seat thingy? Doll house. Hand bag, hers not yours.

Hermie12 · 23/08/2018 20:34

Good luck. Our sky remote was inside a shoebox that was inside the toy cupboard. Took 2 weeks to find. Also if she has a bike, ride on of any sort inside the storage compartment is a popular place for missing things

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AsAProfessionalFekko · 23/08/2018 20:35

They are probably with my expensive watch and (unopened) brand new bottle of perfume that DS out in a safe place about ten years ago... I did find my credit cards (after I cancelled them) under a rug.

Wittow · 23/08/2018 20:37

err....ask her? I'm presuming a 4 yr old can talk....

my daughter when about 18 months ran off with my pandora bracelet and I found it a few days later on her dolly's wrist... they do think logically!

cravingcake · 23/08/2018 20:37

Definitely try any and all bags, carriers (dolls buggy/changing bag), random Easter basket etc.

Under pillows, draws in bedroom, under pillow/duvet/bed.

Maybe even pockets of jumpers/coats? Behind the tv or sofa (in a quick throw-away sort of moment).

I’d go for bribery in this instance though 1 first to find remote control gets ...... favourite breakfast tomorrow/a chocolate/favourite book/extra iPad time etc - whatever works.

TheGirlWhoLived · 23/08/2018 20:37

Just found our Sky Q remote in the 'spy box'... which until half an hour ago was just the box for Greedy Granny?!

Sadly I forked out another £25 for a new one Sad

SpinningBob · 23/08/2018 20:38

On top of the books on the bottom shelf of the bookcase, at the back against the wall. Took 2 weeks to find the remote after 3 year old 'tidied up'!

JennyOnAPlate · 23/08/2018 20:38

That thing is small. You'll never see it again.

elvislives2012 · 23/08/2018 20:38

She has no idea! "Can't remember" 🙄

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ItscalledaVulva · 23/08/2018 20:39

In her bag or dolls house

Can you ask her?

Muddlingalongalone · 23/08/2018 20:40

Under the toy pram or in one of the multitude of handbags - I was turning the house upside down when she hid her hearing aids and her handbag was the answer!

TyneTeas · 23/08/2018 20:41

Inside a play cooker

Deannaamy · 23/08/2018 20:41

Pillowcase!

ParisNext · 23/08/2018 20:47

If they can't remember I think it means it didn't go far from its usual place. In my experience they remember taking it somewhere else so why not focus the search on near the TV area. Imagine where you would quickly hide something?

AdaColeman · 23/08/2018 20:49

In a pocket inside the wardrobe or cloak room.

In the washing or ironing basket.

In the craft box.

Inside her wellies.

In the airing cupboard between the towels.

In a school bag or book bag.

In the dog or cat basket.

Failing all that you need to pray to Saint Anthony for help!

Stormwhale · 23/08/2018 20:50

If she is like my dd it will be in one of her bags. Dd has many handbags and spends her entire life putting things in them and taking them around with her.

dingdongdigeridoo · 23/08/2018 20:54

Has she slid it under the fridge? Posted it through the cat flap? In the boot of Barbie’s car?

bookmum08 · 23/08/2018 20:55

Is it tucked up asleep wrapped in a blanket in the toy cot?

PurplePotatoes · 23/08/2018 20:56

This has happened to me twice recently with our Sky remote and my 2yr old DS.

The first time it was on a shelf of the heated airer (luckily not switched on!) hidden beneath the hanging clothes.

The second time it was posted down the back of the radiator!

AgathaMystery · 23/08/2018 20:57

If she has a dolls house check the beds.

ShapelyBingoWing · 23/08/2018 20:58

There's a 4 year old girl here who has similar form for hiding the amazon remote!

The last place I found ours was stuffed into a sock, along with several small toys, hidden in the back of one of her toy drawers.

SoftSheen · 23/08/2018 20:58

When we were in a similar situation, a few years ago, the missing essential item turned up (2 days later) inside an oven glove ...

RamsayBoltonsConscience · 23/08/2018 21:14

When I was 4, I hid my glasses in the hem of the curtain. My mother didn't find them until she took the down for washing six months later. 😁

butlerswharf · 23/08/2018 21:34

My baby recently hid it under her cot along with the remote for the fan. Have you checked under her bed?

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