To miss the days where things were just things?

[HeathcliffMoorland]

For example, my baby has a scarf that plays music. She has a put-the-shape-in-the-hole board that praises you and plays music. Her play mat has hundreds of functions.

DS has such delights as a singing measuring tape and some toy cars that talk.

DD1 has a mirror that delivers compliments. Her bicycle has a little attachment that makes it sound like a motorbike.

This is topped by prams that vibrate, and mobiles that light up...

In a way, I just hate the noise... but part of me misses the simple times. AIBU?

rofl, poor UnePrune!

your dh sounds pretty cool though.

Battery operated things drive me mad.

Coming into work on a cold, dark winters morn... the delivery had been delivered the day before (my day off) I'd switched the alarm off and opened the staff door to ascend the stairs when I heard a tiny childlike voice. I almost died, wouldnt of minded it if it was a toy i'd recognised and I could just think "ohh that's so and so toy" but this was a new teddy bear liftout toy that I'd never seen or heard before so I was fucking terrified. I had to wait downstairs on the shopfloor for the other member of staff to arrive so she could go upstairs with me!

Ha, seth, he has his moments but you could never call him cool!

I was in a charity shop the other day, a lady came in with a black bin bag full of toys and put it on the counter as a donation. As she put it down a cacophony of tunes/chatter/boings/whizzes etc started up. The woman behind the counter went " how do I switch them off??!" the donating lady replied " you can't" and legged it out of the door quick.

I nearly gave her a round of applause

lol ProfYaffle great story! :)

I tend to buy 'old fashioned' toys for this very reason. DS's favourite toy is a wooden shape sorter thing that doesn't really do anything.

ProfYaffle!

We were once given a toy drum set from somebody I thought of as a very dear friend. Said gift truly made me wonder "What have I ever done to you?", but was thankfully rather quickly thrashed to pieces.

I detest all the electronic jingeling/singing/beeping/squeaking/high-pitched voices, but proper bells or kids imitating car noises/sirens don't annoy me at all.

Thinking back, I had a doll that could 'speak' (well, she had like mini records in her back ) and even as a child I found her stupid phrases interfered with what I wanted to play at the time.

So all the things I give as presents are mute , whether the kids like it or not. I know the parents will remain my friends....