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to be really quite upset by loss of DD1's pink bunny?

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mylovelymonster · 09/05/2011 22:45

She's had it since she was a baby. She is now four. A lot of love has gone into that bunny. She wouldn't sleep without it. It was in the car this morning & now can't find it ANYWHERE!
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!!!

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alittlebitcountry · 10/05/2011 00:28

Shock at the wanton destruction and cold-hearted attitude of some people.
I still have a moth-eaten, balding, seen-better-days much loved 35 year old heirloom to save for DD.
My Dad was willing to drive miles back to the motorway services late at night to rescue bunny from a puddle.

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mylovelymonster · 10/05/2011 00:32

Smile Sad & lovely stories

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mylovelymonster · 10/05/2011 00:34

I feel I have come through my evening's ordeal a wiser and perhaps a more organised person. It will not happen again. Bunny is never leaving the building.

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ninedragons · 10/05/2011 01:39

My mouth actually did fall open at the story about the mother chucking the teddy on the fire.

That's a LIFETIME of therapy, surely.

GapsAGoodUn · 10/05/2011 02:44

When my ds (now a worldly 5) was much smaller he had a beloved Little People dog - called imaginatively Dog.

It was small (er, yes hence the name Little People) and I was forever looking for dog. So I did as so many others here have done and bought an extra (for emergencies) and stored it in the glove pocket of the car.

One dark and stormy night, driving the dc to my Mum's on a revolting M6 the cry went up "Where's Dog? I've lost dog!". There was much wailing.

I felt relieved, nay, smug even, as I reached across, took out 'dog mk2' and passed him into the back.

A small voice wailed 'This isn't Dog! This is funny dog!'. I tell you I could have sobbed!

When we eventually reached my mums house some 2 rather fraught hours later I looked at Funny Dog. His eye patch had been printed in a slightly different place.

How my son could tell this, by feel, in the fucking dark, I still do not know.

borderslass · 10/05/2011 06:26

Glad you found Bunny.

DD1 has a stuffed rabbit that has had many adventures at about 3 we got to Carlisle to a scream from the back seat Roger she'd left him at my sisters near Liverpool DH thought quickly hes on his holidays we'll get him next time. Another time she dropped him outside a village shop I put a note in the window got a call about a week later from an old lady who'd dog had picked him up she'd horror of horrors in DD1's eyes washed him but was greatful to have him back.

When she got him he had a dicky bow and tail now these are gone he is in the attic somewhere she's 19 and wont let me get rid of him she also still has a rag-doll 'Lucy' that my sister bought her at 18 months.

Goblinchild · 10/05/2011 07:18

I remember driving from Lancaster to London, and then back to a service station outside Birmingham to rescue the lost, best toy. The journey from London had the wailing lament of the toy's name, repeated with every breath.
Thank God the bloke in the cafe had a small child and understood that he should keep hold of the lost item forever. Because some wild-eyed harridan was going to show up screaming its name.
Toy is now at university with daughter.

Trinaluce · 10/05/2011 08:27

So very VERY glad the only thing DD has formed an attachment to is her muslin. Of which we have hundreds, none of which she is more attached to than any other!

DSis2 had a blanket ('Bertie' - she couldn't say quiltie). It started as a lush, toddler sized quilted piece of loveliness. She's now 20 and there's a small scrap of it left about the size of half a hanky. The beautiful 'cats sleeping on clouds' print is a distant memory! We did have to go back to Manchester from Birmingham when it was discovered The Bert had been left at Auntie's house. The sheer of idea of the three or four day wait for it to come in the post was terrifying...

dribbleface · 10/05/2011 08:48

if you can fit it on the label write your mobile phone number on it, that way if lost outside some nice person might let you know!

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mylovelymonster · 10/05/2011 08:53

Thought I might take it down the vet's and get it chipped Grin

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ninedragons · 10/05/2011 09:22

We have "googie cloths", cartoon handtowels, which (of course) can only be found in Asia. They are not allowed to leave the house. Like Ang Sang Suu Kyi, really....

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piratecat · 10/05/2011 09:29

oh no, we have a pink bunny too, John lennon range from early 2001.

i bought a back up, but it cost a mint.

retrace each step?

piratecat · 10/05/2011 09:31

oops, should have read. glad you found pink bunny.

my dd9 has gone on a residential trip with school and manky bedraggled pink has gone with her lol.

Yvette22 · 10/05/2011 10:01

My son became really attached to his teddy and carted it around everywhere. I was so worried about losing it that I had a pet tag engraved with "much loved teddy. if found please phone xyz" which I attached through a small hole in the label. Might be an idea?

WannaBeMarryPoppins · 10/05/2011 10:17

I am so glad you found it! And no it's not unreasonable to be upset.

I had a teddy (it was a dog but i called it teddy). I have no idea where it came from but there are pictures of me as a baby with him in the background so he had always been around. At night I was only allowed one stuffed animal in bed and I always had him as I thought he would be sad when being replaced by e.g. a new toy for a night.

He came everywhere with me, including summer camp, abroad etc and I told him whenever I was homesick too. He always travelled in my backpack.

On my way to Spain (on a bus) he was in the suitcase as I had no room in the backpack. The bus broke down and burned down in the middle of the highway. We were all ok and got out (with the backpacks) but the suitcases burned. I was 18 and standing in the middle of the highway almost crying because my teddy was in that burning bus.

By that time I was planning to go a year abroad and had no idea how to do it without teddy somehow Blush. I had always thought I would always take him and had planned to h=give him to my children later.

When my mum picked me up from coming home from Spain (we still went with two tshirts each) she gave me a little dragon saying he could fly around the world with me from now on. It was really cheesy but super sweet.

Can't believe mums who would burn their children's toys Shock

EveWasFramed72 · 10/05/2011 10:38

Love all these senitmental stories!
DC2 (aged 3 1/2 now) has 'Piggy'...brought to her a year ago when the 'dummy fairy' came to collect her dummy (which worked, btw). Piggy has a floppy neck, smells bad and her ears are usually quite sodden. She goes everywhere with us, and on the occasions when DD will allow us to 'bath' Piggy, she will pull her little chair to the washing machine to watch. It's cute as can be. I've looked for replacements, and haven't been able to find any...I am scared to death at the thought of Piggy ever getting lost!

roadkillbunny · 10/05/2011 10:51

I left my special bear 'Bruno', who was a birth gift to me from my uncle, at a service station on the way home from a family holiday, must have been around 7 years old. I was devastated, Bruno went everywhere with me and was my companion when in hospital for long stenches fairly often from the age of 6 to 7 back when parents were not able to stay in hospital with their sick children (my poor, poor Mum, I really don't know hoe she coped) anyway, Bruno was very, very special and he was gone but one of my parents must have called the service station and tracked him down as a week later a big package wrapped in brown parcel paper arrived addressed to me (I can still see it so clearly in my mind), I opened it up and there was Bruno, safe and well with a letter attached saying how much of an adventure he had been having finding his way back to me. Human kindness at it's best and I was very pleased to be able to give Bruno to my dd on the occasion of her first birthday. Bruno is still a much loved member of the family and I dream that one day he may be past onto my first grandchild.

Dozer I like your DN roadkill bunny story for obvious reasons!

DirtyMartini · 10/05/2011 12:08

cheeseandmayo, how awful for your DH to see his teddy go onto the fire :( - I am almost in tears at the thought. I want to send him a new one but he's not little any more, it's too late.

(I am actually welling up now) Hmm

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mylovelymonster · 10/05/2011 12:13

roadkillbunny - you have made me cry. Can imagine your face when you opened that parcel! Someone somewhere did a very special thing. Heartwarming stuff.
Loving all your stories Smile Bear

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ChippingIn · 10/05/2011 12:19

I have been determinedly NOT clicking on this thread - I hate reading about lost teddies/bunnies etc :(

I am SO glad you found her.

Might take it to the vets and have it chipped - bloody hell woman, you could be onto something there!! I wonder how many parents would pay to have this done??

I still have my bear :)

favourite teddy's are pretty much under house arrest. Occasionally they are allowed out but only when they are going from A>B and are required, otherwise NO, and definitley not school runs/shopping/days out... far too much potential for heartbreak - and for the child Grin

notyummy · 10/05/2011 12:35

When I was 5 we went on the train to Scotland as part of a house move (Mum, Dad and Me.) I had small Paddington Bear style case in one hand and much loved teddy in the other. I left him on the train when we were changing trains and only realised as the train was pulling away.

Cue me screaming and crying 'Teddy.....nooooooo.' and my dad in true 'super hero dad' action moment SPRINTING along the platform, getting into the carriage and grabbing Teddy before jumping off triumphant with him in his hand - all while the train was moving. I remember it so clearly - one of many reasons that I love my dad!

DD has 'Mo' - and luckily we were able to source another one from ebay as an emergency back up. She is 4, has had him since she was 5 months old and still adores him. She has had a couple hospital stays and he has been a real source of comfort to her during blue light ambulance dashes and encounters with nasty big needles.

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mylovelymonster · 10/05/2011 15:42

This is all getting a bit much for me - almost & actually lost favourite toys combined with children being poorly & in hospital - how much emotion can one thread take!!
Chipping - I have indeed learnt a very valuable lesson and bunny is grounded, at least until we go on our hols - will be under very strict kerfew then I can tell you.

To briefly recap, some beloved toys have been lost - a moment's silence please -

Thankyou.

Some have been fabulously found or rescued; some beautifully returned by unknown angels; one wantonly destroyed (perpetrator since having her cumuppence - sorry for your loss), and most little ones (including DD, who with a wicked glint in her eye - can't imagine where she got that from - has spent the early part of the morning re-hiding bunny cos she thought it was funny) have been reunited with their beloved cuddly, and those little ones who previously suffered from worrying episodes of ill-health are now all home and out of danger?
We could make a movie out of this one.

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ChippingIn · 10/05/2011 15:55

We could I'm sure. We nearly missed an international flight home due to my sisters missing teddy. Thankfully he was found at the 11th hour! They never would have got me on the flight without MissBlueTeddy.

pramsgalore4 · 10/05/2011 16:34

my little girl has bear bear, we have bought bear bear number 2 just in case we loose the first bear bear but shes not as dirty and smelly !!!!