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to think SOMEONE must be able to help a desperate child?

263 replies

crispface · 15/11/2011 20:01

am posting this on behalf of another mumsnetter whose son lost his favourite monkey over 2 years ago, and still cries for him.

The monkey has been discontinued by the white company, and no amount of desperate searches can help.

Now mumsnet is a big old world - can ANYONE help a poor little lad and make his christmas?

picture here

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HauntedHengshanRoad · 16/11/2011 03:56

And OP? A desperate child isn't one who has lost a toy. A desperate child is one who doesn't have any food to eat, a bed to sleep in, or safety from abuse or attack.

Changing2011 · 16/11/2011 06:33

Oh, and there was me thinking this thread would be about children in need or similar! Desperate indeed.

Oh, and my dd has a doggy who is VERY special and would be sorely missed, but jeez, she is still one lucky little girl without him. Op this thread title leaves a bad taste!

DogStinkhorn · 16/11/2011 07:00

I think some of you are being really shitty now. OP is just trying to do a good thing.

exoticfruits · 16/11/2011 07:08

I can't believe that people are so nasty. Obviously the DC isn't literally desperate, but it would be lovely for OP to track one down.
I would much rather have a kind person try, than say 'get over it you stupid child, you are alive and cared for -what more do you want'!

utterlyslutterly · 16/11/2011 07:08

Might be worth contacting this seller for a photo or more info?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Soft-Toy-Stripy-Monkey-/350506690050?pt=UK_Soft_Toys_Bears&hash=item519bd3a602#ht_499wt_1159

antsypants · 16/11/2011 07:09

It would be nice to find it, but as the little boys mum has said, he gets upset infrequently when reminded, he isn't sitting in a black veil lamenting the gods for Christ sake.

I was forced to leave a gift my great gran gave me when I was four behind on one of our many moves and 31 years later I still think of it and her, still wish I could come across it some day, and if someone cared enough about me to go to all this trouble to even find something similar it would be amazing.

Good luck with the search, I will, like most other keep my eyes peeled

exoticfruits · 16/11/2011 07:09

How can someone trying to find a similar toy for Christmas leave a bad taste? Confused It is highly likely that someone has one stuffed in a cupboard that they don't want.

utterlyslutterly · 16/11/2011 07:09

try again
"http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Soft-Toy-Stripy-Monkey-/350506690050?pt=UK_Soft_Toys_Bears&hash=item519bd3a602#ht_499wt_1159"

utterlyslutterly · 16/11/2011 07:10

sorry - obviously can't do links!

CheeseAndBunion · 16/11/2011 07:13

Ok. I've got up this morning and realised this thread has moved in a totally different direction.

Mr Bloom, Haunted and Changing it is my story and I did not post this in am AIBU. I put my teddy hunt in Toys Reunited and Chat hoping I might track one down for Xmas. A very thoughtful mumsnetter who wanted to help started a thread here thinking it might get more traffic and yield results. And she was right. People were very kind, came up with some great ideas and even though I didn't track the monkey down I was touched by how sympathetic total strangers were and all they did to help.

This morning I've found comments about my parenting and my son. Please understand I am just trying to track down a replacement for a lost teddy. I don't want to be judged for that and I certainly don't want my 4 year old son to be called a 'sissy' because of it. I understand he is a lucky boy and there are those in far more need, I just thought tracking down a new 'Stripes' might be a nice thing to do for him and my Dad.

CheerfulYank · 16/11/2011 07:23

I really hope you find one, Cheese . I will keep on the lookout and so will my DS. He is also 4 and is quite concerned. :)

Thumbwitch · 16/11/2011 07:30

Cheese - it is a lovely thing to want to do. Ignore the nonempathic ones. And good luck!

exoticfruits · 16/11/2011 07:32

Ignore them Cheese-I think it is a lovely (an sensible) idea.

savoycabbage · 16/11/2011 07:40

Good luck Cheese. When I emigrated I left my childhood teddy behind at my Mam's house in case the boat sank on the way to Australia...

Byeckerslike · 16/11/2011 07:41

Good luck Cheese, i will keep my eyes open, to the peoplewho made harsh comments,why not read the entire thread, the boys mum has said repeatedly its HER looking for it, not her son, he is a typical 4 yr old by all accounts, not in need of counselling for this monkey! Grin

Fgs stop being heartless and looking for someone to be nasty to!

ItWasABoojum · 16/11/2011 07:47

Good luck Cheese - hope you find one. Even if you don't, your little boy is very lucky that you care so much. Why don't you keep a copy of this thread (blur out the cynical sillies!) to show him when he's older? I'm sure he'll be very touched.

SoupDragon · 16/11/2011 07:52

Post the picture on Arts and Crafts and see if anyone can knit you one.

It still won't be the lost toy though.

washngo · 16/11/2011 07:53

Was just thinking what a nice friendly thread this was when a few people started being unnecessarily unpleasant. Mrbloomsnursery - if you had read what cheese had said about her ds (ie that he is fine about the missing teddy but would be very happy to see him again) perhaps you wouldn't have felt the need to say that his behaviour was "weird". To be honest I think that's a fairly unacceptable way to describe a child.

Cheese - have you tried posting a 'looking for' advertisement on gumtree.

lisad123 · 16/11/2011 07:54

Wow you lot are a bunch of heartless woman on here.
She has said she wants to find a replacement and her son would be fine if she didn't but wants to get one if she can. Can mums not do anything really nice anymore without it being classes as pandering!!
Bet if it was a dh looking for his wife's childhood teddy, wife wouldn't be called a sissy or dh told he was pandering!

Hope you find him cheese Wink

lktoday5 · 16/11/2011 08:03

cheese ignore the haters who obviously haven't actually read what you wrote. Lovely thing to do ...

CheeseAndBunion · 16/11/2011 08:08

Thanks all for making me seem a bit less loopy! I had a well-loved battered teddy myself that I kept for years and on the morning of my wedding day I opened a gift from my Mum to find him inside. After about 15 years of being stuffed in the loft she had got him down and made him a little best man's suit. He was inside this box all dolled up like an usher with a little note saying 'I couldn't miss your big day could I.' It was the silliest, cutest thing and I loved her for thinking of it. I'm not sure our prodigal monkey will ever return but I hope my DS will be equally entertained in years to come by the tale of my batty hunt (and all your help) to track 'Stripes' down.

Cloudbase · 16/11/2011 08:09

Cheese - has he got vertical navy blue, light blue, red and green stripes, from the White Company around 2007? If so, I have one! Belonged to my daughter who liked but not loved it. We've had chats in the past about passing on old toys to other children who can love them, and she is quite happy for your son to have Monkey. Do you want to PM me?

Bloodymary · 16/11/2011 08:15

Shame on the poster who reffered to a 4 year old child as a 'sissy'.

cfc · 16/11/2011 08:17

Yay!! What a result!

PS - don't listen to the nastiness OP and Cheese.