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

[crispface]

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

As Cheese has said she we one day show this thread to her son I will refrain from saying what I'd like to about HenghsanRoad

How very lovely to hear there's going to be a happy ending, - good on you all, I'm sure it will make his Christmas, and his Grandad's.

What a lovely story. Well done Cloud and Crisp. It may be a boy and a knitted monkey but as we can see from lots of the posts here these are the things that childhoods are made of and we pretty much all remember how we felt when we were little.

Cheese you sound like an absolutely LOVELY mum and your DS is so lucky to have you care like you do. I'm not sure why anyone would post anything negative and can only conclude you are putting them to shame or they are jealous that some parents are so good at the detail.

Your parents sound lovely too, it obviously runs in the family Usher teddy bear... that's just fabulous!

A replacement has been found?!

HOOORAYYYYY!!!!!

I am sooo ridiculously pleased for you

And to all the miseryguts' out there - Of course the boy is not "desperate" but if I started a thread entitled "help me find this monkey" no-one would have looked at it would they?!

Cheese, you sound like a wonderful mum, and I hope your little boy grows up to have just as much kindness and empathy as you.

This is a lovely thread (apart from the few who made nasty comments - who should be ashamed of themselves), and I have a tear in my eye now, thinking of a little boy's happiness on Christmas morning.

Scarlett - my heart goes out to you, and I know how you feel. My dh threw out what he said was a bag of rubbish from the loft, that turned out to be a bagful of soft toys, including my childhood teddy, that I'd had since birth, that my dad chose for me. As soon as we realised what had happened (within an hour or so, I think) we rushed down to the tip, but the big skip had already gone to the landfill site, and Teddy was gone forever. Even though I was an adult, I cried on and off for weeks about that, and it still gives me a pang to think about it - so I can well imagine how much greater your heartbreak must have been, as an 8 year old forced to give up a much loved toy. And the fact that your sister knew how much it meant to you, and still gave it to their dog when the child didn't want it any more - she could have given it back to you at that point instead - heartless woman.

Another sobbing wreck here. Sometimes the world works in great ways

Aaw that's fabulous!

Well done cloudbase!

brilliant!!!

crispface, well done you, and cloud person well done you.

i'm amazed. lovely.

Wow, this is as good as Miguel Tuna! Fantastic the power of MN. Yes, we must have pictures of the reunion.

So pleased there is a happy ending. Am also happy that I went to bed before it got nasty and checked for the happy ending. We want a video of Xmas morning please

Yay! Well done cloudbase! What a lovely thread and a happy ending! Ps the wedding teddy story was just about the sweetest thing I've heard.

Cheese, I'll PM you again, but just in case, I've uploaded a pic of the Main Monkey himself on my profile, just so you can rest assured it's really him!

He is busy packing his case as I type, and is looking forward to coming home!

I've just taken a look at the two pictures....

So Excited!! He looks great

So pleased it turned out well and you lost the moaning minnies.

What a lovely happy ending.

Aaaw this is a lovely ending!

Some people on this thread are completely heartless. I can be a cold -hearted bitch of highest order, but my ex DH threw out my childhood teddy and panda, and I am still upset about it.

I can still smell my teddy :(

That's him!! No doubt about it. I'd recognise those stripes anywhere. He will of course now be grounded till he's 21 and not allowed to leave the house in case he goes AWOL again. Thank you so much Cloudbase, and to all of you for your brilliant messages. It's been a fabulous weepy Wednesday.

maribelmade.com/index.php/tag/monkey/ Is this web site any good??If not best of luck with your search x

Awww cloudbase!! you need lots of for being such a Top MNer! Well done to crispy for starting the thread too

Is he really going to be a Christmas present? That isn't right. He would surely need to have his beloved and much-missed best friend back asap. Not that I can't contain myself you understand...

ah Winter - you're missing the point that C&B's Dad will also be there at Christmas to witness the reunion so settle down and hold yourself in, it'll come soon enough!

I think I'd be like Winter - I'd want to hand the monkey over as soon as he arrived [no good with delayed gratification emoticon]

SDT and I are obviously channelling the child from the John Lewis ad.

Alls well that ends well.

Has anyone seen the film "The Pursuit of Happyness" where the Dad and son are running for the bus and the son drops his toy and he's crying his eyes out watching the toy on the ground as they drive away on the bus?

This thread reminded me of that

I did shed a little tear reading this thread slyly at work I wont lie

I swear this pregnancy has made me as soft as shit

I was astounded by the callous, nitpicking miserable posters on here! So glad this has a happy ending.
I can't wait for pics, either!

'packing his case as i type, and is looking forward to coming home'