To be tearfully devastated at missing Cbeebies birthday announcement?

[spungold1475]

So I spent days making a beautiful card for my daughter Penny's 1st birthday. I put in so much effort, and then bought the massive envelope, paid the expensive postage cost, and set up all the various time slots to record the birthday announcements on the day (Friday 20th Oct).
I come home that evening and excitedly go through the recordings to find that my TiVo box inexplicably didn't record the lunchtime slot. It did the morning and evening slot, but the lunchtime recordings are just grey screens of Doom.
I put it to the back of my mind, believing that the card probably wasn't read out then anyway, only to be messaged THE NEXT DAY by my friend saying "ooh, I saw penny's card on TV".
I'm devastated. I've tried tweeting, facebooking and emailing Cbeebies and anyone affiliated with them, but they make it clear that they don't send out recordings.
I'm So Upset! I feel irrationally angry with BBC for not putting them on iPlayer. I'm angry at TiVo box for buggering up the recordings. I'm even angry at my friend for waiting a whole day to tell me it was shown.
Its just a card. My daughter wouldn't even understand, she's only one. But I was so proud and so excited. AIBU??! XX

Aw - you got it - hurray!!!

I completely understand the upset after putting in the time and effort and thought.

Very shocked at some of the replies on this thread - well done for sticking with it, OP.

You deserved a happy ending.

But as for some of the rest of you...i'm baffled, I really am.

Yay! Good work Kannet!

anypne else just watched that and been a bit at some of the names?

Arriety???? Kalel? maximus????

So glad this worked out for you, OP! Penny is such a sweet name and your card is gorgeous.

Also, OMG love the name Arrietty - so sweet. #studioghibli

I'm so pleased for you.

Little Penny is adorable and I'm sure she will enjoy seeing herself on TV!

Awww what a lovely card and I am sure your DD will love seeing her card in future, and now too! But I understand also that you will love to see a card you spent time making with your lovely DD on it too - don't understand why others wouldn't understand that? It's ok to feel fed up that you missed a card when it was actually shown . I made 2 for my DS that weren't shown, so I was delighted to see DDs on her 1st birthday.

So pleased you got to see it. Well done Kannet!

Well you did trust Richard Branson with this most important recording? Sucker! Should get a SKY Q instead.

I think you can do this on Tivo, home, channels, choose the channel you want, press the back button until you arrive at the correct date, select the program you may be able to watch the program. I believe you can go back 7 to 10 days

Woohoo so glad you got the recording. It was a lovely card you made too

So glad you found it and YANBU.
I've missed my sons card twice, I was very upset both times and both times someone on Mumsnet found it for me!!
I love a happy ending. :)

WTF is wrong with some people on this thread that they’re so offended by the OP being upset to miss something she’s put so much effort into. Really mean spirited!

Glad you got a copy OP. The card was lovely!

I agree with you Stylish there’s been some right wankers on here.

Glad you got to see your dds birthday card on CBeebies she’s very cute x

So glad you got to see it and show your DD. Ignore those posters who have been so unpleasant. Can't understand what they get out of it.

Aww, very cute! Glad you got to see it.

@crunching isn't Kalel Superman's birth name? And Arrietty the little girl Borrower?

I like Arrietty but I think essentially calling your child Superman is a bit

Dammit @crunchtime

Let me get this straight. You are tearfully devastated because a card to do with your child, who is too young to be aware of any of it, was not read out on television. Is that correct?

OMG.

Tearfully devastated was clearly a bit of dramatic hyperbole! The OP was a bit gutted to have missed the showing of the card and understandably so, ffs! Who cares whether her DD won't remember - OP will remember and it's as much for her at that age as for her DD and her DD will be made happy by seeing it, even if it is momentarily and she doesn't remember afterwards. Some of you are so callous.

I’m so pleased that you got to see it because I would have been gutted too!
Well done Kannet!
Plenty of compassionate posters on here with sadly the odd keyboard warrior twat thrown in too.
Ignore them.

Word on the street is that @DesignatedSurvivor was banned.

In her memory ...

Yay!! So glad you found it!!

I would’ve been upset too OP. What a lovely little momento to look back on for your DD, I know my kids would love to have had something like this

Sorry about all the misery guts on here Bit unnecessary!

Great news! We did one on channel 5 for dd 1st birthday, and still nearly a year later she loves seeing herself on the telle.

So glad you found it. My daughter adored seeing her card played back, she’s 9 now and still loves it. And they didn’t show the card I spent hours over when DD2 was 1 and DD1 was 5 (consecutive days). I still haven’t forgiven CBeebies!