dd2 wants me to buy her a plastic dora the exlporer torso for xmas...should i give in??

[noonar]

i really hate nasty plastic toys.

i really hate the fact that she saw it advertised on tv.

but it's what she wants.

should i get it?

would you?

you put her in the bath and then do her hair.

I've given in to that one as well. Plastic but joy giving [gri]

My dd wants it too ,it is her birthday a week after xmas ,I am hoping it gets reduced then I will buy it her .

It is tat but didn't we all love playing with tat when we were smaller.

sorry....

I really didn't want to buy what my 5 year old asked for. IMO it didn't have a lot of play value and I didn't know where it would go. It was what she kept saying she wanted though and as she doesn't usually ask for anything, I have decided to get it for her and I am glad I did.

i really hate nasty plastic toys and adverts, but I would get the one thing along with a more varied and interesting range of other presents.

actually bath toys do probably need to be plastic (or rubber I suppose) don't they?

it's the relentless branding of them I really loathe - as if a toy is not a toy unless it has a 'character' plastered all over it.

stop being so mean

hmm....thanks...jury's still out...

hey, np, am not mean- havent said i wont get it- just that i dont like it!

but its not for you!

yeah, but i'd still like to get something that i see as good quality/ value.

DD1 is getting a styling head for her birthday...

She really wants one, I know she'll be so pleased when she opens it

Imagine if you nagged your dh/dp for a specific type of perfume for Christmas and he went and got you a different brand?

Do it!

Of course! It's for her, not you!

Or could a grandparent get it for her? My FIL took HUGE pleasure in buying the plastic tat his grandchildren wanted - and it meant that we could hold the line against plastic tat while not depriving the dcs of the presents they really wanted - as opposed to the ones we wanted them to have!

horrible to even think of letting own tastes dictate here

ok, i obviously do want to get my dd something she likes. i'm not totally lacking in empathy, but i do think there's something rather distateful about buying a plastic head/ torso. i just find it a bit sinister, i suppose.

I think it's more that you hate plastic tat, rather than finding it sinister

Girls' World head-things have been around forever (well, I had one when I was 5 or 6!)

She'll love it, get hours of play out of it, it's not 'not of value' because she will benefit from playing with it. It's a role-play toy, isn't it?

For me, I'm hoping it will stop DD hassling to do my hair all the time

that was to "sinister"

how can dora be sinister?

she will lvoe it

my dd has a bratz one. i hate bratz but she loves it. its harmless ffs

does your dd believe in FC? if so she will be expecting that sinister bit o plastic tat come Xmas day.... better get it....trust me you do not want a disappointed dc

That crossed my mind too, Ingles...

If she believes she won't after!

My friend's DD aged 4 has this for her bath. I'm sorry to tell you, she absolutely LOVES it . You'll have to give in!