please HELP lost ..........part 2

[emmatmg]

here you go ladies.....

[fishfinger]

see the crying thread

[SenoraPostrophe]

so why the resurrection, fish?

[EnidFlyingHighOnPainkillers]

how weird


and strangely unsatisfiying

[fishfinger]

yes she bloody found the 1st one
she was a doemstic slattern

[SenoraPostrophe]

no it wasn't, you miserable witches

[EnidFlyingHighOnPainkillers]

it was all bollocks!

i fell for it

[fishfinger]

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[Insaniac]

All has gone quiet from Skie, what's happening?

[SecondhandRose]

Ah, finally found this site. What's the news then?

[Slinky]

I assume the one sent wasn't any good as I found a posting on UKParents by Skie this afternoon.

I was reading it thinking it rang a bell, when I came back to check on here realised it was the same thing.

[Ayz]

Aaaah! Im dying to know wots happened now

[Carla]

Ooops, sorry - no idea how that wink got there!

[Carla]

If, as someone previously suggested, it was displayed at nursery/school with a 'Found' sign on it, wouldn't dd just ignore it (and you could say 'oh, looks a bit like our strawberry, doesn't it' if she wasn't taken in by it. If, however, she thinks it looks like her strawberry then you can say 'oh, thank goodness, we've found her'. That way you could cover her disappointment (if indeed disappointment it is) by explaining that someone else had lost their strawberry too

[Demented]

Was just thinking about strawberry. Any news??? Or is it a definate no-no?

[Ayz]

Has dd got strawberry back in her arms yet or not??

[mears]

Hope you manage to find your happy ending skie. You get kind of carried away on mumsnet sometimes and forget the original issue. You wanted an exact replacement and not advice on how to introduce a similar one. Only you know your child and what their response would be - not us faceless mumsnetters.
Please let us know how you get on a bit further down the line and hope you don't feel harrassed by us

[skie]

His body is about 5 and a half inches long, and 5 and a half inches wide. He is exactly the same one Emma had - Peeko on the label - but they made lots of different sizes! (Ours was the smallest).
I know you all want me to give the other one to DD - and I'm more desperate than anyone to end this thing happily! It's just that I have a feeling that the sight of it will make her miss strawberry more, not less! Honestly, she's seen other models that are similar and her reaction has been quite upsetting and I'm not sure whether to risk it! IF we never find an identical one, I'd like her to have the bigger one some day in the distant future, when she is no longer upset by the whole thing!
I'm sure you're all completely sick of this, so feel free to leave the thread! I'd never had made such an effort for any other toy - dd2 doesn't have any such MAJOR attachments and dd1 has lost other beloved toys too (I remember a black panther she left in France) but we didn't go to any lengths to replace them. It's just that this toy, this 'boy', was so mixed up with who she was/ is - and after three months, she was/is still finding the loss upsetting... HOWEVER, you've all done so much - if you ever find one..CALL ME... but otherwise THANKS !

[Rhubarb]

We all could print off the picture of the strawberry and post it up where we live with a huge WANTED sign above its head. But we would need to know the height so that we don't get the bigger ones.
You never know, someone, somewhere must have one and if we all did our bit, they might get to know about this!

[emkaren]

I agree with mears, skie, it's worth a try: Give her the one you have now, PLEASE! Ok, she wasn't interested in the bigger model before - but then she still had the original one then! And the fact that the loveheart only made her more sad doesn't mean she won't be pleased with Strawberry. Hide him somewhere where she can 'accidentally' find him - maybe she'll never notice the difference? Or go with the Mummy story after all? Just try something - it can't be any worse than it is now, can it? God, I can't believe how strongly I feel about this!

[Carla]

Skie

Don't keep us all in suspense!

[ghengis]

Lol Furball

[mears]

If you have no joy contacting the company then please say that you will give her the strawberry you have. You just don't know....she could be delighted...

[bloss]

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[skie]

Thanks again so much for all your help!
The isle of man no and address doesn't exist anymore, but I'll try the Kent one now!
All I can say is, if you ever see one anywhere then please contact me.. Apart from that, you've all done more than enough. Truly amazing bunch...

[Furball]

Could you not hide Strawberry in the food cupboard with a few crumbs on, then you could ask dd to get something from the cupboard and strawberry would be hiding in there having put on a few lbs due to stuffing it's face in the biscuit tin.