I work in a daycare so I should be used to this by now, but somehow not. I don't know why it is, but I can handle 15 2 year olds reinacting Lord of the Flies but I can't handle the new toys my mother in law sent my son for his birthday. All of them make noise all the time, and no matter how many times you turn them off they never seem to quit. I almost wish I could raise my son in the same time I grew up, where you had to make your own sound effects for your toys.
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Noisy Toys
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Yep, take the batteries out. And I don't mind if the kids get a little rough with the talking and singing toys. Whoopsie, it broke! Awww, we have to throw it away now. Oh well....
Those toys look cool and flashy in the boxes and on the commercials. But when you actually take it out of the box and push the buttons your kid suddenly realizes that there's not much he can do with the thing but sit and stare at it.
Those toys look cool and flashy in the boxes and on the commercials. But when you actually take it out of the box and push the buttons your kid suddenly realizes that there's not much he can do with the thing but sit and stare at it.
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Okay, post from Martin Calvin's wife, the one who must listen to the toy all day!!! This is a new toy, and as soon as he stops carrying it around all day, it's going to disappear. At this age, he's not going to know the difference!
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How about some tape? My daughter had this really loud Blue's Clues phone and we put clear tape across the speaker to make it a little quieter. That is, until you can make it disappear.
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Heres where I am lucky. My 3 yo never really likes the noisy toys. They are fun for a little while, but yes, he prefers things like legos and his cars than noisy gadgets.
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Ditto. After the noisy toy is put down and out of my childs mind it disappears forever, or perhaps only until my child is up late enough to watch Unsolved Mysteries reruns.faith renewal said:
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We bought our daughter a Luv cub (Fur Real Friend) for Christmas. It whines and sighs all the time and never shuts up (unless you turn it off). She actually gets so frustrated with it she'll start to cry. That's when I realized we went too far with the interactive toy thing. I think I'll put it away somewhere and only bring it out every once in a while.
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This just cracked me up!lucypevensie said:Yep, take the batteries out. And I don't mind if the kids get a little rough with the talking and singing toys. Whoopsie, it broke! Awww, we have to throw it away now. Oh well....
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I think that noise making toys are made at a level that adult humans literally can not listen to sanely. I say DOWN! DOWN! Down with noise making toys!
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I learned to love noisy toys. I would rather listen to an annoying toy over my twins fighting and screaming any day!
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I can only handle SO MUCH of the CHICKEN DANCE ELMO *SCREAM!!!!!*
Too bad he sounds like the wicked witch of the west when she's melting now... heh heh...-- and somehow I just never have any batteries for it when the kids ask...
I think that these toys are a grandparent's way of getting back at how we acted when we were kids LOL!
Too bad he sounds like the wicked witch of the west when she's melting now... heh heh...-- and somehow I just never have any batteries for it when the kids ask...
I think that these toys are a grandparent's way of getting back at how we acted when we were kids LOL!
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lovemysoldier said:
Unless they're fighting and screaming over that noisey toy, right? LOL
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Too funny...
Before I had a child...I gave my friends kids noisy toys. I didn't know better. One of our friends had a rule that we now use. It goes like this: For every noisy toy you give us...you get two in return. Because Johnny and/or Mary will eventually come and visit you with those toys. We've even threatened that the toys will fall out the window. This works because we live twelve flights up. I really like Fisher Price, now because they are installing the on/off/high/low switches. Hammers are a beautiful thing. My daughter received a Christian doll because it had her name. It's name was Happy Hannah. It sang christian songs but was ungodly loud! After a bit of teddy bear surgery and tape. It sounds much better to us. I say, "Tape it or Break it!" Just kidding...
Before I had a child...I gave my friends kids noisy toys. I didn't know better. One of our friends had a rule that we now use. It goes like this: For every noisy toy you give us...you get two in return. Because Johnny and/or Mary will eventually come and visit you with those toys. We've even threatened that the toys will fall out the window. This works because we live twelve flights up. I really like Fisher Price, now because they are installing the on/off/high/low switches. Hammers are a beautiful thing. My daughter received a Christian doll because it had her name. It's name was Happy Hannah. It sang christian songs but was ungodly loud! After a bit of teddy bear surgery and tape. It sounds much better to us. I say, "Tape it or Break it!" Just kidding...
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Whoa-- no kidding! Even Happy Meal Toys are coming with those-- and they're HARD to turn off or on-- not just some simple switch to flip back on when mom or dad flips it off *giggle!*
My kids got these little praying bears from my parents this year-- they are ABSOLUTELY adorable until you make them pray-- they are SO LOUD!!, and not only that, they have thick Japanese accents... its annoying but funny at the same time-- my parents had ordered them from a catalog so when we opened them is when we found out this strangly amusing and annoying thing LOL!
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CoffeeSnob said:My kids got these little praying bears from my parents this year-- they are ABSOLUTELY adorable until you make them pray-- they are SO LOUD!!, and not only that, they have thick Japanese accents... its annoying but funny at the same time-- QUOTE]I received three of these at my baby shower. My daughter has a pink bear, white angel, and blue bear who only prays when you cover his eyes with his attached shades. We have fun trying to start them all at once. They all have the same exact voice which is a bit creepy but, hey it's the thought that counts right?
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