Hmmm, OK. Well, I’ve always had pleasant interactions with MOL, so I can’t comment on that. But, dude, unless you have dealt with a toddler whose lovey has been left at daycare overnight (aka, ***gone forever!!! ***in toddler world), you just don’t know. We’d get beyond it for a while…then the trauma would come rushing in at her anew. Bedtime was horrific. And that was just one night!
ETA: just saw your answer. Gotcha.
Actually, this is exactly what finally prompted me to start this thread! Happened yesterday.
I’m not sure if he’d spot a stunt double or not. Last week he was over at my mom’s and she washed the monkey, and . . . she has some kind of experienced mom superpowers or something, because the damn thing came out looking brand new. He always just looks slightly better when we wash him. Anyway, the kid didn’t seem to notice the difference, though it was striking to us.
His, I think.
Don’t let my testicles fool you.
MOL - You’re a man?? My gullibility never ends.
StG
I didn’t think so before, but I might be. The internet is a confusing place.
Seriously now, it’s not looking pretty. You might have to buy a regular monkey and get crafty with some blue dye.
coperation wiki
Call Florida, maybe they have a house full of crap they can’t get rid of
Oh wow. I will totally do that. Any leads on getting a phone number for them?
Thanks.
This site lists a phone number:
http://maps.boomtrek.us/orlando/100273426467/koala-baby-inc
This site lists something called Qooglenet at the same address with a different phone number:
If I didn’t have a cat sitting on me right now, I’d post a picture of Floppy, my stuffed animal from when I was a baby. He’s 63. When I got him, he’s already gone through two and a half other kids and was nearly ten…I loved him up until I was ten, then packed him away. He’s in pretty rough shape, but darn! I didn’t care how crappy he looked…he was Floppy! But truly…toys just don’t hold up these days! Of course, I wasn’t allowed to drag him anywhere outside of the house, and I was conned into leaving him behind when we went on vacation to “guard the house” but by then he had been washed a hundred times and restuffed with nylons. Vintage nylons…lol.
Good luck on your search.
I looked around my house and couldn’t find it. I know we had one because it looks so different, and it has a belly button. I’ll keep looking, but I don’t think there’s much chance of finding it at my house.
I’ll be heading over to Babies R Us after work today.
It might seem like a stretch, but about 7 years ago, the moms on my Mommies board were able to locate a stuffed something or other under similar circumstances. Out of stock everywhere, someone needed it for her son, and the magic of a connected group of strangers was able to provide.
I actually noticed a box of stuffed animal/blankie combo critters at Costco last night, so I looked through them just in case. They were the wrong brand, sadly.
My husband also looked at me as though I might have snapped, since we have no kids and suddenly I stopped and pounced on this box of baby toys. I had to explain what was going on. 
The confusion may have arisen from the presence of Doper CrankyAsAnOldMan, now mostly inactive, but very much female.
**Mean Old Lady **is female, too. Not old, not that mean, but a female.
The Koala Baby phone number is out of order. I forgot to try the Qooglenet number (though what are the chances?) I’ll probably try tomorrow just in case.
He definitely has a belly button! My son learned “belly button” awhile back, and if we ask him to, he’ll go around and point out everyone in the room’s belly button, including the monkey’s. Do you know what happened to it? Goodwill?
At least [del]s[/del]he wants us to think so . . .
One of three things happened to it, it got sold or donated, my ex took it, or it’s in the attic*. I don’t think it’s the last one though I will check. I looked at Toys R Us tonight but they didn’t have one.
*I was going to say Opal took it, but well…
When my youngest was a baby, for this reason, I bought about a half dozen little ‘blanket bears’ so we would never run out. The outcome? Now he is almost 3 and can distinguish between the differences…
"I want the cuddle bear with the big head! The BIG head!
(some of their stuffing has been lost with washings…and their color is different too. So he has 6 bears in his bed with him now but he is mad because the ONE with the properly stuffed head and the green one is missing.)
Lesson: You can’t win.
Interesting. Boy 1.0, tried as we might, never had a transition item. (He was always, always, a challenging sleeper–still somewhat is now, at 4 1/2). Boy 2.0, however, loves his stuffed animals, to the same extent his brother completely ignored them.
Now when I put him to bed, he openly reaches for his two bedtime buddies as he descends into the crib–a teddy bear and a rabbit, both rejects of his brother’s. Wonder if I should start substituting other stuffed animals so he has a larger pool of suitable bedtime buddies.
Mercifully, he is a significantly easier sleeper than his bro.
Sorry dude but I just found out that MY 2 year old loves this monkey. She doesn’t spend the night here so I never knew. However my soon to be ex said she would look for one.
That is awesome. For some reason, that brought a smile to my face.