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I'm going to Build-a-Bear this weekend with some friends ( :banana: ) - oh! I should mention they're all friends that KNOW about adoption, so this isn't Sneakyville - and the little girls going are all going to be making their own bears! (Or dogs or monkeys or whatever!) ANYWAY, I thought it would be fun to make one for Cupcake to give to her at our next visit (I've never brought a present that's really something FUN that's for her NOW, you know?)
At Build-a-Bear, there's also the option of recording your own message that you can put inside the bear, so when she hugs the bear it says something that I recorded.
I would LOVE to do this for Cupcake, but I know that I need to plan ahead what I'm going to say!!!
Then I start to worry about what's "appropriate" - I don't want to overstep or anything....I would hate for this gift not to be well-received because of something I say.
Advice???
Amoms, what do you think would be appropriate? Not appropriate?
First Moms, have you done something like this? What did you say? Would you say?
Adoptees, what would you have liked to hear on a recording like this??
Any and all advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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I'm DEFINITELY comfortable with say it. (Though I usually tell her during our "alone" time on visits - when her Mom is walking around elsewhere in the store, etc.)
It does make me happy to hear that other amoms would like to have this sort of a gift for their kids...I was worried that I should ask her permission or something before getting such a gift, but it's something I really want to do for Cupcake.
Side note: I made one a few years ago for one of my nephews of me singing a song that always got him to hold still while changing his diaper - now his brother carries it around and calls it by my name - oh man, I really wish the batteries in that one would die already!! I'm REALLY done with everyone hearing me sing this silly recording all the time!!! haha
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Tgmom - I don't see how it could possibly be a problem. Well...I suppose if you said something ridiculous (I'm pretty sure if my brother were to make one it would have some smart-butt comment that my son would then forever be repeating!!)
Can I just suggest something tho? As a mom who was driven crazy by many a repetitive noise making toy?
Keep it simple - I LOVE YOU CUPCAKE or something like that would be fine...but I wouldn't get too crazy with the message.
This concern is NOT because it's from a birthfamily member - just a sanity thing.
thanksgivingmom
I'm going to Build-a-Bear this weekend with some friends ( :banana: ) - oh! I should mention they're all friends that KNOW about adoption, so this isn't Sneakyville - and the little girls going are all going to be making their own bears! (Or dogs or monkeys or whatever!) ANYWAY, I thought it would be fun to make one for Cupcake to give to her at our next visit (I've never brought a present that's really something FUN that's for her NOW, you know?) At Build-a-Bear, there's also the option of recording your own message that you can put inside the bear, so when she hugs the bear it says something that I recorded. I would LOVE to do this for Cupcake, but I know that I need to plan ahead what I'm going to say!!! Then I start to worry about what's "appropriate" - I don't want to overstep or anything....I would hate for this gift not to be well-received because of something I say. Advice??? Amoms, what do you think would be appropriate? Not appropriate?First Moms, have you done something like this? What did you say? Would you say?Adoptees, what would you have liked to hear on a recording like this?? Any and all advice is appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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haha, I did NOT purchase a wig!
In fact, none of the outfits seemed "right" - there wasn't a ballerina one there or I TOTALLY would have gotten it!!! So for now it's just a brown bunny with a pink nose and ears and pink bows on her ears :)
I don't know when our next visit will be though, so if I find myself at a BAB workshop I might pop in and pick up an outfit.
If not, it's always a little something I can pick up as gifts at other times. For now, I just went for less is more :flowergift:
paigeturner
A tutu is a must have for a bunny, IMO. I can't wait for you to give it to her! I love this idea.
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