I can't decide whether I am happy or sad...

r9stedt

All of these Christmas toys everyone is buying, I have had to look up.   

Leap frog explorer?

Go go walk puppies?

Lalala weirdo dolls?

  

How do your kids know about all of these toys?   Tv? friends?  what?

Lucas asked for fruit snacks for Christmas.    Warms my heart. 

CBKMRB

The only thing Keira mentioned is the walk puppy which she saw on TV.

xbrooklyngrl

LOL  randomly at my house you'll here this:

B: MOM, can I have that?

Me: Sure babe (as I wash dishes in a completely different room not even seeing what she's talking about.

She gets a kick out of it and I have yet to have her hold me to it.

cristiana

TV. My DD loves commercials. The Leapster is what my DS wants, and he saw the display at Target.

joseysbride

Oh, I know.  I have no idea what any of these things are.  We were looking for a birthday gift at Target last weekend, and I saw one of those Loopsy dolls (whatever they are called).  I showed Rory and just to see her reaction I said, "Isn't this cute?  Maybe you could ask Santa for this?"  ...no interest whatsoever. 

And then after, I thought about buying the pink one to send to mlm's husband since he has been looking all over. LOL!

Rory has been reminding me over and over, though, that she wants some baby that eats real food because one of the girls at daycare brought it one day.

veloelle

That is exactly why I selfishly only let DD watch PBS or On Demand. No commercials!  The stuff she asks for she sees in the catalogs I get.

mamarazzi

Well, Law wants everything he sees on TV.  He also wants to explore the toy department every time we go to Target "to see what he wants for KickMuss."  Then we got the TRU Big Toy Book last week and he's literally spent hours looking through every page.  He circled almost everything and on the "girly, pink" pages, he marked stuff for his "baby sisser."

The stuff he wants is fairly generic/general, though, other than a penguin Pillow Pet (which he's wanted for MONTHS).  He basically wants race tracks, race cars, trains and trucks.  I have no clue what a LaLaLoopsy doll is (or any of those other things you mentioned).  He does want a MobiGo, but he saw that in the store, not on TV.

His most hilarious request has been the automatic toothpaste dispenser.  LOL.

joseysbride

Oh, I also saw those singamajig dolls, though, and will admit that I wanted one.  I stood there for the longest time playing with it, and again asked Rory, "Don't you want one of these for Christmas?" (read:  I want an excuse to play with this some more.)  Her response:  "No, Cohen can have it, though."  LOL!

DandelionMom

Mostly from the toy aisles at Target (we've had a lot of birthdays to buy for lately). 

joseysbride

xbrooklyngrl:

LOL  randomly at my house you'll here this:

B: MOM, can I have that?

Me: Sure babe (as I wash dishes in a completely different room not even seeing what she's talking about.

She gets a kick out of it and I have yet to have her hold me to it.

We do the same thing!  This is why I stick to the shows on the On Demand.  No commercials.  Because she will say she wants everything she sees while she is watching.

#6

Commercials!  They are the devil!  

Every.single.commercial L says "can I have that"  or "I want that"

If its a girl toy the girls ask "is that a big girl toy"  "can I have that"  "I want that"  "will santa bring me one"  

Its soooo annoying!  But I remember doing the same thing and how excited I used to get around christmas when all the "good" commercials would come on.  

My girls are getting a Lalaloopsy freaky doll from my gma.  I bought the LF Explorer things for all 3 on Monday but they wanted those when they saw them in the store back in the summer.  Now there is a $10 coupon for them.  Yeah, taking mine back so I can save $30.   

I know what most of the toys are because we walk around the toy section starting in Oct. to get ideas for santa.  I write down things they play with the most when we go.  We usually go to WM, Target and TRU at least once each to gather ideas.  I want to make sure they know what the toys are before I just randomly go shopping for things I "think" they may like.  

 

MrsStubbs

I got DD a leapster last year for christmas, I figured since she liked DH's DS so much I would get her that. She played with it for a week and now does not play with it. Go figure.

penguingrrl

I haven't heard of any of these lol!  We don't really know any other kids and don't have cable, so no exposure to them!

joy143dh

I haven't heard either.  DS rarely sees commercials - NickJr and PBS don't have many. He mostly watches OnDemand anyway.   When he does say he wants something, I usually just nod and say 'OK, save your money' without looking to see what it is.

The only time I got him something because of a commercial was Moon Sand.  Lesson learned.

Carol*Brady

I don't know what those are & I don't think my kids do either.  THey watch plenty of TV but the only things they have requested is "Zoo Pals", "pillow pets" & a Fushigi ball.  

belle204

Tv commercials, online ads, toysrus.com, stores. It never ends.

peekaboo716

You should be happy!

DH introduced DS to a station other than PBS or Nick Jr or Disney whatever that has Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I curse that day. He saw his first commercials and has had a case of the "gimmies" ever since. Now, DS doesn't know what things you're talking about, but he has plenty of things that he wants. I keep telling him to ask Santa for it. He wants just about every toy he sees. Walking through the toy department in Target can last hours.

august06mom

DS asks for nothing. I love it, and I'm fully aware that it will end at some point. He's so used to DVRs that he hates commercials, freaks out and whines when they come on because the show isn't on -- that's really just about as annoying as asking for stuff.

Ciarrai

My girls have started watching Strawberry Shortcake every few days.  Before that, they only watched PBS and Disney (and only for one or two shows a day) which have no commercials.  DD#1 keeps wanting to get me some kind of purse organizer they advertise on there as well as get everything she sees for herself (or ask Santa for it).  She doesn't know what the Lala dolls are.  And we have a lot of conversations like brooklyn.  "Mom, I want that."  "Ok, honey, you'll have to ask Santa."

j-w

I DVR the kids' shows and there are no commercials when they watch them back!  DD does love to flip through catalogs and walk through the toy aisles, but she really hasn't been very unreasonable so far!  She does love to get ideas from what kids bring in the sharing bag at school, though!  She asked for 2 very specific items for her birthday after kids from school brought them in.

Kapalua

N makes me take pictures of him with toys so he won't forget to ask Santa.  It's kinda my fault....it was the only way I could get him out of Target one day.  But now we have to do it *everywhere*.  Including the grocery store.  Why the hell do they have to have toys at the grocery store???

r9stedt

I guess I am glad that we don't have tv.  And we don't hit the toy aisles.  

AggieCouple

Mainly her friends at school or her older cousins.  She heard about Twinkletoes, Polly Pocket and Hello Kitty, all through them.  

Her obsession with Littlest Pet Shop actually started because they have a small play set for "Toy Work" at school.  She loves it, and apparently, all the girls try to get to school early so they can grab the LPS.  I don't mind, as I think they are fairly low on the obnoxious scale, and honestly, without it, I'd be at a lost for what to buy her.

I did ask her if she had seen the LalaLoopsy dolls, and she has not.  I was kind of hoping she had and wanted one because I have no idea what to get her for Christmas. 

The other stuff, I've not heard of, either.  We do go down the toy aisle a lot though, as we have 24 cousins between our two families to shop for.