Gift Ideas for 3 yr old boy and 10 year old girl.?

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rat82

I need some ideas for Christmas gifts for a 3 year old boy and a 10 year old girl.

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Are they your own or are they family? If they are family, the best thing is Gift card to Toy's R Us/Babies R Us. That way they can go, look around and get something special that they would really like.
Or if you really want to buy something here are some suggestions:
3yr old:
Book
Twist up Crayons
Coloring book
Cars
Train
Favorite character movie

Girl:
Trendy shirt/pants
Music cd
Fav movie
Book
New backpack for school

It all really depends on what the kids are into.

Kids of the 90's, what's the best toy?

ARoseInBlo

Alright...there were a whole bunch of great toys that we grew up with...toys, board games, action figures, dolls, etc....what are some of your personal favorites....

(no video games, although there were some great ones)

mine is definitely light brite!!
yes yes most of these are 80's toys that we carried over into the 90's...

it's all fair game

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"I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys "R" Us kid!"

90210 Dolls
Baby Furby
Beanie Babys
Buzz Lightyear
Cabbage Patch Kids Food and Backpack
Cupcake dolls
Gameboy Color
Jurassic Park Dinosaurs
Laser Pointers
Magic Bottle Baby
Magic Eye Books
Mattel Disney Classics Collection dolls
NEW My Little Ponies
Nano Babies
New Kids on the Block dolls
Pogs
Polly Pocket and Mighty Max
Puzz 3-D
Skip-It
Spy Tech
Talkboy
Tamagotchi
Teen Talk Barbie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Treasure Trolls

(Do you remember this stuff?)

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Do you use a backpack "leash" for your child?

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Mrs. Dwigh

If you do, do you get a lot of rude comments from strangers about it?

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Yes we use it occasionally. And I'm going to use it more, as I cannot keep up with my 2 year old as her little baby brother is growing inside of me. :) I'm 27 weeks. I wish I used it at the wic office the other day actually. Definitely taking her monkey backpack harness-aka child leash- with me when we visit Seattle in the next couple weeks. It's actually pretty cute and they can hold like their snacks or a cup in there. :) My daughter will run like crazy anywhere, so it is very handy to keep, I just keep it in the car. I have the tail part wrapped around my wrist and let her hold my hand. Then when she get's her eye on something, she can't run off too far. :)
I haven't really got any rude comments about it but I'll tell you a funny one a little boy made a comment on it. We were in Costco and we had her monkey"leash" on her so she can walk around. Well a little boy in the grocery cart goes. "Mommy! mommy! That girl has a leash on!!" I just smile oh so sweetly, then he looks at my bf and repeats. "she has a leash"... My boyfriend retorts back, "yeah, but you are in a cage!! LMAO!!! kid's face just dropped and his mother and I were laughing hysterically. :)
But I don't care what people think. My daughter's safety and more important than people's opinions. Better safe than sorry.

BTW... A LEASH IS WHAT MOST DOGS WEAR AROUND THEIR "NECK"... just to the people referring these things to walking a dog... :)

toddler backpack type harness or a bigger carrier?

Mommy to 2

I have a very lets say ACTIVE almost 2 year old...she will be 2 the end of Nov...she has been walking since before she turned a year old and is starting to really not like her stroller at all...When she was smaller I carried her in a carrier and she loved it and as she become bigger she become to heavy for me to carry anymore so I had switch over to her stoller...I would like to know if anyone knows of a good comfortable carrier for an older baby who is still almost to little to just walk but hates to be put in the stroller....we have also been thinking about one of those backpack type harness things...just so that she is close and can't get away.....I already know that you have to teach them dicipline..I get that I have an 8 year old that is very well behaved and never had this much energy when she was little...I just want my little girl to be safe and happy all at the same time....any suggestions??? Would you use a backpack harness???
if I was to use a backpack it would only be when we go to like the zoo or the store or someplace crowed...I would never use like outside playing or anything like that...

I would use it just to get her used to walking until she learned to stay by me...she is not even 2 years old yet

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My highly spirited 18-month-old uses a harness/leash combo almost all the time when we go out.
She loves it! She knows that she can wander within the 2 foot radius that the leash gives her and she loves the semi-freedom. She knows that if she doesn't wear the harness that she has to hold my hand or ride in the buggy (shopping cart) and she doesn't like either of those options so she always chooses the leash.

I don't even use the backpack style ones, the leashes are way too short to give your toddler the freedom they are looking for. Munchkin makes a great harness/leash combo that can also be used as a dual wrist leash when they get too big for the chest harness.

I get looks and the occasional comment, but for my little one she would rather have the harness then have to ride in the buggy or hold my hand, she likes the freedom to wander.

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