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 Plush
Teddy Bear
Stuffed
animals make the perfect presents for all occasions if you have young
children in your family, or if your friends do. I recently bought my
niece a plush teddy bear, and boy was she ever happy with it. She is
five years old, and loves her stuffed teddy bears more than all of her
other toys, so I thought that I would get her another one to add to the
collection. This plush teddy bear was pretty big – almost as
big as Sally, my niece, and so she makes quite a site carrying it into
the room. She has to bend backwards to lug the huge plush teddy bear
around with her, and sometimes has to take a rest. She loves to cuddle
with it, but even more likes to wrestle with it. She says the funniest
things, too. The other day, she was complaining that whenever they
wrestle, the plush teddy bear always wins.
Of course, the first thing she did when I gave her that stuffed teddy
bear, was to name it. She named it “Mr. Google
Eyes,” because it has the biggest eyes that you've ever seen
on a stuffed animal. They are bigger than quarters, with a surprised
look permanently displayed on them, and eye lashes painted on. She
seems to know that the plush teddy bear is giving her a look of
surprise, because whenever she has some new news to share with us, she
says it instead to Mr. Google Eyes. “Guess what,”
she'll say, “my friend is coming over from school tomorrow.
Aren't you surprised?” And the plush teddy bear does look
surprised.
Of course, you wouldn't want to get a much younger child such a nice
plush teddy bear. At young ages, what you really want to get them are
things that are either made tough, or things that won't be that sorely
missed if they are ripped apart, or drown in a sea of drool. If you are
dealing with a very young one, chances are that she will already have
enough stuffed animals, and won't need another plush teddy bear anyway.
The best thing to get her is something educational, like those puzzles
for little kids with different size blocks that you can put into
different holes. That way, she will have something to occupy her during
the long hours in the crib, and will be able to start learning early
too.
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