Would you buy your grandchild a pooping flamingo?

If that's what the child wants then yes I would buy it for them. If I asked them for a walking stick I would hope they'd get me one. Giving presents (if asked) especially to children, is THEIR choice at Christmas NOT ours.

Nothing is new... My youngest is 40 and I can remember her having a toy plastic reindeer one year that when you pressed its back it pood chocolate covered raisins. It came from British Home Stores ( remember them ? ) and was hilarious! The best gift that year and still remembered. So in answer to the question yes I would !

My GS age 6 all time favourite is the WHOOPIE CUSHION.

Oh the fun he has with that which costs about £1.

The older GS loves to put blue tooth speaker under chairs where people are sat and make trump noises from his phone..(Hes 14) not sure if boys ever grow out of it. but if it makes them laugh then so be it.

It would be spending out for a load of crap..

How much??
If that information hadn’t put me off then the probability that it’s made in China probably would.
I can’t imagine that any child would find it funny for long. I’ve bought many presents that I haven’t been happy to buy but I don’t think that I could part with my£££ for this.

Are children still playing with the "must have" toys (that some parents queued all night to get) from a year or two ago?

I was horrified to see that it costs over £30 - so that’s about £1 per minute until the novelty wears off.

Now, I’m sure the fault is with me, and I think I am broadminded, but I really don’t like toys and books about bodily functions. I remember the ‘lavatorial’ phase of a child’s development was seen as normal ( and rightly so), but it was strictly a ‘ no adults’ area! I remember when I worked in early years there was a book called ‘I Need a New Bum’, but I could never bring myself to read it to the children! There was also one called ‘ The Queen’s Knickers’, which I thought was very funny, but,again, didn’t read it to children.

I agree with others that toys which ‘ do things’, are nearly always 7 day wonders.

I tend to buy them what they want - within reason. I've bought peeing/pooping dolls - so the flamingo is no problem. After all, present buying has nothing much to do with what I like - it's for them!

I try not to buy anything that needs refills, which I believe this does. I saw it reviewed on This Morning, and if I'm right you have to use a particular 'food' that probably costs a fortune, or will be unavailable as soon as the toy loses popularity.

Yes definitely, thats what kids find funny. I've just bought my grandson a remote control poo as part present for his 5th birthday. I know he will think it very funny. My only wish is that I could be there when he opens it. Facetime not quite the same.

I wouldn't buy the pooing flamingo but only because of the price. I have no problem with children talking or laughing at any bodily function.

There is a gorgeous little book which is funny and educational that sends my Gcs into fits of laughter. The Story of the Little Mole who knew it was none of his business
by Werner Holzwarth
It's about a mole who finds that an animal has pooed on top of his home and he sets out to find which animal did this. It goes through different animals and their droppings. Gagajo or anyone else , if you want an educational but funny present for this Christmas

Poos and farts are funny to little children- it's probably just watching the disgusted look on adults faces that makes this such fun for little ones. Either laugh along with them or just look bored. I would not buy this, DD and DDinL would not be pleased.

Five minute wonder!

Agree wholeheartedly, sazz1. There is no room in children's lives for embarrassment añd, even more importantly, they should not feel shame. This inevitably spills over into adulthood with dire consequences for some.
5 minute-wonder-toys do irritate me though, but that's another issue.

I'm sure children will love it. They love anything poo related!! My Granddaughters are to old for this but I think they would have adored it.

And yet they all grow up much the same.

I agree that all small children go through the phase of thinking anything to do with weeing, doing a jobbie or bottoms hilarious.

This is quite natural and occurs at the time when we are potty training, which is usually also the phase that finishes with them being big girls or boys who can go to the toilet on their own and wipe their bottoms clean themselves.

This is also when we teach them that what we do at the toilet is private and not something we go around talking about.
And if we haven't already started to do so, we start discouraging the lavatorial jokes and words.

So what age group of children is this toy designed for, and what good do the makers thing it is going to do in the upbringing of a child?

I cannot see it can be remotely funny for the grown-up forced to watch or hear the child playing with it, and I doubt it does the slightest good to let a child play with a toy like this. I would certainly never buy one for any child.

Selling at £33 to £46 for a bit of tat that will be in the bin before New Year. Not a chance of me buying it whether it was on a list or not.
Gave up buying rubbish, plastic and tat a good few years ago.

He would probably love a pregnant Barbie !

No

Yes, in a trice.

I remember those!
Perhaps my nan had one.
You pulled the donkeys ears forward, the tail lifted, and a fag came out it's bum.

No idea why nan had one; she never smoked!

Years ago, my father was given a plastic donkey cigarette case. When the tail was lifted, the cigarette was delivered via his bottom. (am I allowed to say an*s on Gransnet?)

Surely one game qualifies as less?