Oopsie Daisy

Oopsy Daisy is learning to crawl, she's such a pretty baby. Crawl to me as fast as can be...Whoops! Oopsie Daisy!

Does anyone else remember this doll or have one? It was launched in 1988 and was in huge toy demand for Christmas. I remember wanting one soooooo badly and was soooooooo happy when I got one. I remember even saying to my mom "look mom, batteries not included!" I was only 5 and thought that meant that it didn't need batteries ;) Oh did I love that baby doll! I slept with her every night and played with her often. Eventually her leg popped out of it socket, and she didn't really crawl to well anymore. But that didn't matter to me, I still loved her and played with her and loved to hear her cry "mama, mama!" And then I would go and pick her up just like the girl in the commercial and love on her more and more. Even at that tender age I knew I was meant to be a mother. Anyway, I never had the heart to let her go and so I packed her up with some other stuffed animals when I moved out of the house and got married.
Now that we are gearing up for another move, we are beginning to sort through some things to put into storage, take with us, and get rid of. I came across the box with my animals and at the bottom was my precious Daisy-still broken. I looked on the internet to find the picture above, and read that in 1989 the doll was recalled because it had many design flaws, like heads coming off, hair falling out, legs detaching from the body, etc...I was not aware of the recall and I don't think my parents were either. And even if they did, I am truly certain that I would have been absolutely devastated to have her taken away from me. I'm having a difficult enough time getting up the nerve to get rid of her now! The next model they came up with was smaller and not as popular.
Well, anyway, I pulled my precious baby out of the box knowing in the end it would be foolish to keep hanging on to her. I set her on the table and went about some more business. Later that evening I came across Devin playing with my Daisy, and it just truly warmed my heart! (Part of my reason for saving some of my toys/animals was to see my children play and love them as much as I did. But alas I do not have any girls (yet) and didn't think my Daisy would be loved again. I was hoping that Micah would be able to fix her broken hip, being that he is an ortho doc and all, but I'm sure there is no hope for her...) But here is my doll being played with by my child!