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NEVE and TRISTAN
04-09-2004, 07:42 PM
Steve just said something that I thought interesting...and I don't know if is accurate or not but thought it might help some of us feel better about it's purchase.

Tristan knows when we say "ring the bell" to ring it...and I agree it is a little sound and a very simple "ring" "ring"...
I told Steve about the mention that there are better bells out there and his comment was "well it is a REAL bell...most of these are not "real" bells and use spring action devices"...
So that comment made me feel better...I like the idea of the real thing for some odd reason.
Again not sure it is true or even what the difference is in a bell vs a "spring" sounding bell...but the thought of it being a "real" sound might make some of us feel better with our purchases.
Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties
lynettefrancois
04-09-2004, 08:31 PM
Gotta love German engineering! :)
NEVE and TRISTAN
04-09-2004, 10:01 PM
that's how I look at it too :)..."classic" :)
Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties
stillplayswithbarbies
04-09-2004, 11:45 PM
Neve, how does Tristan ring the bell, I mean with one finger or whole hand or what? Maybe it's just us, but the one we have is so stiff I can hardly work it myself and Logan can't push or pull the lever at all, even if she did understand the concept of letting go fast enough to make it strike the bell and keeping her hand off the red part so it can "ding".

I'm wondering if there is something wrong with the one we have.

...Karen
Jacob Nathaniel Feb 91
Logan Elizabeth Mar 03
MelissaTC
04-10-2004, 12:31 AM
Matthew rings our bell all the time and has been since we purchased ours in September. He needs to use a few fingers to do it but he does it. HTH...
NEVE and TRISTAN
04-10-2004, 11:35 AM
Karen,
I'll watch him carefully with it today to see...for sadly I don't know if he uses one of more fingers...I do know I found it stiff and his first week or so so did he.
But I'll have answer later after I evaluate it...:)
Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties
vikivoly
04-12-2004, 06:28 PM
DD (16 months) can't ring her bell yet either. However, her 2 yr old cousins were able to, so I'm guessing it'll just take some time.
NEVE and TRISTAN
04-12-2004, 06:56 PM
It's been raining here so I've yet to get an answer for you...
Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties
NEVE and TRISTAN
04-17-2004, 06:52 PM
He uses his little "pointer" finger to ring the bell...

Neve
http://home.nc.rr.com/ourbabytristan
AKA "mama2be"-forgot password
and Baby Boy Tristan born @UNC
Feb 25, 2003
Brother to 3 pups "gees" and 2 kitties
stillplayswithbarbies
04-18-2004, 01:14 AM
Thanks Neve! It sounds so cute the way you say it, I can totally picture him doing that. Of course in my mind he is still that little baby I met last summer!

I'm going to keep working with Logan on her bell, I'm sure she will be able to do it when she is a little bigger. She knows what to do, she just can't push hard enough yet I think.

...Karen
Jacob Nathaniel Feb 91
Logan Elizabeth Mar 03