Great idea I saw at MK Wednesday!

[caracap]

I am sure it has been mentioned here, but a girl in front of us in line had an address label on the back of her, it said 'I belong to..." with her parents cell phone #s on it. It looked like they stuck it on her with out her even knowing! I like it better then the Who's Shoes. I am going to do it next year. Thought I would pass it along...

 

[1Princess1Prince2006]

I am sure it has been mentioned here, but a girl in front of us in line had an address label on the back of her, it said 'I belong to..." with her parents cell phone #s on it. It looked like they stuck it on her with out her even knowing! I like it better then the Who's Shoes. I am going to do it next year. Thought I would pass it along...

I saw that too while we were there in the middle of September and thought, 'what a good idea!' I'll have to remeber that when we go next year.

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

THat is a clever idea. For my boys I am extrememly paranoid so I did an idea that I got from someone on this site. I was worried that a sticker would come off or paranoid that the wrong person would see it and .....I don't know, like I said I'm a paranoid mother. Anyway, I used a sharpie and wrote on the lower part of their leg(under their sock) their name and our cell #. I told them if they got seperated form us somehow to find a CM and show it to them so they could call us. It made me feel a lot better and luckily we didn't have to use it.

 

[PrincessHeart]

I am not a fan of this idea. Here's why - Hi, "Minnie" I'm your Mom "Jane's" friend. They told me to take you to XYZ. You have just given complete strangers your child's name and your name in a very visible manner. Unfortunately, we live in a world where we have to think about these things. My kids are older, so I give them a business type card that has thier name, our names, our cell #, and resort on it. I have them put it in thier fanny pack.

 

[LynnTH]

While at our State Fair this year we stopped at a booth that did ID Tags and Bracelets. My son got a silver ID bracelet with sports stuff on the front and my Daughter got one with hearts on the front. On the back is their first name and both of our cell phone #'s. They wear these everyday like a regular bracelet and they both love them.

 

[TheDizMom]

I am not a fan of this idea. Here's why - Hi, "Minnie" I'm your Mom "Jane's" friend. They told me to take you to XYZ. You have just given complete strangers your child's name and your name in a very visible manner. Unfortunately, we live in a world where we have to think about these things. My kids are older, so I give them a business type card that has thier name, our names, our cell #, and resort on it. I have them put it in thier fanny pack.

Actually in this case I agree. I have always put a piece of paper with only our cell phone numbers on it that my kids could then give to someone if they got lost, and put it either in a zippered/velcroed pocket or inside their shoe. It does not give my name or my children's. My DH will not allow me to put anything where it is visible to anyone, only where my kids know where it is if they get lost. My DH was so nervous about what could happen he didn't want our DD to wear her birthday button because everyone would know her name and could then perhaps make her think by using her name that they knew her and potentially get her to go with them. The sad fact is we don't live in a world where we can trust people, but we want our children to have contact information should they get lost. If you want to have contact information on your child's person, put it where THEY know where it is, but not where anyone else can see it. I do think your child should know where it is because if you just put something on them, and don't tell them, how will they know to tell the CM where to find it? Also if it isn't in a visible place, and God Forbid someone does try to take your child, they may not know it's there and therefore not remove it. If you have something stuck to your child's shirt in plain site it is way to easy to just peel off and throw out. It is so sad that this is the kind of world we now live in, and that we have to think about how to outsmart potential nut cases who could harm our children. Sad but all to true.

 

[Mickeys_n_me]

I am not fond of this idea for one main reason. Everyone standing behind her will have her name and a contact number in plain sight. SO lets say a punk 16 year old decides he is bored... ring ring... just for kicks or God forbid someone worse then that!

I do like placement of stickers, just not in plain veiw. The bracelets are a great idea!

 

[memobrien]

While at our State Fair this year we stopped at a booth that did ID Tags and Bracelets. My son got a silver ID bracelet with sports stuff on the front and my Daughter got one with hearts on the front. On the back is their first name and both of our cell phone #'s. They wear these everyday like a regular bracelet and they both love them.

i wonder if these kinds of bracelets have a name and maybe you could get them online. I was thinking the same thing. My daughter will be 5 on our next visit and it worries me. A bracelet would be great because then it couldn'tbe easily read, but it would be there in case of emergency.

maura

 

[2002Disneybride]

They sell those bracelets--they are rubbery--I have seen them at Disney--couldn't you take one and just jot your cell phone # with a sharpie on the inside of that?

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Like I said, that is why i did the sharpie on the leg thing. No one could see it unless my kid got lost and showed them. This year I will do that again and also am ordering personal bracelets from www.sayitbands.com They canm put your name and cell # or whatever you want on those rubber arm bands everyone wears for $5.

 

[MissyDVC]

I feel the same way about not letting others know the names of my children but I also wanted them to have a way to let someone contact me should we become seperated. Although they both have my cellphone number memorized, I told them that they might be nervous or scared and forget it in the heat of the moment. I used a machine at WDW (I used one in Disney Quest and one in MGM) that engraved their name and my cell phone number onto the back of a charm and you can also purchase a chain. They wear them around their necks and tucked inside their shirts so that we are the only ones who know about them. They had different Disney Characters to choose from--I chose Mickey and Tink. They LOVE wearing them and understand what they are for.

 

[northriver]

For my toddler: I printed out info on sticker paper, covered with packing tape so it wouldn't run if it got wet, and put the sticker on her shirt, under arm. She didn't know it was there and didn't try to peel it off, it was somewhat protected, and out of site, yet easily accessible to a CM. I think I read somewhere that a CM recommended this location? I'm not sure exactly what I put, I think child's first name, the name of the resort, first names (and maybe last?)and cell phone#'s of all 4 adults in the group.

 

[LadyShea]

Last week our son, 20mo wore a tottoo that said "If I am lost call 888-***-****"

The toll free number places callers on hold after a message saying it is a lost child number and to please hold while they were transferred to his parents, while it simultaneously calls both of our cell phones so either of us can pick up. The caller ID is the toll free number so w know that if our kid is with us, and NOT lost it is a wrong number or prank and don't have to pick up.

No names, no actual cell phones numbers. We felt great about it.

 

[caracap]

I still liked the idea becasue it just said "I belong to..." with Mom & Dad's cell phone #'s on it. No names!!!!!!!!

 

[kwaisun]

We always use a Sharpie too. This way if your child would happen to actually be kidnapped, gate security could be told to check ankles, backs, arms etc for the mark.

 

[GEM]

We use this.

www.id-inside.com

My son wears one on every Disney trip and at places like the zoo, fairs, etc. He never complains about wearing it or tries to take it off.

 

[sha_lyn]

I've seen something similar to the ID inside that attaches to their shoe laces

ETA: found it http://www.whosshoesid.com/

 

[Tiger926]

We have pet tags from Pet Smart - you customize them from a machine inside the store. They are brass and go on her shoes - they are small and fit under laces, so no one can see, but she knew at age 3 to show this so that police could call us as it has our cells on it (no other info).

You need to be careful with putting personal information such as full names & numbers in plain sight - child abduction experts don't recommend this actually for all of the reasons given in this post.

Tiger

 

[ljhmom]

When we went in August we got our boys dog tags with mine and my DH cell phone number on it, we got them at walmart from the machine that does pet ID tags, they had a pirates dog tag and little chains that we used to hook the dog tag to the boys belt loops.

 

[tjmw2727]

When we went in August we got our boys dog tags with mine and my DH cell phone number on it, we got them at walmart from the machine that does pet ID tags, they had a pirates dog tag and little chains that we used to hook the dog tag to the boys belt loops.

This is what we did and my sil does now - my neice and nephew love them. My sil has them wear sneakers with laces and put the tag on via the lace. They love their "shoe charms" and its obvious to someone trying to help a lost child (CM, clerk, mom etc) there is info there. She only put "call my mommy at cell ####" with no names at all on them. They even worked on water shoes!

I also really like the id inside product that GEM posted. My kids and my neice would wear it but no way would my nephew so luckily he likes the shoe tag. I will be sure and tell her about the new pirate dog tag as he is crazy for POTC.

We have tried writing on the "livestrong" type bracelets but even with sharpie or permanant marker it rubs off. I have seen posts about an online co that will make one for you but most of them are to big for my kids.

Great ideas!
TJ