2 iPhones, one iTunes account. Can I restore my 3gs without erasing my iPhone 4s?

I previously used my iPhone 3gs. I then upgraded to a 4s and did it through iTunes.
I wanted to keep my 3gs as basically an iPod for my kids, but they recently got their own iPods, so I now want to sell it.
Unfortunately, my seven-year-old added a password to the 3gs and can't remember what it was. We've tried about 50 different ones to no avail. So, I can't manually restore it to factory settings through the iPhone menu. I have to do it through iTunes.
I'm just worried that iTunes will delete my current 4s information in the process. It recognizes that they are two different iPhones when I connect them individually. I gave each one separate names so that my old one pops up as "iPhone 3gs" and the new one "iPhone 4s." So my hunch is that it will treat them as separate devices, despite the fact that I transferred my entire iPhone to the 4s last year.
Any thoughts? Am I just being paranoid? Worst case, can't I just save my 4s info back onto my iTunes if it gets wiped away by accident?
Thanks!

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