Best doll for 2 1/2 yr old boy? New baby on the way!

arwenelf

My eldest son had a doll just before my middle son was born and he adored looking after it. Can't remember the make but it was quite a small soft bodied one and we also bought him other bits for the doll afterwards from a carboot sale - a rocking crib, a highchair. Oh and he used to breastfeed his doll when I was feeding his brother as well Nothing wrong with children knowing that is how some babies are fed! He has also got a hard bodied doll which he can take in the bath as well. What I find frustrating is that so many of the clothes and accessories are geared towards girls and are very very pink!

Morty_007

my boys favourite colour is pink (3.5 yrs)

rachbc

ahh yes I remember by ds wanting his bedroom painting 'boy pink' - something else he doesn't like to be reminded of!

Messrs_Arthur_and_Terry

Why not groom him to be the man of the future and get him a Justin Beiber dolly :

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lauren_1

Messrs_Arthur_and_Terry wrote: »

Why not groom him to be the man of the future and get him a Justin Beiber dolly :

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Oh dear god no!

irenee

Blue for boys and pink for girls is a comparitively new idea - in fact it is a reversal of previous 'colour/gender' choices in the 19th Century

I think it is an excellent idea to give the elder child a doll to identify with - if (for whatever reason) he doesn't want to play with it, then no harm has been done - it will be the child's choice

I would suggest an anatomically correct doll - I had a girl, followed by a boy - one day (at about 4) he had occasion to see his grandfather's penis and exclaimed "You're a man like me" !!!!!!!

Gentle investigations elicitated the confusion the lad had suffered - the only other penis he had seen was his father's - CIRCUMCISED - neither my son or his grandfather were - poor little lad had thought he was deformed!!!!!

Gingham_Ribbon

diable wrote: »

Do not buy a boy a doll.

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I got a rag doll for our eldest round the time our youngest was a baby. I got a little pushchair for it too and he loved pushing it round. He liked putting nappies on it and washing it. He also liked dragging it by the leg and bashing it on things. I have no idea what happened to it though. I haven't seen it in about 2 years...

It was a boy with a cap and buttons and shoes and laces I think - to aid motor skill development. (Didn't work but hey!)

Here he is:

System

I say get him the doll, it's a great idea. We (my 2 sisters and i) all had Cabbage Patch Doll and my brother used to love playing with them

clairec79

I probably wouldn't buy him a doll, purely because I wouldn't want him thinking he can treat the baby like he treats the doll (carrying it round and so on) I know some will say their child likes to copy them, but my elder children very quickly went from playing 'baby' with the doll to playing 'baby' with the baby and I wouldn't want the toddler picking up the baby

shellsuit

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

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I got a rag doll for our eldest round the time our youngest was a baby. I got a little pushchair for it too and he loved pushing it round. He liked putting nappies on it and washing it. He also liked dragging it by the leg and bashing it on things. I have no idea what happened to it though. I haven't seen it in about 2 years...

It was a boy with a cap and buttons and shoes and laces I think - to aid motor skill development. (Didn't work but hey!)

Here he is:

My eldest (14 now) had one of those!! Ahh that brings back memories!