What does the collective make of this then:

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family-parenting/educational-inappropriate-let-daughter-breastfeed-doll-article-ez4w.html

Seems like a great idea to me, but several friends (who are mums) are incredulous about it.

I just don’t get these sorts of things at all, like there was that slew of urinating dolls a while back, what exactly are they supposed to accomplish?

I just find them weird, really weird. Don’t really know why.

Breastfeeding Nazis innit.

See how long this lasts.

Edit: My pic lasted 3 mins lol.

“Hey, you’re six, how soon can you start reproducing?!”

TBH, I’ve never understood the obsession with ‘dollies’ in the first place. If I had a daughter she’d be getting a toy laptop and her own bodyweight in Lego.

Breastfeeding Nazis innit.

Eh??

Thousands of doll designs that come with a bottle versus one that supports breastfeeding play instead.

It’s not terribly effective fascism is it? 🙄

Eh??

Thousands of doll designs that come with a bottle versus one that supports breastfeeding play instead.

It’s not terribly effective fascism is it?

Only time will tell 😆

Breastfeeding Nazis innit.

Norkist.

what exactly are they supposed to accomplish?

Are you a 4 year old girl? No? Well then why would you understand?

Our little girl (as I suspect all kids do) loves to mimic the things that mum and dad do. She does laundry, pumps up the tires on my bike, shouts and swears when she drops things 😳 and so on. She has not yet been taught that there’s anything wrong or weird about willies and boobies.

When she sees Mrs Grips feeding our new baby (if all goes well) then I am sure we’ll see her feeding her dolls too.

Note that she has dolls, cars, houses, planes, phones and all, and plays with them all equally. She has also not yet been taught that some things are for boys and some for girls.

*lights the crack pipe and sits back to hit f5 a few times on this baby*

I agree with geoffj, it’s these leftie fascists with their political correct nonsense who are trying to rob our children of their innocence. Someone should put a stop to this sort of filth.

Seems like a great idea to me, but several friends (who are mums)

What you doing hanging around with women……..have you got something against men ?

I bet you want one of the bibs “which has flowers on it to indicate the nipple area” so you can wear it.

…..some people are just sick

I’ve got one already ernie 😀

It’s interesting, but I kinda think it’s not necessary. As Mol points out kids mimic what they see…for instance when I was a little girl I went around with my dolly tucked up under my shirt while the other girls gave their babies bottles…
I’m not sure a girl would press her parents for the ‘breast feeding dolly’ but I may be wrong. I don’t like these sorts of toys because they are very prescriptive. Biggest problem I have is if a boy wanted the doll you’d have to explain that in essence it’s not ‘really’ for him… as boys cannot breast feed babies…
Just give your kids a doll and let them do with them as they please, breast, bottle, catapulted off the shed in the backyard and ending up in the dog poo (no mom it was her really!) 😉

Just give your kids a doll and let them do with them as they please

Our little one has a doll that giggles when you tickle it. Or, as she does, turn it upside down by the ankles and piledrive it repeatedly into the floor. 😆

I don’t like these sorts of toys because they are very prescriptive.

I see your point, but isn’t a doll that comes with a bottle of milk equally prescriptive?

I’m not sure I’d rush out and buy one, but I’m just surprised that mums who breastfed are okay with children bottlefeeding their dolls, but not breastfeeding them.

Isn’t that exactly the kind of stigma that you boob jugglers usually rally against?

II do think babies with bottles are prescriptive too. Most baby dolls are very prescriptive, tho not all are. Some are just cute dolls.