I'll answer that question for you...MD wants a doll.
He doesn't have any "dolls" at home. He has stuffed animals, but no actual baby dolls.
I went to pick him up from daycare yesterday and he greeted me holding a small baby doll by it's neck. The daycare lady proceeded to tell me how he's very into "caring" for the baby dolls at her house. He puts them in the stroller and walks them around the room. He "burps" them and pats them on the butt. He often does this while holding them upside down by their feet, but, whatever.
I got home and told Steven the story and explained that we should get a doll for MD to have at home.
He gave me the "WTF" face.
I told him I'd do a really good job searching for the perfect BOY doll so it wouldn't be girlie and weird. After all, it's 2014. Boys like to play with baby dolls at 18 months (and beyond) and it's not because they're confused about gender (see my earlier post on gender issues).
So I started my search today, and let me just tell you, the world of "boy baby dolls" is totally fucked up. I've picked some of my favorites to share with you, including the one we decided on.
He doesn't have any "dolls" at home. He has stuffed animals, but no actual baby dolls.
I went to pick him up from daycare yesterday and he greeted me holding a small baby doll by it's neck. The daycare lady proceeded to tell me how he's very into "caring" for the baby dolls at her house. He puts them in the stroller and walks them around the room. He "burps" them and pats them on the butt. He often does this while holding them upside down by their feet, but, whatever.
I got home and told Steven the story and explained that we should get a doll for MD to have at home.
He gave me the "WTF" face.
I told him I'd do a really good job searching for the perfect BOY doll so it wouldn't be girlie and weird. After all, it's 2014. Boys like to play with baby dolls at 18 months (and beyond) and it's not because they're confused about gender (see my earlier post on gender issues).
So I started my search today, and let me just tell you, the world of "boy baby dolls" is totally fucked up. I've picked some of my favorites to share with you, including the one we decided on.
"Anatomically correct"
This wonderful doll is anatomically correct, or at least, it's supposed to be.
It's only actually correct if your sweet little baby boy was born lacking an actual penis and only having one ball that is shifted slightly to the left of his body. If that's the case, this is the perfect doll for you.
This same website also sells "special needs" dolls which are too controversial for me to comment on, but let's just say we won't be purchasing one.
It's only actually correct if your sweet little baby boy was born lacking an actual penis and only having one ball that is shifted slightly to the left of his body. If that's the case, this is the perfect doll for you.
This same website also sells "special needs" dolls which are too controversial for me to comment on, but let's just say we won't be purchasing one.
BOW-LEGGED GINGER
Here's the perfect ginger doll complete with freckles. Which would be completely adorable except he looks like he's been in a horrible accident which has caused his legs to become crooked and his feet to turn in. I'm 99% sure this doll could not walk upright, which isn't that weird, I suppose, when it's been proven that Barbie would not realistically be able to either.
LET'S HAVE NIGHTMARES TOGETHER
I'm not sure if they're supposed to be goggles or a mask. Does it really matter? No bueno either way. Also, this guy clearly is lacking a hairbrush and pants that fit him around his natural waistline. He also looks like a doll that would give a child nightmares if they woke up in the middle of the night and saw him staring at them.
I MIGHT BE REAL...
Take caution if you order this doll, because you may end up getting a black market adoption real life baby in the mail. This thing looks so realistic, it's terrifying. It even has the "I'm too tired to cut my newborn's fingernails" look going on. This is also the type of doll you will see in the homes of elderly women who's own children never gave them grandchildren, so they had to spend $150 on a doll that looks real so they can feel like they've been a grandmother.
I'M WATCHING YOU SLEEP
So this picture is not blurry at all on the website, but immediately when you copy/paste it becomes blurry which only tells me one thing (according to the SciFi Network). This doll is 100% haunted. It watches you while you sleep so you better not sneak out of your room in the middle of the night, because, well then the doll will have to kill you. Chucky, anyone?
You would think after all of that, I'd give up the search, but I am not easily deterred.
I found the perfect non-creepy doll for MD.
You would think after all of that, I'd give up the search, but I am not easily deterred.
I found the perfect non-creepy doll for MD.
Meet the Manhattan Toy Stella Boy Doll. BINGO!!
He is not creepy, comes with sticky-uppy hair to match his new "parent", and has a magnetic binkie. The binkie is really what sold me because if all goes according to plan, and MD falls in love with this doll, then when it becomes time for MD to be too old for his binkie, his baby doll will too and they can both get rid of them together.
Everybody wins!!
XOXO
Laurel
He is not creepy, comes with sticky-uppy hair to match his new "parent", and has a magnetic binkie. The binkie is really what sold me because if all goes according to plan, and MD falls in love with this doll, then when it becomes time for MD to be too old for his binkie, his baby doll will too and they can both get rid of them together.
Everybody wins!!
XOXO
Laurel