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to buy a baby boy doll & buggy for DS?

29 replies

BeautifulBlondePineapple · 28/03/2011 13:07

OK I know I'm not being unreasonable. He'll be 3 on his birthday and he would absolutely love it.

I don't have a problem with boys playing with supposedly girl toys, but DH is being a bit "hmmm" about it.

Just wondered if many other parents have bought / would buy a doll for their son?

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Mamaz0n · 28/03/2011 13:09

yes my son had one. I think most of the boys i know have had them.

TheVisitor · 28/03/2011 13:10

My sons did. DS1's favourite thing when he was little was to push his dolly in its buggy to the shop. Tell your DH to get over it.

PortBlackSandwitch · 28/03/2011 13:11

Did your DH never push your DS along when he was a baby? Confused

notnowbernard · 28/03/2011 13:11

Yes, I would (why not?!)

ChablisLover · 28/03/2011 13:11

no - YANBU

My DS (4) has a baby doll and has had since he kicked up stink in a charity shop and we had to buy it - cost 20p.

He can't sleep without him and he comes everywhere.

So much so - we ended up in the child development clinic as HV took against doll!

Even his dad and grandad have come round now

5inthebed · 28/03/2011 13:11

All thre of my DSs have had prams. And not blue ones, but pretty pink ones as well. DS2 used to push his cars around in his, but the other two had dolls.

Broadwalkempire · 28/03/2011 13:12

Why not - my ds had a maclaren blue buggy which he loved...DD now pushes it round. All kids of that age love to push anything with wheels but they can put dolls/teddies etc in - it's all great for their pretending games too....go on get one he'll love it.

dolldaggabuzzbuzz · 28/03/2011 13:12

My 2 yearold DS loves going to his cousins house and playing with the dolly's pushchair with a teddy bear in it.

I wouldn't buy him one though cos dh told me off for buying him a teaset so I can't see him letting me get away with that.

Maybe you could try borrowing a dolly and pushchair from your toy library?

ladyintheradiator · 28/03/2011 13:12

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blackeyedsusan · 28/03/2011 13:13

ds is 2 1/2 loves his "baby" pushes baby round at toddler group, as do a lot of other boys. he loves pink ballet skirts like big sister too.

overmydeadbody · 28/03/2011 13:13

Of course you are NBU.

Perfectly normal for boys to play with dolls and prams. After all, men push prams around and look after their babies.

Crawling · 28/03/2011 13:15

My son got hold of one once he raced around with it and nearly decapated the doll Grin then he lost interest another time he pushed it round after ripping the doll out, but he has a kitchen set as he loves cooking if he liked dolls I would get one but he has never shown any interest really.

reallytired · 28/03/2011 13:16

My ds had a doll and he loved it. He never had a pushchair as we didn't have the space then.

"So much so - we ended up in the child development clinic as HV took against doll!"

That is daft, surely health professionals should be promoting equal opportunities. My son played with a doll at the child development centre at the age of four and the commuity paediatrian didn't bat an eye lid.

Anyway lots of toys like Power Rangers are glorifed dolls.

suzikettles · 28/03/2011 13:21

YANBU

This is not a dig at you op, but I really hope that one day people can stop feeling that they have to ask this question. It really bugs me the way that "girls" toys for boys are still suspect in our society (to some people anyway - majority? minority? not sure.). We seem to have largely got by the idea that footballs & cars are just for boys thank god, surely it can work the other way too?

I've come to think that the "pink stinks" campaign is arse over tit too - why shouldn't girls like pink? Why shouldn't boys like pink? It's only a colour! Many children (note: children not just girls) like bright colours and glitter - rehabilitate pink glittery tat as a choice for both sexes and remove the crappy gender stereotyping.

LadyThumb · 28/03/2011 13:24

My son also had a pushchair into which went his favorite teddy and he pushed it around for months (did make slow going to the shops though, but I didn't mind at all)!

edam · 28/03/2011 13:26

ds used to love pushing his pink buggy & baby doll around, between the ages of 18 months and four, IIRC. Buggy also served to carry lego, wooden bricks, teddies and anything that took his fancy.

Dh surprised me by being a bit 'eek' when he went to the shop to buy the buggy and they only had pink. Luckily my sister was with him and told him not to be so ruddy daft!

Nothing wrong with dolls for boys, most of them will grow up to be Daddies, won't they? And they like playing at the things they see adults doing.

BarbaraBar · 28/03/2011 13:29

We had the doll, buggy, iron and ironing board, kitchen, mini oven and mini dyson for our dses.

The only person who ever commented on them was mil who said we would "turn them gay". Snort.

bristolcities · 28/03/2011 13:33

My DS had a dolly and PINK buggy (Wilkos do a great, cheep one) he loved them both. Although DS who was then 2 did get stopped by a stupid man who decided to take it upon him self to lecture bewildered son about why buggys are not for boys Angry

MrsDaffodill · 28/03/2011 13:33

YANBU.

Agree with everything Suzikettles says. In fact, I would have been extremely upset with my DH if he had been weird about it.

FollowMe · 28/03/2011 13:35

both ds's have had buggies and ds2 has about 4 dolls, he loves them!
why on earth wouldnt you get him one if you know he will love it?

mrsravelstein · 28/03/2011 13:35

ds2 went through a stage of pushing a buggy round, at about 18 months, he wasn't interested in having a doll in it, it usually had iggle piggle and upsy daisy in it.

FoofffyShmoofffer · 28/03/2011 13:38

Ds had one and loved nothing more than to march it round to his Nanas regularly.

He got fed up after 6 months so it got passed on...to another boy.

LittleJennyRobyn · 28/03/2011 13:50

YANBU,

Both DS's had a buggy and doll when toddlers, also a toy kitchen, a teaset, a wendy house, toy washing machine, iron and board

DS2 also took a liking to anything glittery, high heels and handbags. Also had a pink feather boa that he rather fond of and would wear with pride.

He was obsessed with a little black sequinned handbag that he used to take out with him whilst in his puschair.
When DD was born we bought her a dolls house and DS2 would sit for hours playing with it.

DH was a bit Hmm at the time and was concerned that i would turn DS2 gay !!! Shock as he liked the ""girls"" toys more than DS1

I ignored him and let ds's have them anyway, I dont like sterotyping toys for gender
All the toys we have had here are for both DS's and DD. DD also enjoys playing with her brothers stuff...ie scalextric...action man...micro machines..etc.

MrsCarriePooter · 28/03/2011 13:57

My DS had a lovely time this morning pushing a doll round in a pink pushchair, wearing his sister's Bat fairy dressing up dress, dripping in plasticky-bling jewellery and accessorised with a pirate hat and sword. I don't think he's in the slightest bit likely to "turn gay" because of this.

And even if turns out that, coincidentally to all of the above, he was actually "born gay" - so what?

plupedantic · 28/03/2011 14:28

Another DS here who loves his dolly pram. He also strokes babies on the head and speaks to them in a soft voice. Yet he's also a real "boy" with a square jaw and an aggressive streak which I am trying to tame!

Gender is a spectrum.

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