Buying my DS a baby annabel doll!

[Charlotteap]

I take my DS every week to playgroup and the first thing he runs for is the dolls he loves to carry them around. So I bought him his own this week and he loves it, gives it drinks from his water bottle , takes her hat on and off and even gives it cuddles. It’s so sweet, he also does the same to his Simba teddy. He’s really started getting a like for things lately , he really loves dinosaurs too. Anyway just been for a Sunday lunch and 4 people out of 14 had something to say ? Along the lines of ‘ just abit weird’ ‘ at least wait till he’s older don’t force it on him’

like what the hell ? I bought him it as he clearly really liked them. Are my husbands family just old school ? What do you guys think

They are being weird. You didn't force it on him. He likes playing with them.

Your son is role playing. He's playing being a daddy!!

Of course get him a doll.

As if someone voted yabu!! People that think it’s weird are projecting some weird stuff! My nephew has dolls and plays tea party when I visit But guess what he also gets his monster trucks out too and loves cars. You keep buying him what he likes mama

So none of these men / male partners of the commenters get their children drinks or help out their hats on?

My DS is currently spooning his dolly in his cot while he naps 😍

They are weird not you.

My ds had a doll and a little pram for it. My dm took him to a toy shop and this is what he played with so she bought them for him and he loved them. He also had cars, trains and tractors (as did dd). He’s just playing, I really can’t see why anyone would have an issue.

You mean... your son may grow up... to be a DAD?

Idiots. Them not you.

I’m guessing most people with mixed sibling groups can tell you that kids play with all sorts. Our house is full of stereotypical ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ toys and the boys often play with the dolls and the girls with the dinosaurs etc! It’s not a bit weird.

It's sad that this thread has been done to death and yet there are still people like your inlaws who think boys shouldn't have dolls.

But on the plus side, 4 out of 14 is a big improvement.

@Mazuslongtoenail that is so cute 🥰

Thanks everyone glad I’m not going crazy , my family think it’s the cutest thing ever seeing him looking after the doll. But my husbands family are definitely of a different opinion! I don’t know them that well if it was mine I’d have told them to p off 😂

he’s only had it a day and carries it everywhere it’s so sweet how loving and affectionate he is with his teddy’s etc

DS2 (4) loves dolls! I think it shows how caring he is and he started playing with the doll we got his brother when he was born so he’d have a baby as I gave birth to DS2.
Now he has more dolls, a cot, highchair and little accessories like a potty, bottles etc for them.

I think more people are weird having such an issue about what children are playing with!

But then I’m still trying to get over someone I know teaching her daughter the words front bottom to describe her vagina/vulva whereas I’ve just taught them the words straight away as they’re not bad words!

Your DS sounds lovely.

Of course his family are old fashioned.‘it’s a toy and he likes it. Tell them that!

They are idiots - ignore.

I think that's lovely. With any luck you'll be raising a kind & loving young man.

Faux outrage that it inevitably will raise an eyebrow in a certain demograph.

Thanks everyone , really appreciate everyone’s comments and experiences too.

@IgnoranceNotOk aww that is so lovely , I look forward to buying him more things now I know how much he likes them.

Also photo for everyone of him giving it a little kiss 😂

@Charlotteap that’s so lovely, he sounds a lovely little chap

Your son is fine, the relatives are mental. Both my nephews absolutely loved their girl cousins “girly” toys and made a beeline for them, taking home dollies, prams and pink barbie cars for a wee loan. The girls did the same with the “boy toys” Ride on tractors, wrestling stuff, the lot. All of them tried cramming the cat into the pram (with predicable results) They all chose whatever they wanted from toy shops regardless of stereotypes, and switched back and forth between favoured toys. Let him play and tell them to sod off.

I had the same off MIL when my DD had a train set and a truck for her 1st birthday. Typical boy toys are way more interactive. Kids like what they like, she’s now full on dolls and all things girly.

I have happy memories of my eldest shoving poor babydoll upside down into a buggy pretending to be a train🤣.

I bought a few dolls, buggy, my little ponies, strawberry shortcake doll and. rocking horses etc.Accompanied by Thomas the tank engine, garages w million cars and every Fireman Sam item on this planet. Replicating the toys he showed interest in creche. He appears to not be traumatised by his childhood.

When my son was about 2.5 ish he went through a little phase of loving baby dolls we were in b&m one day and he wanted a little pram for it, so I bought him one and we would walk his baby to the park. It was very cute.

hes 9 now and he's brilliant with babies, it will do him no harm. I'd much rather my son role play with dolls than guns which are for some reason a option

The photo is adorable and YANBU. My ds had a very cherished baby annabel doll who was a boy with a girl’s name. He’s now a male identifying teenager if that matters in any way

I think it's perfect. All children love role-playing what they see the adults around them doing. Why would little boys not enjoy role-playing caring? It's a large part of their life experience.

This sounds lovely to me. Why the hell would it be weird for a boy to enjoy playing with his doll? I would do exactly the same as you and happily buy my baby son a doll if that is what he shows an interest in as he gets older.