a doll for ds?

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Ds (2.7) loves to play & cuddle with dd's Baby Born. "No! She's my doll!" dd shrieks. But ds plays with Baby Born more than dd does. Should he have one of his own? Dh says no, absolutely not, etc. What do you think?

My son up until the age of three loved his fairy wings and we would often go to the shops with these lovely pink feathery wings. I thought it was lovely. Got some good photos for his 21st birthday (LOL). You kids shold not be afraid to express themselves in a positive way at any age. My DD goes out in some horrendous combinations of outfits but she has chosen what to wear. They need to know they are able to make a choice thats how they learn. We just maintain the boundaries - Did have to draw the line with DS at going to school on non uniform day in his tigger outfit tho!!

My ds1 had a doll in a pushchair for his 2nd birthday. My father was horrified It now belongs to ds2 who is 4 and he still plays with it.

yeah my ds1 has a doll (called Dion!!), he feeds her a bottle and she sleeps in his bed with him.
as said before - he is also obsessed with his toolbox, cars, diggers, etc.
i like the fact that he doesn't care.
he is just over 2 by the way.

Replying to childern, below: 'all' men most certainly do NOT have a problem with their little boys playing with dolls and baby buggies, or going to ballet, or not liking football!
Enlightened parents know it's all about tuning in to your child as an individual and respecting his/her likes and dislikes. If that means cricket and hairdressing, or insects and cookery, so what? You'll do far more damage by trying to mould your child into someone s/he isn't.

nothing wrong with him having a doll, i know lots of little boys who are always playing with their sisters dolls because they don't have one of their own. it's not the same as baby born, but it is a doll, but what about a 'woody' doll from toy story?, thats about £15 from a disney shop.

He's got a soft boy doll with wool hair and a Baby Tad (stupidist looking / sounding thing I've ever seen, btw), which he used to love. Maybe it's just because Charlotte is Charlotte (her Baby Born high chair is pulled up to the table at meal times). Anyway, we'll sort it out.

Fairy wings, eh? I think I might have to draw the line there... but whatever makes a kid that age happy, right?

hes only 2, let him have his head. My ds has a doll called Aggie and for ages between about 1.5 to 3.9 he had a pushchair for her too. Funny, but it is easier to let girls have 'boys' toys rather than the other way round. As long as hes happy it does not matter. hope knowing hes not alone helps!!

My ds at that age wanted a pushchair, which I got him. DH refused to take him to the park pushing it . That was 6 years ago and it still bugs me! And tbh, although teddy got pushed round in it, more often, dh wanted to push his trains round in it.
At my preschool, boys and girls often fight over the baby dolls and the pushchairs!
At the moment, becuase I am sorting out my old babystuff for a pg friend, my two (who are very boyish boys aged 5 and 8) have been playing with the moses basket, with their soft toys. And ds2 has recently been praised to high heavens by 2 of my friends, independantly, for his caring attitude towards babies and younger childern. I am very proud :)

yes...ds drags around two of my old dolls and calls them 'baby doll'....... he loves the way their eyes close and one of them cries to which he says 'ahh poor baby doll, kiss it better, all better'!