I want to buy DS a doll for when his new baby brother arrives. In the hope that it'll help him understand about the new baby and be 'his' baby that he can cart around, change nappy, 'bf' etc. when I'm doing those things for his brother. He'll be 2 and 3 months by then.
I don't want anything fancy (no peeing, bottle feeding, crying etc.) Eyes shutting when they lie down is about the limit of fancyness, and I don't mind if it doesn't do that. All the dolls I've seen are dressed in pink, and I'd rather it wasn't.
Anyone know any alternatives to pastel pink Baby Annabel? I'm not sure whether it needs to be a realistic baby doll (e.g. plastic type) or whether a baby-looking rag doll would also work as a baby substitute. Absolutely ideally, it would be wearing a cloth nappy that you can change, as that's what he wears and what the baby will be wearing. But I guess I could always make something that looked like a nappy. In my copious spare time, oh yes.
Experiences of giving an older child a baby doll and whether it helped also very welcome.