New "breastfeeding" doll...

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Article Here

I think the only weird thing is that they think you need a special "bib"... DD manages to BF her dolls and teddies just fine without (and we didn't have to fork out $99 either!

What does the great MN jury think? Educational or Inappropriate ?

oh and here's a surprise

Haven't these been made before? They seem familiar. I think normal dolls are better but I wouldnt say its innapropriate.

OMG at some of those loony comments.

I think it's fine.

I remember seeing a Spanish film years ago set in the thirties with a kid in it holding her doll to her breast. It struck me, the cultural difference - years ago, all kids must have done that with dolls, it was what they saw women do to feed babies.

I'm just watching this story on the US news. They got a doc in who said 'the only way this could do harm to a kid would be if you beat the kid over the head with the doll'.

I think it's inappropriate.

Why anyone would buy this for their child is beyond me.

and fwiw I don't think it's harmful I just think there's no need.

lol viola

I didn't like the bib. X marks the spot. My dd breastfeeds her dolly somewhere just above her tummy. Dolly seems quite happy...

Don't see the point of a bib. Both DS and DD have breastfed their dolls or teddy bears perfectly well without the need of a special bib. But nothing wrong with it. And nothing wrong with children having bottles for their dolls/toy animals either.

See nothing wrong with it per se, even if I wouldn't have spent the money on it myself.

Interesting that the Daily Mail is no longer accepting comments on the article

The idea it's inappropriate for girls 'prepuberty' is odd. Surely that applies to baby dolls in general? How about prepuberty boys? (Oh shit, I've gone too far again)

Good point.

Children use their imaginations , relating to what they are seeing around them. Just because a 5 year old pretends to be "Mummy" doesn't mean that she is planning on having sex straight away

In the same, a child playing "vroom, vroom" is not about to jump into a car and drive it away

BTW I am still scarred because my mum and dad refused to buy me an expensive Tiny Tears forty years ago!

i think its great. whether we like it or not, there are a huge amount of women growing up thinking that bfing is disgusting and weird. bottlefeeding is still seen as the norm, and I think its a great way to try to turn that around in future generations!