Recommend me a toddler/little boy doll

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I’m looking for a little boy doll or toddler boy doll (not a baby doll or an adult action figure/fashion doll), costing no more than £35, and about 35-45 cm (or 14-18 inches) in height. Not bothered whether it's anatomically correct or not (DD already has a baby boy anatomically correct doll). Either hard plastic or a soft body with plastic head/limbs is fine. Paola Reina boy dolls look nice but they are at the top end of my budget and at the lower end of the size I’m looking for. Plus they are dressed in national/historical costumes rather than in modern outfits. I’ve seen the Gotz muffin toddler boy but it's very expensive and a little on the small side too. Molly and Friends and Sam and Sally toddler boy dolls look nice (soft body, plastic head/limbs) but they are very expensive and are also over 60cm which is far too large. Rubens Barn also look very large and are also soft dolls which isnt quite what I'm after. Something around 35-45 cm would be ideal as that's about the size of DD's other dolls. Is there anything other than Gotz muffin or Paola Reina available in the UK?

They do a boy version of Baby Annabelle, and I'm sure they do a boy version of Baby Born but like you said, a bit costly. There's a boy version of La Newborn which you can get as a giftset, that is around £17 at Smyths.

Thanks - the baby Anabelle boy is cute, but I think it's really a baby doll. DD already has a baby boy doll which looks exremely similar to the La Newborn boy and came with a similar set, although it was from Early Learning Centre on-line. She actually plays more with the older dolls and likes to play schools, picnics, swimming lessons, hospitals and various other scenarios with them and have then all interacting with each other. She actually asked me for a “little boy doll, not a baby” hence my question - you just don’t see many boy dolls based on the features of an older child, they’re almost all baby-featured and hair-less. I have seen a few older boy dolls (longer limbs, can stand up and have hair) but most are too large to be easy to play with (63cm - which is huge). It looks like it will have to be one of the historical/traditional regional costume boys from Paola Reina or the Gotz Muffin toddler boy - both around 31-35cm.

I know the American Girl doll also comes in a boy version, but I cant find anywhere in the UK that sells them and dont want to get stung for £18 Customs handling charge on top of the cost of shipping to the UK.

DS has Tommy and Jerome from the Aurora World range and really likes them. They are described as rag dolls but I'd say they are more substantial than that.

www.bargainzone4u.com/product/aurora-large-rag-dolls-14-inch-jerome-soft-toys/

Sorry meant to add, obviously they are not plastic but they have quite firm bodies and nice faces. They are a bit 'cooler' than most dolls I've seen!

Ooh yes he is really nice! Shame I didn't seem him earlier - I realised last night that the easiest thing to do is to buy a fairly cheap "girl" doll with plastic head/limbs and soft body and long hair, then cut it's hair into a "boy" style and dress it in "boy" (homemade) clothes.. The "American Boy" doll websites started me thinking about that.
I started doing it last night and I'm quite pleased with the boys haircut. It just needs some trousers and a vest or T shirt so I'm working on those - we have plenty of "rags" made from our old clothes so I can do a whole wardrobe! The only thing that may have to be bought is boots/shoes unless I can find suitable material at home, but shoes seem to fall off and get lost quickly anyway so might not bother with those. Quite enjoying doing this actually. I'm remembering making dolls cothes for my own dolls when I was a kid..

ikea do some nice simple and cheap soft bodied boy and girl dolls, they are a hitbin our house. for something a bit more special our daughters best doll is from the habba range, they are lovely quality and between 25-35 quid on amazon

just seen your making your own sounds lovely