Dolls

I saw the Bebe Gloton doll on The View and am trying to decide how I feel about it. I'm an advocate of breastfeeding and think it's a good idea to let little girls know that's natural. There are many dolls with baby bottles. I had a Betsy Wetsy doll I fed a bottle of water and then squeezed to make her wet her diaper. What bothers me is the halter with breasts on it for the little girls to wear while they nurse the baby that makes loud sucking sounds. The baby also cries and burps. In some ways it's fine and in other ways sort of creepy. Does it go too far? Is it OK? What do you think?

Read about it HERE.

Watch a demonstration HERE if you want to.

I played with dolls and paper dolls all through my childhood for hours. This would be in the late 40's and 50's. In addition to the Betsy Wetsy, I had a Toni doll, baby dolls, Madame Alexander Cissy doll, a walking doll, Amosandra (a black baby doll who had a birth certificate and all kinds of accessories), and many of those miniature dolls from various countries. I loved them and still have many of them in their original outfits! They are not in pristine condition by any means because I played with them.

My Toni doll (1952) had that original dress. I have a story about mine and will put a picture of her on it.

Isn't Amosandra cute? I loved her smile! (1949)