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My daughters have never needed a particularly special kind of doll to pretend to breastfeed. They just do it because they see their Mama doing it.
 
Just because something is "natural" doesn't mean it's suitable for a child.

We slowly reveal "facts of life" to children over time, as they are ready to consider the moral, physical, emotional, and social implications.
 
How on earth have girls made it all these centuries without something like this?

Ew. Definitely ew. Breast feeding is natural. Having a doll like this is not.
 
The only thing I see as an issue is the halter top. Parents should take care that the girl isn't going to expose herself to people to "breastfeed" her doll.

Dan, by your logic girls then shouldn't play with dolls at all till they're of some mysterious appropriate age. I think it is wonderful that Todd's girls are imitating mommy. They should. If this doll helps girls to imitate their moms, hopefully their moms are godly, then I'm all for it.
 
while I think breastfeeding is natural and I BF both of mine and plan on BF Chloe... I just don't think I would be ok with walking into her room and watching her play pretend breastfeeding and all... I don't know... it's just weird, to me.
 
toddpedlar said:
My daughters have never needed a particularly special kind of doll to pretend to breastfeed. They just do it because they see their Mama doing it.
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My daughter does the same thing. She "mothers" her baby dolls all the time. Pretending to put diapers on, pretending the breastfeed, etc. We didn't teach her those things, just observation. Girls are girls.
 
Tripel said:
toddpedlar said:
My daughters have never needed a particularly special kind of doll to pretend to breastfeed. They just do it because they see their Mama doing it.
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My daughter does the same thing. She "mothers" her baby dolls all the time. Pretending to put diapers on, pretending the breastfeed, etc. We didn't teach her those things, just observation. Girls are girls.
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Gasp, shock and horror!

You old dinosaur. Girls are girls. How old-fashioned!
 
My daughter didn't need a special doll to pretend to breast feed. Every doll she has was 'breast fed'. But, neither did she expose herself to do so.
 
Sven said:
Dan, by your logic girls then shouldn't play with dolls at all till they're of some mysterious appropriate age. I think it is wonderful that Todd's girls are imitating mommy. They should. If this doll helps girls to imitate their moms, hopefully their moms are godly, then I'm all for it.
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Should we then provide dolls that imitate copulation?

:rolleyes:
 
DanMcCormack said:
Sven said:
Dan, by your logic girls then shouldn't play with dolls at all till they're of some mysterious appropriate age. I think it is wonderful that Todd's girls are imitating mommy. They should. If this doll helps girls to imitate their moms, hopefully their moms are godly, then I'm all for it.
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Should we then provide dolls that imitate copulation?

:rolleyes:
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Copulation, Breastfeeding--not the same thing. Is it okay for a girl to play mommy to a doll? Well in my household, part of being mommy is feeding the baby breast milk. If you're not comfortable with breast-feeding, that's something you need to deal with. In my household, it is a natural part of our life. Nothing to be ashamed of. This is not to say that my wife exposes herself to any on-looker. We promote modesty, but we don't freak out when we see someone breastfeed. Let's dispense with pseudo-sensibilities, please.
 
We had quite a laugh when my two year old came running into the living room, jumped in her chair and shoved her doll under her shirt. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied, "Shhhh, Daddy, my baby's hungry..." :lol:
 
For what it's worth, we had three children -- all three were breastfed, and the two girls "pretended" to breastfeed once in a while.

We didn't "celebrate" it, neither did we shush them.

But a doll?

Seriously?

Mark me "ew."
 
That doll/halter top is just wrong in sooooooooo many ways! It's one thing for little girls to pretend to breast feed with their shirts on, but the other is just VERY wrong!!
 
I'm all for kids coming up with the idea on their own, but I'll not be introducing that doll to my daughter, and we are a BF-ing family.
 
Houston E. said:
We had quite a laugh when my two year old came running into the living room, jumped in her chair and shoved her doll under her shirt. When I asked her what she was doing, she replied, "Shhhh, Daddy, my baby's hungry..." :lol:
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That's adorable! :)

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I agree with many others here - it's natural - you don't have to draw attention to it or market a halter to promote it. Big difference.
 
Even though BF a natural thing, I have to admit I'm a bit disgusted by this doll. If I had daughters I wouldn't want them imitating this behavior, because its not a natural thing for a child to do and if they do that outside the context of the home its not very modest at all. I just think there are far more important things that little girls should be emulating!
 
well I am not saying I would buy the doll but there are worse and better things out there. I do find it odd that almost every other culture except islamic and the usa are far more liberal about breast feeding in public. After church you can see women with a simple cloth nursing their babies in the fellowship hall. doesn't freak us out. but the doll thing is kinda creepy... I wonder if its name is ''talking tina'' (google reference if you dont get that) or Chucky?
 
Wow. So, I finally read the article.
That is disturbing... Can you imagine seeing some little girl using this thing? And it makes sucking noises too. :eek:

And as far as I know, the act of breastfeeding isn't a public sort of thing anyway...
 
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