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To the moms of boys...
Do you plan on buying/ do you have dolls for your sons? What is your opinion of little guys playing with dolls?
I had an opinion, but since DH's was so different from mine, I thought I'd ask other girls what they thought.
Re: To the moms of boys...
obviously my son isn't born yet but just thinkin about your question....
i dont think i'd specifically buy a doll for my son...more stuffed animal typed "dolls" perhaps GI JOE when he's older (thats a doll right?).
I'm sure he'll end up playing with dolls either way, seeing as he will have 3 older girl cousins who own tons of them and I will definetely let him. Can't hurt him! My boy cousin was 7 months older than me and I played with GI JOE, My Buddy, wrestler men... and i turned out okay
I have an uncle that has 2 boys and REFUSES to let them play with dolls...even the action figure GI Joe things. If they get one for a birthday, they donate it. He's homophobic, I suppose.
As for B, we went to a baby playdate at a little girls house a few weeks ago, and he was ALL OVER her soft doll. It was funny. He also loves his Glo Worm.
I have no problem with it, at this age. Lewis and I have talked about it and we won't get him a full-on girls doll, but he can play with action figures.
I dont have a son....but my parents let my brother play with my dolls. He always played the father. He usually didn't carry them around like I did....he would grab them by a foot or the hair. I would scream!
My dad had an issue with it at first....my mom told him to get over it. She said boys need to learn how to be fathers etc.
ahaha i like that he carried them around by the foot/hair LMAO Such a boy thing to do.. meanwhile you were probably all gentle and motherly lol. I used to take my dolls everywhere with me.. i had carriers, strollers, playpens, the whole works.
My younger brother 'stole' one of my dolls when he was probably about 2(?) and claimed it as his own. And he would never let anyone put clothes on it. Hahah.
My dad hated that he played with that doll. It went everywhere with him.
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I'm so glad to hear that you all feel that dolls aren't the weirdest thing for boys! I have four girl cousins and only two boy cousins (and one sister, no brothers) so we were always surrounded by girlie toys. It never really occurred to me that Liam wouldn't have a doll, honestly- I just saw it like Becky mentioned, as daddy-training.
I wouldn't necessarily run out and buy him a Barbie- but I think teddy bears and even a baby doll would be fine! Michael seemed shocked that I thought it would be a good gift for him. I think it could prepare him for a younger sibling in a way, too- which always helps (no I have no announcements to make in that regard haha).
Would I actively seek out and buy him a doll? No, probably not. He does play with a doll at daycare and I don't care. Infact he kisses her and it's really cute. LOL He's already a playa!
So I was just going through Liam's drawers and I found a DOLL that his mom (Michael's mom, that is) got for Liam last Thanksgiving. It's a "L'il Peanut" by Manhattan Toy- but it is defnitely a doll! And it is 6mos.+ so Liam will get it today.
Super cute, btw...
When my younger brother was 4 or 5, he asked my mom for a Barbie. Knowing that it was probably a fleeting interest, she bought him a cheap knockoff. He didn't play with it for long.
If I had a son, I probably would get him a doll- not necessarily a baby doll, but one of those My Buddy type dolls from when we were younger.
I think it's probably a good thing for a boy to have a baby doll to nurture if there is going to be a new baby in the house eventually. When my younger nephew was in utero, my SIL bought my older nephew a baby doll but he was so threatened by it, he wouldn't even let her put it in his room. He's still threatened by his younger bro