What do you think about this doll?
There’s a doll manufactured in Spain called Bebe Gloton (gluttonous baby) that’s a breastfeeding doll. It comes with a bra-like halter top for the girl to wear that has flowers where her ******* are. The baby ***** at (on? the article was unclear) the “nipples” and then cries to be burped. After reading an article about it, I googled it and found more articles. There are opinions both for and against it. At first, I was against it, then for it, then against it again, haha. I am a supporter of breastfeeding (and have breastfed both my kids ’til a year and plan to do so with all my babies), but something about this doll doesn’t seem appropriate. Reading articles against it, people were quoted as saying, “What’s next? Dolls with alcohol addiction or erectile dysfunction?”, based on the fact that breastfeeding is an adult thing, just like alcoholism and ED. But then I thought, those are bad things and breastfeeding is not. A supporter of the doll also pointed out that many children in families that breastfeed pretend to breastfeed their dolls on their own, anyway and that baby dolls that come with a bottle show only the “artificial” way to feed a baby. Some opponents argued that a breastfeeding doll promotes motherhood in a playful light and may lead to teen pregnancy, but then the other side came back with the fact that all baby dolls do that, by letting girls play by changing diapers, pushing strollers, etc. But what finally led me back to being against the doll was thinking that if some company came out with a toy “pillow” that girls strapped to their tummies pretending to be pregnant, I wouldn’t allow my kids to have that, either, even though pregnancy is a wonderful thing and in no way bad. HOWEVER (haha, this is getting long-winded….sorry!) I would have no objections to my daughters pretending to breastfeed a doll they already have, or even putting a couch pillow under their shirts. I guess I just don’t want some company telling my child how to play. Thoughts?
Asked by:fawnberrie
Melissa S posted: 21 Jun at 9:25 pm
I think Thats disturbing. Kids grow up fast enough they dont need to know the whole thing about being a mom that early. I would not let my daughter have that.
Miss Coffee posted: 22 Jun at 7:33 pm
To me that is absurd! I use to pretend to nurse my dolls and so do my kids LOL. BUT they do not need a doll or anything actually ******* on them even if it is a bra, that is just a bit warped in my opinion.
BatMILF posted: 24 Jun at 4:08 pm
I think it’s a waste of money…you can nurse any doll.
But I don’t see how it’s any different from the ones that come with bottles. To assume otherwise is to sexualize breastfeeding.
parent posted: 26 Jun at 9:39 am
Pretty much like yours.
AgeofAquarius31 posted: 29 Jun at 8:39 am
I find it unnecessary, but I’m neither for nor against it… I personally think the dolls that ‘pee’ are also unnecessary, as well as ones that do other things, but I don’t worry about it. There will always be parents who buy it for their kids, and those that don’t… I wouldn’t, unless my daughter *really* wanted it… Then, I would at least consider it.
Shannon E posted: 30 Jun at 2:16 am
ive seen this quesiton numerous times. personally i think it should be fine for our daughters to feel that breastfeeding is a natural and wonderful thing without anything sexual being brough into it by others. key word: should. i dont know that this is a doll i would want my daughter playing with in front of others bc there are sick and immature people in this world. the doll in general i do not have a problem with. although it is a little extreme.