Breast Feeding Doll
Last week, while watching television, I saw a short news item about a doll that mimics breast feeding. Any mention about dolls on television always makes my ears perk up, so I watched the story and was very interested. The doll comes with a special vest, which looks like a bikini top, where the doll is "fed."
The Breast Milk Baby is made by Berjuan, and is available on their website in a variety of skin tones, girl or boy, and in different outfits. The doll costs a little more than an American Girl doll, so this is not cheap, but may be worth the cost to some.
At first I questioned the value of such a doll but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. As a former nursery nurse, I know first hand how much breast feeding needs to be encouraged, and I think this doll could do just that; particularly in families where children do not see breast feeding is action. In families where children are breast fed, future mothers, at a very young age will imitate with their dolls what they see Mom do. My daughter used to nurse her baby, when she was only 18 months old, while I nursed her new brother. In that case, any doll will do, but this doll can encourage little mothers to breast feed their baby where no other example exists.
I was unable to learn whether the doll requires batteries, but I know it can be turned on and off, so it has some mechanism to make it work. The vest is not at all anatomical in appearance, which is a plus, in my opinion, for young children. The doll must also be burped after being fed, so it's a great learning tool for baby care and adds more realism to the experience.
This topic will stir some debate, I know opinions run high on both sides of the question, so feel free to bring your comments to the Doll Making Forum.
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The Breast Milk Baby is made by Berjuan, and is available on their website in a variety of skin tones, girl or boy, and in different outfits. The doll costs a little more than an American Girl doll, so this is not cheap, but may be worth the cost to some.
At first I questioned the value of such a doll but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. As a former nursery nurse, I know first hand how much breast feeding needs to be encouraged, and I think this doll could do just that; particularly in families where children do not see breast feeding is action. In families where children are breast fed, future mothers, at a very young age will imitate with their dolls what they see Mom do. My daughter used to nurse her baby, when she was only 18 months old, while I nursed her new brother. In that case, any doll will do, but this doll can encourage little mothers to breast feed their baby where no other example exists.
I was unable to learn whether the doll requires batteries, but I know it can be turned on and off, so it has some mechanism to make it work. The vest is not at all anatomical in appearance, which is a plus, in my opinion, for young children. The doll must also be burped after being fed, so it's a great learning tool for baby care and adds more realism to the experience.
This topic will stir some debate, I know opinions run high on both sides of the question, so feel free to bring your comments to the Doll Making Forum.
Making and Dressing Cloth Dolls
Ebook with patterns and instructions to make 5 cloth dolls as well as chapters on general doll making techniques.The book includes 21 inch Lalena Doll, 21 inch David Doll, Bear Dolls, 9 inch Destiny Doll and 15 inch Annie Doll, all together in one handy book. 53 pages.Making and Dressing Cloth Dolls.
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