Sunny 9 for 2007 February 15 (entry 0)

(8) Thu Feb 15 2007 09:54 Playgroup discussion: I fully intend on letting Gunnar play with dolls if he wants to, and I hope he does.

Comments:

Posted by Susie at Thu Feb 15 2007 11:34

Dolls are very good for development, I hear.

Posted by Aaron at Thu Feb 15 2007 13:49

Oh, no you didn't. . . . . >:(

Posted by Jenni at Thu Feb 15 2007 14:53

We don't do dolls in our house. My grandma gave Caden a glo-worm for Christmas...that was pushing it. Both our kids have a Build-a-Bear animal...that's as close to dolls as we get (Caden has a monkey named Buddy and Austin has a doggy named Jack).

Posted by Joe Walch at Thu Feb 15 2007 16:49

No Comment--I think I would get in trouble analysing this "issue."

Posted by Rachel at Thu Feb 15 2007 20:56

L. had a male cabbage patch kid. I think it was as astronaut or something. Not that he played with it.... (or did he?)

Posted by Betina at Fri Feb 16 2007 15:23

I think playing with dolls helps teach little boys about being Dads. Of course, I am not sure what to say when the doll is turned into a gun/bludgeoning tool...

Oakley doesn't play with dolls very much, but every once in a while he takes one, wraps it up nice and puts it in a cradle or feeds it a bottle. Then he piles blocks on it.

I think doll play for boys is healthy.

Posted by Hailey at Mon Feb 19 2007 18:29

Ethan has spent time taking care of Mila's dolls before, and once I caught him dressing up her Polly Pockets, but he was embarassed about it--it was cute! On the other hand, that kid is a 300%, car-loving boy, so no worries here! Oh, and he is one awesome big brother to the twins!

Posted by Alyson at Wed Feb 21 2007 21:57

Go ahead, encourage his nurturing instincts! But any stuffed thingy will do.