As much as I believe that children benefit from baby doll play, and I wrote a post about a lovely imaginative play scene with a baby doll, most baby dolls are just plain creepy.
I am not scared of baby dolls. Thank you, Mom, for limiting our access to scary movies. I don't have a phobia of them due to horror films.
Baby dolls fascinate yet repulse me.
Baby dolls are creepy ugly, but the baby doll play scenes I discover are more creepy. My number one thought when watching my children play with baby dolls is "Thank God, these baby dolls aren't real."
Seriously, the warning to never leave a baby unattended in the water with an older sibling never rang so true when I found a baby doll submerged in a pitcher of water.
As much as we want our toddlers to believe they are useful when a new (real) baby arrives home, can they really be trusted to apply baby powder in only the right places? On that matter, does anyone actually use baby powder anymore?
Or can they resist the urge not to contort their extremities? Imagine their disappointment when they realize baby sister's legs don't turn 360 degrees.
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| Photo by Teach Preschool |
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| Photo by Taming the Goblin |
Thank goodness, it isn't as easy as this for your children to pass out baby brother as a Halloween treat when they get fed up with all the attention being grabbed by a smelly, wrinkly, and loud creature Mom and Dad call a cute baby.
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| Photo by Simple Home Blessing |
By the looks of it, there is some sort of attachment to preserve the iconic creepy realism of dolls. Dolls of the past are creepy just like our's today.
See Grandma played with creepy baby dolls, and she turned out fine.
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| Photo by Think Magnet |
Well, maybe, this Grandma didn't fair so well.
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| Photo by My Little 3 and Me |
As much as I poke fun about creepy baby dolls, there is something sweet about our children cherishing those baby dolls even the creepy ones with one eye that rolls about it in it's socket.
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| Photo by Fantastic Fun and Learning |
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9 comments:
What a great post! Love it!
@Susan Case Thank you, Susan. I am glad to hear you liked it.
Great post! Love the photography! And, yes I find that dolls can be a little creepy at times...sweet and creepy all at the same time.
This is hilarious! I agree that baby dolls can be super creepy, especially when they get older and start to have more "character." I'll never look at dolls the same!
The really are creepy! I couldn't agree more.
And that one baby doll with the diaper definitely appears to desire to be saved!
Great post, Rebekah! I'm totally creeped out now. Love the photos of the water pitcher and the baby powder!
CREEPY! I just can't help but feel those rolling eyes follow me. Your pictures are deliciously macabre.
Wow, some of those are really creepy. I gave my daughter a doll the other day that was one of my favorites growing up. It had the eyes that open and close and it really freaked her out. Her dolls don't have that (as all of mine did) so it really made her uncomfortable. Funny how something I loved so much could disturb her so -- perspective, huh?
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Traci
Absolutely creepy! Even as a child I found them creepy. This post was hilarious Rebekah! Loved it.
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