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I would agree with you but, I would not have said this if he was a girl or if
we lived in a society were it would be highly unlikely that this his future
children would be given a bottle! And I have yet to see my boys 3 and 7
try to breastfeed their doll. They roll model lots of cuddling and pushing
in the stroller and an occasional bottle.
In a message dated 7/12/00 6:26:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>
> I can see the idea of giving a doll to "practice with" to the angry
> 7-year-old who wanted to feed his new sibling might make him less angry,
but
> I'm uncomfortable with what that implies. Saying that he can then give the
> baby a bottle when it's ready or older suggests that "readiness for a
> bottle" is some kind of developmental goal, and might imply that all babies
> will need bottles. (I know that's not what you meant.) It's the same kind
of
> discomfort I feel about dolls always coming with bottles.
>
> I think a 7-year-old can understand why bottles are a problem, and why
> breastfeeding is important. I'd tell him. Surely he wants the best for this
> little baby? And I'd help him to see all the other things he can do with a
> baby.
> One day he'll be a father, and I think it would be great if he could come
> into fatherhood knowing that breastfeeding is valuable and that he can
still
> be involved with a baby despite not having "the equipment."
>
> Teresa Pitman
> Guelph, Ontario
> (whose four children grew up around lots of breastfed babies and never once
> asked to give any of them a bottle - I guess it shows how far out of the
> mainstream we are! All their dolls were breastfed. I also did my share of
> nursing dolls, stuffed animals, action figures, etc.) (Yes, in my house the
> Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were breastfed, too - hey, it made them feel
> better when they got hurt.)
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