How Do You Feel About Toddler Boys Playing With Dolls???

Question

Is Your Partners Opinion Different???

Wow, how quick you all were to think I had a problem with it!!
Actually, my 2yo twins have a couple of my old dolls which they "mother". I think it is so beautiful! My man used to have a problem with it, but I soon reminded him he used to play with his sisters Dolls
The question actually came, because my builder said something about my boys pushing the dolls in their prams when we went for a walk. It isn't the first time I have heard this, and was wondering if anyone else had the same problem.
HOTMUM!! lol remind him that he would have played with dolls, when he was a little boy!! That shuts them up!!!!

Answer 1

i think its cute, my 3yr old has been playing with his sisters dolls and strollers since a baby, at playgroup he pushes the dolls in the strollers and most of the other boys do too, im not gonna worry unless hes doing it still at 15 lol, xxxxxxxxxxxxx
last year i brought him supergirl barbie and he carried it round everywhere , [ hes superman obsessed, so when he saw the supergirl barbie he wanted it!]

Answer 2

At this stage he's just a toddler and toys shouldn't be gender-specific. Let him play with all sorts and he'll make his own preferences clear in due time. If they play with dolls sometimes, its a good thing. It means he's developing the nurturing side of his nature, and this will help him become a well-rounded individual as an adult.

Boys will tend to start to show more boy-like tastes once they mix with their peers and also older boys. Its at this point that they begin to feel the pressure to conform and have the same boys toys as others. Its a shame, but this is the way it works. Let him have a variety of toys, from dolls to saucepans (or preferably the vacuum cleaner!) to spiderman and racing cars. Let him choose.

Answer 3

My boy loves playing with dolls at the minute - he is 20 months. When he goes to Toddler Groups he make a run straight for the buggy and flies about with the doll in it. He also has his own little hoover and copies me when I am tidying up.
I have no problem with it, in fact I think it is great. I don't believe in stereotyping or making an issue out of nothing. If he is enjoying himself, having fun and learning at the same time then why not?

Answer 4

My grandmother bought my son a doll, he's 19 months and he loves it! I'm pregnant with a little girl so I honestly think that by him cuddling and loving a baby it will get him used to the way things will be. I was fine with him having a doll, my hubby hated it at first but who cares, he doesnt' understand that it's a "girl" toy. My husband owned a boy cabbage patch when he was little and that's a doll so why can't our son have a doll? I think that in someway it teaches them to care and nurture and become great daddys! He'll understand soon enough when he's older the difference between girl and boy toys...

Answer 5

I dont really have a problem with it - its just a toy to them after all. I have toddler boy / girl twins, and every now and then my son will pick up a dolly and give it a cuddle. I think its cute - my little man is developing a nuturing side - which is a good thing. My partner doent really mind either, i mean we have a 2.5yr nephew that his father cracks up when he kisses another boy/man (he not even allowed to kiss his dad - has to give him a hand shake) - that is just so sad, its the same kind of mind set isnt it!

Answer 6

My 3-yr-old went through a phase a few months back (he was about 2 1/2 then) when he wanted to bring his Ernie doll with him everywhere he went. Little boys do play with dolls, if you try to stop them the more they will want to do it. Don't make an issue out of it, they're practically still babies.

Answer 7

It's fine. I was actually told that it teaches them about how gentle you have to be with babies. My son is 4 and still "babies" my cabbage patch doll. He puts him to bed and tells me I have to be quiet so that I don't wake him up. I would only think boys had a problem with it later in life. And, my son nursed his baby sister the first day we took her home, he was THAT gentle. He used to sit there feeding her a bottle and used to help me bath her. My daughter is now 17 months and they both have dolls prams they push around inside.

Answer 8

Lmao, my husband and I have a difference in opinion! I don't think there is anything wrong with him playing with dolls and prams, yet my husband thinks it's the end of the world!

let them play, they don't know any better!

Our boy likes to play with trucks cars and trains too :-)

Answer 9

Wow you got heaps of answers on this one. I haven't read them because I just woke up but it will be interesting to see what others think.

Anyway I had a girlfriend who phoned me one day all concerned because her boy was playing with dolls when I asked her what the problem was she said it was gay. I was so angry with her. She grew up with three older brother and is a real tom boy (rides motor bikes, shoots gun, plays foot ball). So I asked her if you have a daughter and she wanted to play with a car or a truck would you let her? And she said yeah of course. My reply was then wouldn't that mean she will turn out gay? LOL she went dead quiet and then said oh. After that she didn't have a problem with her son playing with dolls.

I think it is fantastic for boys to play with dolls. It helps them move away from the idea that girls look after babies and men go to work. We bought our girls a box of match box cars for Christmas just to move away from all the girly stuff (they are real girls). They are already getting into my make up and perfume and like to dress up and look at themselves in the mirror. It's nice to have pretty little girls but we don't want them to be vain little princess' so we got them heaps of sporty stuff for Christmas too.

Answer 10

My son had one of the first cabbage patch dolls, it was a boy doll and it was his 'friend', then came GI joe. He is now 30 and a wonderful daddy, I think some of the nurturing of his 'friend' paid off.