gender specific toys

manda26 · February 2013

I was thinking of getting O a baby doll or cabage patch type doll, I really see no issue with a boy having one. At mommy and me I saw him put the baby bottle to the babys mouth and it was the cutest thing ever!! And he has pushed around the toy stroller at my moms house with the baby in it. Of course my dad says "what is he doing with that?" but he is mainly trying to annoy me lol

Anyone have dolls for the boys? Or even toy cars or trucks for their girls?

Jcraul · February 2013

That is D's favorite thing right now. She loves the stroller she got for xmas.

We've gotten her dinosaurs & john deere tractors. She plays with both. I see no harm in it. I think it is great!

mnewlee · February 2013

I actually have plans to get G a truck or a train or something like that. Not so she'll specifically have a "boy" toy but I just feel like she'd enjoy it.

My sister let my nephew pick out any toy he wanted when we went to a sale once and he picked out a doll. It was so sweet how much he loved that doll.

I say go for it. If he enjoys it and has fun that's all that counts.

Oh, I just remembered. My H's favorite toy growing up was a "My Buddy" doll. He loved it so much his sisters still call him buddy.

GingerNess · February 2013

T has cars and trucks. more specifically, she has the little people car garage thing. She loves them.

my SIL won't let her son so much as hold a doll,ever. she will get onto him.

I see no problem with it at all. matter of fact, I think it would be great for development.

hypotheticalme · February 2013

My mom got a doll for N for Christmas when he was three months old. He's only now showing much interest in it. It's called Eebee-it's sort of a gender neutral muppet-type doll. I wouldn't mind if he had more "girly" toys, except that I'm not a girly girl myself

ldcoffel · February 2013

Yes- We have everything, but I have a girl and boy. One of K's favorite things right now is to diaper and and sit in the rocking chair with his babies. He pushes the stroller and shopping cart.

L plays with the cars and trucks. When she was this age, she loved her pink monster truck. She also went through a big train phase.

bluejetta · February 2013

N has all sorts of toys. Her favorites are cars, trucks, matchbox cars and stuffed toys. She ignores her baby doll / stroller. I say give the kid whatever.

SusieBW · February 2013

I think that boys having girly toys is way more taboo than girls having boyish toys. When girls play with boy things, they're "tomboys" or "tough kids," but when boys play with girly things, they're "sissys" or something with an equally negative implication.

I completely disagree with these stereotypes, and I think getting a baby doll for a boy is a great idea. Gender roles and all of the stereotypes that come with them are taught, they're not inherent.

DD has plenty of trucks and trains and tools, and she plays with them just as much as she plays with her princesses and purses.

JKGymnast · February 2013

Ry has a truck she loves, and a plane [both by Green Toys] that she hates...

But, the stroller I bought her off amazon comes in Blue for this very reason! :]

memali26 · February 2013

I have two very girly girls who play with cars, trains, and their tool bench. I don't really think of them as "boys" toys, which I suppose is a double standard because I do think of most of most of our other toys as "girls" toys. Not that I think there is anything wrong with boys playing with "girls" toys - I actually think it's great. Especially in this day of more "modern" parenting with more involved fathers, I think it's awesome for little boys to be pushing baby strollers and rocking baby dolls. It helps to build their nurturing side and if I remember right from my ed psych classes, it helps grow different areas of the brain than the typical "boy" toys.

CMheart1011 · February 2013

When my brothers were little, they played with my dolls, and I played with their Hotwheels. L has a mix of girly toys and things like trucks, toolbench, etc. My nephew loves L's babies when he comes over.

babybmom · February 2013

C has some cars and a couple tractors. She loves to push them around and say beep beep or make vroom sounds.

luvmyducks · February 2013

I give K cars. She loves them. And she loves balls. If I had a boy I would let him have a doll. They have boy cabbage patch dolls

shelley1002 · February 2013

I have no problems with boys having cabbage patch kids. They do have boy ones. And I see no problem with girls playing with trucks. That's how we grew up. I was very much into matchbox, Star Wars, and the comic book superheroes.

At Christmas C was pushing my niece's toy stroller around the house and loving it. I would have no problem getting him one to push his animals around in. my DH might have an issue with that though.

covertxxamour · February 2013

Since its just her, a lot of her recent toys from Christmas are baby dolls, stroller, etc. She does have a couple of little trucks and police cars that she loves. I don't mind. When we are out driving somewhere, she is screaming in excitement over a truck. When her little brother gets here, there will be even more "boy" toys and if she wants to play with it, I'm alright with that. My brother used to play Barbies and house with me, and I hope M and her brother can do the same!

manda26 · February 2013

We went to the toys r us outlet today and while there were lots of dolls, no cabbage patch. Ill have to try the real TRU

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