Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Kindergarten? NO. These dolls are for 8 and up. Buy her the historical books and read them to her. She'll settle on one of the historical characters and then wish and wish, and "save her pennies" and then for her birthday, you can get her the the doll and all friends/relatives can get her various accessories. That's a great way to do it, imo.
You buy her a doll now and she'll thrash it and it won't be special like if you did it the other way.
I disagree. I bought one for my oldest DD for her 5th birthday (Josefina), and one for my youngest DD for her 4th birthday (Samantha). I let them pick one of the historical figure ones. They both take very good care of their dolls, and they both had been wishing for one for over a year before we got them. My youngest DD has been thumbing through every AG catalog that came in the mail until it was in tatters for a solid year before we recently bought it for her for her 4th birthday. We stuck to the historical characters, because I feel like the story and learning about a part of American history is what adds value to the dolls. I don't get why one would buy the ones that look like your child when you can get one that is pretty well made with as many accessories and all for a fraction of the cost from Target. My kids actually have a few of those also. We only went the AG route for the historical aspect, which our daughters actually really love. They obsess over the books and movies also.
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