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bschulte
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| Hey all, my kids were watching Disney Channel the other day and I happened to see an ad for a doll that pees, poops and comes with its own toilet. I remember having a doll that wet, Betsy Wetsy or something, but I don't EVER remember dolls that made #2 and came with a toilet. I was a little freaked and want to write about it. Are these things popular? What do other Moms think? |
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| It probably is Baby Alive. My daughter has been begging for that doll for 1.5 yrs, but I won't get it for her. A friend's daughter has it and the poop actually stains. You need to use it with your kid, or it makes a huge awful mess. The doll also talks, etc. Give me an old rag doll any day! |
Anonymous
| OK, really, literally, Holy Shit! |
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H.S.! That is hilarious! I'd love to talk to Moms about what they think for a story for the Washington Post. Give me a call at 703 518 3029 or email me at schulteb@washpost.com.
Thank you so much! |
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I spend enough time cleaning up my DD's poop. Why would I willing bring another poop generator into my home to have to clean up after?
That is hysterical that someone is marketing that, and it's even funnier to me that it's actually popular! 
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Anonymous
Same with those dolls that cry--do I really need more of that in my life?? |
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Oh, Lord! http://www.hasbro.com/babyalive/
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Anonymous
| I've seen those commercials and thought that doll was disgusting. But, I have boys, so I thought that maybe I was out of touch. So glad to read that moms of daughters think the same thing! |
Anonymous
Amen! I feel the same way about a puppy... 
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Your subject line alone gave me a chuckle.
One thing I'll say is perhaps this will help with toilet training and that was the intention! So if your child wants to play with the doll, she has to go number 2 when the doll does.... I dunno, its a bit much for me! And what kind of poop is it anyway? Yech! |
bschulte
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| Ha! Apparently the dolls have been around awhile, but are only recently being aggressively marketed. Seems that the popularity has something to do with a segment on Dr. Phil talking about how these kinds of dolls can help potty train your child in a day or something. (oh, my son took muuuuuuch longer than that, and I doubt a doll would have done anything to speed the process...) |
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I had one of these as a child in the 70s, and there was a design flaw that made the thing truly disgusting, even to a child who didn't initially think the concept was gross.
What happened was, the doll munched on the yellow "food" you fed it by baby spoon, said MMmmmm or whatever, and then .... nothing. All that baby food got trapped inside the doll and soon made a rotten smell, stayed wet, and so on. You could never get it to come out. It actually would have been better if the doll actually pooped it all out. |
Anonymous
| Having a boy, I prefer to teach him to clean after. Dolls that poop...?? Not for me, I have enough... |
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| Several years ago, when my daughter was in kindergarten, she had a Baby Bjorn, who came with a potty, special cereal and a bottle. After feeding her a bottle, you would squeeze her arm and tears would come out of her eyes. My daughter absolutely adored this doll. She was soft, pliable, no batteries or electronics. After eating the cereal , however, after she had pooped in her little diaper, cleaning her insides was a challenge. My daughter always preferred the baby bottle and tears, but when her friends came over, they were fascinated by the pooping behavior. When a was little, my mom gave me handkerchiefs to use as diapers for my babies, and one time I remember I colored on it with brown crayon to simulate a poop. What can I say... |
bschulte
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| I love that! I was talking to child psychologists about these dolls - they said that kids at that age are fascinated by poo and pee and toilet training and they'll play with dolls that way, regardless of whether they come with the real (or should I say simulated) deal. I also found plush toys, a yellow drop of pee and a brown mound of poo selling for $38 ... the marketing literature says they just "reek of fun" ... ! |