My daughter was given a bitty baby for her 2nd birthday (by her grandmother). She’s 5.5 and has lots of dolls, but this one is still her favorite, and the one she takes on trips, etc.

Totally understand the sentiment that these are creepy and probably originate out of some thinking that girls should play with girl (home making) toys and boys should play with boy (job) toys. That said, we have the baby doll and it mixes in fine with a range of toys that we consider non gender stereotyping overall. The quality is good so it’s not a throw away toy although overpriced to cover all the marketing and design that goes along with the toy. The idea of the toys and accessories as collector items and the catalogue is over-consumerism no doubt. We just don’t do catalogues or commercials in our household but the doll itself is ok with me. Grandmother definitely wants to take daughter to the AG tea in NYC and frankly I roll my eyes at all such experiential retail but will not stop gramdmom if she want
To do this thing.

Anonymous wrote:Those dolls are designed for consumer suckers, stay away.

Dp Then you don't have to buy but, you don't get to dictate what others spend their money on. What a kill joy pp. You don't have to be the negative Nancy.

My dd was 3 when we took her ( along with big Sis, 6) and they loved it. It was a happy memory for me and my MIL since I am not too sure how much my dd remembers. But, we have pictures!

3 is perfect for Bitty. My 3 year old just went to the cafe on her birthday and loved it. She adores fancy tea parties so it was right up her alley.