Dolls of the era

lucie · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:10 am Post subject:

I loved dolls when I was a kid - baby dolls - NEVER Barbie. My favourite was a doll that "drank" from a bottle, than peed!!! (Wetsy Betsy??maybe).

If I ever become a collector, my item of choice will be dolls (though they can be a little spooky...)

I once knew a demented woman who kept a life-size doll and treated it as an actual baby. She was really quite demented--had me buy baby food and tampons for baby!!!

knewlove · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:07 am Post subject:

oooh very weird woman lucie keep ur distance !! lol

I had a doll that drank and needed burping before she peed....burpy doll? lol I don't recall the name... I remember my grandpa made a nice swinging crib for her awwwwww ...

you had to fill the baby bottle with water or milk and feed it to the doll....it would take a bit to go thru her...so you had to hold her on your shoulder and pat her back to burp her lolll then she would let out these enormous belches.... but before you were ready or had time to change her diaper she would start peeing out the water or milk!!! LMAO a lot like the real thing then!
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Serenity · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:57 am Post subject:

Without the crying!! Wow I've never heard of a doll that could burp pmsl

thats pretty exciting stuff for a kid!

Lucie OMG at that woman, thats really disturbing!!! What happened to her?
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Dreama · CC&S User Online: Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 349

i watched a programme the other week on women who bought dolls and treat them like real babies, tooke them out in prams and everything.
http://www.reborn-baby.com/. i find that utterly disturbing. one woman, she was a grandmother who'd been like a childminder for her grandson until her daughter emigrated, so she had one made as a replica of him when he was a newborn. when she went to collect it she put it in a carseat and everything. Weird!
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Serenity · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

Gawd thats so unsettling, they should offer their services in childrens homes or something, thats too freaky for me

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ImBlonde · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:47 am Post subject:

I watched that too - it really freaked me out!
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lucie · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject:

The woman I referred to is long dead. Made sense to me though (except the tampons!) - gave her "somebody" to love and care for. This woman was faaarrrrrr past being able to care for real babies!

Serenity · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

Yeah the tampons is kinda hard to fathom, and I suppose youre right, some people just miss having babies and need a substitue.
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toni38 · Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:56 am Post subject:

Serenity · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

Seeing an advert reminded me of another of my childhood faves. Can you remember those carboard cut out dolls. ? That wore paper cut-out clothes, with the little fold over tabs that you would dress yours up in? They were really annoying, and the clothes would never stay on, the slightest breeze leaving your doll wearing nothing but her painted on undies lol. They were often printed in comic books for you to cut out. Can't imagine the kids of today being bothered with them !! lol
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