My neighbors just had a baby. They have an 18 month old son and I want to gift him a baby doll to play with when mom and dad are busy with his new sister. Can I give him a baby?

My daughter played with her baby dolls a ton when I had my second at that age and I actually think her mimicking what I was doing helped her bond with the baby. Is it weird if I give him a baby doll?

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My 3 yr old son takes care of his plushie Mickey Mouse like I do his baby brother… I feed baby and he says he needs to feed his and then I burp my baby and he does too . I think giving him a doll could work out well

I got my little boy a baby doll and pushchair for Christmas, he loves pushing it around it's adorable! This is a lovely idea, may help him to adjust if he has his own baby he can feed/rock like mummy

I bought my toddler son a baby doll for Christmas.

Personally I see nothing wrong and think it's a great idea!
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Do you know your neighbors well enough?? Do you think it'll be received well to give their son a doll?? Some people just get really weird about boys playing with "girl toys" and I would hope that's not the case

I definitely think they would appreciate the gift, we are relatively good friends, but we are new friends so I started to second guess myself.

Thanks everyone! I’ll bring him the doll. I have a couple of things for their new baby, and I always felt like my daughter noticed that and felt left out when baby got things and she wasn’t considered at all. I know it’s not expected, but I also know they’ve been really nervous of how he’ll connect with baby. I’ll go ahead and give him the doll, I think the family will appreciate it.

I think yes to giving the baby doll but also along with the explanation of why in that you are aiming to support the bonding between siblings. Some people love it, some people (without the explanation) may see it as trying to push ideals onto babies (I don’t fyi but I know I’ve had dumbass comments from my family about “feminising boys” sigh!)

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