Today, the market offers countless toys of any quality, from different manufacturers. In our article we will talk about choosing realistic dolls. It would seem that buying a doll is a small matter, but deserves great attention, because the acquired fun will affect the psychological health of your child. Let's talk about it.
How to choose a doll?
Everything will depend on the age of the baby:
- Until a year old. It is better to buy rag dolls made of quality material, because the child can pull them into his mouth. Carefully inspect the toy so that all the parts are firmly sewn and not come off. She should be bright and beautiful, and most importantly, light so that the baby could easily hold her in her arms.
- In the area of two years. Now you can choose from various small dolls, realistic dolls that are so popular today. It is necessary to pay attention to the material of manufacture and the integrity of the toy so that the daughter could not nibble anything, and even more so swallow. The baby doll can be washed, easily undressed, fed, changed the diaper, and so on.
- In three years. The girl grows up and begins to pay attention to dolls with a wardrobe and long hair that can be combed and braided.
- In four years, the daughter will play with dolls similar to modern models.
- A five-year-old baby can buy any dolls, but it’s recommended to choose accessories for them, because playing with one doll will be already uninteresting. It can be: wardrobe, car, house, animals. The child is already building the game consciously, modeling his behavior, but, of course, copying it from his parents and loved ones.
But still, the main condition for the purchase is the choice of the child. The daughter should like the toy, otherwise she simply will not play with her, and then all the accessories will also lose her interest, because she will not be the main character.
Realistic dolls that are difficult to distinguish from living children are popular today. The only thing is that they do not breathe and do not move independently. Let us once again draw attention to the fact that toys played by girls in childhood have a psychological effect on development in adolescence. Therefore, we will figure out which dolls should not be bought.
Which dolls can be dangerous?
It will be about fashion dolls. A new trend that conquers millions of children's and adult hearts. You can play or collect with them. Made of plastic. The quality of the material will depend on the manufacturer. And how can they harm?
According to psychologists, these dolls have a strong influence on the psyche of a child. Toys with a model appearance, with bright makeup, a bunch of clothes become an unconsciously fashionable standard for them. Girls are building the wrong behavior. They have a wrong idea of female beauty. Then there is dissatisfaction with his figure and appearance, imitation of the puppet image, shifting it to adulthood, the meaning of which will be reduced to endless trips to fashion boutiques and beauty salons.
How to be in this situation?
The modern world dictates its own rules. The child sees these dolls and wants a gift for himself. Therefore, parental contact is important here. You need to play with your daughter, send the doll to university or college, then to work. Thus, the baby will be instilled with important life values, she will learn how to build communication, be sociable, competent, social and so on. Dolls must be different. So that the child sees that female beauty is not only in cosmetics and outfits.
Let's talk about how to choose a realistic baby doll
Children love mom and dad games. They model various life situations that help in the development of creativity, instill the first skills of social behavior, and teach empathy. And of course, a baby doll becomes a favorite doll.
Realistic dolls are difficult to distinguish from a real child. You can find toys without pronounced sexual characteristics and, conversely, with facial expressions, expressive facial features, cilia, with folds on the body and so on. A realistic example would be realistic reborn dolls. Let's talk about them. What should you focus on when buying?
Doll complexion
If the skin is dark, the bobblehead will look blue due to the application of a large amount of paint. Apparently, colored sand was used to increase the weight of the reborn doll, and he penetrated the vinyl. Here you need to pay attention to the raw materials, which are used for weighting, since not all materials interact well with vinyl.
Gloss is excluded
If there is one, this suggests that the doll was treated with acetone before the coloring process, and the color was unevenly distributed on the surface. The quality of the paint may also be its cause, but this can be fixed using matte varnish. With a reborn doll, replacement parts of identical quality with a toy are also sold in the kit. On each product the artist leaves information about himself. And yet, due to special coloring, the doll looks like a real child, with prominent veins, swelling, and redness of the skin.
And how to choose a reborn doll for a child?
Super-realistic dolls should not scare parents. Well-known manufacturers make toys in accordance with child psychology. They have a percentage of realism that does not cause fear and bad emotions in children. When choosing a doll, you need to consider:
- Mandatory age and other characteristics (weight, height) of the child.
- Features of the manufacture of the product: material, fullness.
- Available auxiliary functions (movement, crying and so on).
- Accessories coming to the baby doll (nipple, diapers, pot and others).
Buying such toys is necessary only from European manufacturers in trusted, reliable online stores. A doll will be expensive. Otherwise, you can purchase a fake, which can cause irreparable harm to the health of the child.
Tell a little about these dolls.
These are industrial vinyl toys. The process of creating them is called rebooting. And the term itself means "reborn." They are familiar to people by their names: “living dolls” and “non-living dolls”. Originally born as a hobby in 1990 in America. In a simple mall, they are not for sale. They can be purchased online or at fairs. The price will depend on the manufacturer and quality and will vary from several hundred to thousands of conventional units. They will not leave anyone indifferent, their height and weight are identical to a living baby, as well as hairs, perfectly drawn skin, bewitching eyes. They can be called the most realistic dolls.
Such dolls are more suitable for collecting, the most natural look of a toy baby can scare a child. Therefore, for children soon began to produce small dolls. They, of course, are not so much like living babies, but still cute.
Reborn is produced by many companies from different countries. The most popular are dolls from Spain and other European countries. Because it pays special attention to the quality of the material from which the toys are made. Since the girls are swinging dolls in their arms, hugging, clutching to their faces and even kissing.
Varieties of reborn
Realistic silicone reborn dolls and vinyl are divided into:
- Mini baby dolls. Significantly smaller than the natural size of the baby, but girls with two to three years old are comfortable playing with them.
- But babies four or six years old can buy more realistic dolls.
- Toys do not represent babies, but older children. Of course, they have a reduced size, but very realistic faces.
In high-quality dolls, not only safety is welcomed, but also that they are pleasant to the touch. Hollow baby dolls are more natural. But soft-stuffed baby dolls are made of more delicate silicone, therefore it is much easier and more comfortable in the game.
Small dollies are equipped with auxiliary functions by manufacturers. A doll can write in a pot and diaper, make sounds, blink eyelashes and so on. And of course, their price will be more significant.
Let's talk about other realistic dolls.
Toys from Irish artist Glenda Evarts are also popular. An ordinary woman working as a cook, after her first pregnancy, found a talent for creating beautiful dolls. Now the mother of three children made 500 dolls, which are almost all sold.
Why do girls like these toys?
Because such a doll is like a living baby, and even more so if it makes characteristic sounds, requires feeding, the girl will show care and affection for her, take care of her. Thus, from her childhood she will have a maternal instinct, a feeling of compassion, humanity, which is so important for a future mother.
Doll Baby Bourne
This realistic rubber doll is like a baby, but not shocking, like reborn toys. They appeared on the market a few years ago and are still popular. Toys are made of high quality soft rubber. They also have many functions: sing, eat, write and so on. Accessories are produced for the models: bottle, nipple, diapers, bath, thermometer, pot and much more.
The advantages of toys:
- Since there are no small parts, it can be used by children from a year.
- A mechanical doll can be bathed.
- The doll is equipped with many features and rich equipment.
The only negative is that the doll is too heavy for the kids, so that it goes to the pot, you need to apply effort. And it’s not cheap.
Bobblehead Annabelle
This doll is more like a real baby. Comes with a white sheep. It is made of high quality rubber in four versions, runs on batteries. Also has many features. This interactive model of the baby not only cries and laughs, her lips move when feeding, her head turns, her arms and legs move. Let's look at the photo with realistic dolls (above).
How to choose a doll?
Tips for buying toys for a child under five:
- You need to choose a doll of the correct proportions, with a childish appearance so that there are no hints of sexuality.
- The toy must be environmentally friendly and safe.
- Check the doll for any sharp protrusions. Parts should not hang out.
- The hair should sit firmly on the head and not fall out from the simple manipulations of the child with them.
- Facial expression is better to choose a neutral one so that the baby herself will come up with an emotion.
- Easy change of clothes.
Remember, the value of the toy is not at all important for the child, the main thing is that you like it, arouse interest and positive emotions.