The Advantages of Playing With real life baby dolls

Dolls are some of the toys that kids have played .  Their earliest use was recorded around 100 AD in Greece.  There's very good reason for these toys to be long lasting through human history.  They allow for a child to acquire a greater understanding of these as well as those around them, and are a representation of the child .  Playing with dolls may provide significant growth, while traditional gender roles dictate that dolls are a toy for women.   Playing with dolls solidifies social abilities which are obtained in a child's early developmental years.  Collaborate and they learn to communicate with one another kindly when kids play home.  By taking good care of a doll, they know how to take care of one another.Responsibility.  Children are learning responsibility, by learning important skills from an early age.  They learn by playing with it, how to look after a doll.  Learning this skill can help kids learn to take care of their pets, or siblings more easily know how to care of the younger siblings.  Empathy & Compassion.Another important social skill that children learn when playing with dolls is the way to process emotions such as empathy and compassion.  Like caring for their doll teaches responsibility, it teaches them to empathize with people around them and enables them to develop into people that are caring.  Imagination.Dramatic play, the sort of play that occurs when children play with dolls, helps develop a child's imagination as they experience creative, imagined scenarios with their dolls and other kids.  Language.  Playing with dolls in addition to their friends, kids run for their own games into special and new situations.  By filling it with language that is sensible communicating between one another can strengthen their vocabulary.  Children gain insight by communicating in this manner with their friends.  
Playing with Reborn Twins is also a excellent way for young children to get ready for the birth of a sibling.  Parents can model ways to touch and care for an infant which could give a taste of what they can expect to the sib-to-be.  Once the baby arrives, the new big-sib can care for their own baby doll directly alongside mom and dad.  This may be particularly helpful since it's quite normal (for obvious reasons) for the older sibling to never get as much attention once the baby arrives.  Being able to have their own activity -- but still feel on the parent(s) and family -- can help a child ease into having an additional member in the family.  Some kids will prefer to play out these very same scenarios with other stuffed toys or miniatures because they feel better attached to them or they require the play to be more removed (less real to the real situation) than playing with baby dolls.  I am mentioning this because I do not need parents/caregivers to believe that because a child doesn't play with baby dolls that they can't understand and practice these skills.  But I do believe that infant dolls offer children something unique that other toys can't do.

Removing clothes: Although some clothing items are easier to remove than others (like those baby socks that never remain on their small feet!) , before doing this for themselves, kids often benefit from trying out it on a doll.  Taking clothing off is usually mastered prior to placing it on and includes removing items such as hat, socks (pulling from the top instead of pulling on the feet ), shoes, shirt, using a pincer grip to unzip, pulling down pants, and unbuttoning huge buttons.  Putting on clothes: Getting clothing on can be tough and is typically MUCH easier when first practiced on a doll.  Some common clothing items children can practice on themselves and dolls include placing a hat on their head, zipping with some help, putting shoes on, pulling up pants, putting on a shirt, and buttoning huge buttons.  Using both hands in midline: This ability is expected to emerge around a half and a year and will coincide with the development of skills like zipping/unzipping or holding .  Feeding: As children's pretend play skills grow, so do their self-feeding skills!  Playing with a baby doll gives them the chance to practice suitably holding and using feeding things like spoons, bottles, cups, forks, bowls, etc..

Social-Emotional Skills.  Children use play to comprehend their world.  Doll play helps children: practice nurturing and caring (socio-emotional)re-enact interactions with their own caregivers, family members, and friends (cognitive reframing) prepare for a sibling (rehearsal).  Irrespective of a child's gender, these skills are all valuable life lessons.  In carrying, holding, feeding, and rocking a baby doll, kids are practicing being loving to others.  They may be modeling how they recall being cared for as a baby, or how they see adults in their world caring for children.  Just as children copy parents talking on the telephone, working in the kitchen, vacuuming, etc., doll play is no different.  It is children's way by practicing these events, to comprehend and begin to make the world their own.  Play is also.  Doing this enables them to increase their understanding of the events.  They can also take on the opposite role, which enables them to see things from another's perspective (SUCH an important skill to acquire!) .  Many times children will enjoy taking on the adult role in order for them to feel a sense of power and control.  This makes complete sense because kids have very little control over their world (for some essential and good reasons).  Giving a child the chance to have some power and control in play allows them to give it a go in a safe way.
The baby doll is a toy that can really help open up and expand a child's pretend play.  Children learn a lot of language through their play and play offers them opportunities to utilize and practice their speech and language skills.  Let's look at just some of the language concepts that a baby doll can help teach and support: Body Parts: Dolls are FANTASTIC for teaching various body parts: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hands, palms, stomach, feet, feet, knees, elbows, etc..  Yes, you can teach these without a baby doll but providing another chance to practice labeling this vocabulary helps to generalize the vocabulary to other men and women.  It helps to teach kids that"nose" not only refers to the item in their own face but to all faces.   Putting on and taking off the clothing also works on fine motor skills!  Basic Concepts: Use baby with other infant toys (mattress, blankets) to teach some basic concepts like: prepositions (baby in the bed, infant under the blanket), colors, and size concepts (using different sized dolls).  Verbs/Feelings: Use the infant with some other baby toys (bottle, bed, clothes) to educate verbs/feelings/etc.  Like: eat, drink, sleep, sit, stand, hungry, exhausted, thirsty, and much more.    Answering"wh" questions: You can ask your kid an array of questions to work on his understanding of these words while he performs.  "Where is baby?"   "What does the baby want to eat?"  "Why is the baby crying?"  Social/pragmatic abilities: Baby dolls can be a great tool to use to help educate proper social/pragmatic skills.  Children can take turns playing with different dolls, and they can practice using language to ask questions about the dolls and what they're doing.

Bathing: Children can practice giving their doll a bath (with pretend water if the doll isn't permitted to get wet)!  This is wonderful for practicing sequencing skills (first fill up the tub, then place on shampoo, then rinse hair, etc.).  I also have used dolls in treatment to help kids move past their fear of bathing by having them help me give the doll a pretend bath using all the necessary supplies (so that they get used to the sensory experience from the water, shampoo, etc. and may have more control over the encounter ).  We talk about the supplies needed and the actions taken during bath time, and then they can narrate the measures and relaxation the doll during"bath time" while playing out a simple or elaborate feign story.  (A plastic Potato Head also works great with this experience.)  Parents have been so pleased when their child finally agrees to get in the tub after practicing with the doll for months on end!Grooming & Hygiene: Dolls supply the perfect chance for practicing grooming and hygiene skills like brushing hair, brushing teeth, and washing hands.  Potty training: While I do not have a lot of experience on this front (yet!)  While skills such as indicating discomfort over soiled pants and sitting on a potty chair with assistance are skills a child must develop in him or herself, they may be played out on the doll either from the caregiver or the child him/herself.  For instance:"Uh oh!   He feels yucky", or "Okay, Baby, time to sit on the potty!"

Why Kids Should Play with Baby Doll.  The baby doll is such a toy that we expect ALL kids .will have the opportunity to own and play during the toddler years.  This is for educating children about themselves and the world around them, because baby dolls are packed.  Let's take a look!  Baby dolls offer children lots of opportunities for developing abilities, fine motor, and their cognitive.  Kids often find it easier to practice these skills on someone (or something) else until they can apply them to themselves.  And since girls develop not some of their fine motor and self-dressing skills than boys, it's important for them to be exposed to more opportunities for training.  For example: Dramatizing with a doll: About two children begin to act like their doll can see and interact together.  They may link several activities with the doll in sequence such as feeding the doll, bathing the doll, and then placing the doll .