I was just complaining about this last month! I made a sling for my niece who is 4 years old for christmas and wanted to get her a baby to go in it. I went to target and could only find ONE doll that did not come with a bottle, and it was a cloth doll, so more like a stuffed toy. Even those monkey and kitten dolls come with bottles now, I saw!!! 
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I know that some parents must use bottles, but why not sell them seperately from the doll so parents have a choice? I'm so not looking forward to this battle when DD is old enough for dolls....luckily mommy has to undo all the packaging and the bottle can just be "left behind"
oh, and not really lactivism, but have you seen all the dolls that come with every baby container imaginable??!! They come with a swing, bouncy chair, carseat bucket, pack n play....its crazy. I use some of these items sometimes IRL, but the message is being sent to our kids that it is normal to leave your children in one container after the other all day. I guess its not bad enough we are told to neglect our babies, we have to teach them to neglect their dolls too.
:I know that some parents must use bottles, but why not sell them seperately from the doll so parents have a choice? I'm so not looking forward to this battle when DD is old enough for dolls....luckily mommy has to undo all the packaging and the bottle can just be "left behind"
oh, and not really lactivism, but have you seen all the dolls that come with every baby container imaginable??!! They come with a swing, bouncy chair, carseat bucket, pack n play....its crazy. I use some of these items sometimes IRL, but the message is being sent to our kids that it is normal to leave your children in one container after the other all day. I guess its not bad enough we are told to neglect our babies, we have to teach them to neglect their dolls too.
It's precious-I wish I could dig it up and post it. Let's face it, there are plenty of women out there(and here on MDC) who HAVE to use bottles for various reasons. Not every mom has the ability to stay at home and exclusively breastfeed(meaning no bottle). There could very well be EBM in the doll's bottle if you choose to look at it that way. I realize that intoducing a bottle too early can interfere with the BF relationship but bottles can be used while also BF without issues. I am a SAHM and both of my boys still used bottles at times that I was out and unable to BF. There are lots of adoptive moms who have no choice.(relactation doesn't always work and isn't always an option) I don't think bottles are "evil" as what is presumed here in this thread. I realize this is the Lactivism forum, but I guess I don't see this forum as being only for those who choose to BF exclusively without using bottles. Alright, I'll get off my soapbox now. 
: like they'd been weaned, poor things.
Then my brothers (ages 13 and 10) get her a doll. hard plastic, make boat loads of HIGHLY annoying music when you squeeze any hand or foot, and the eyes open and shut (ok- that part just wigs me out) and the same for the 3rd doll (not a duplicate, a SLIGHTY different one :eyeroll: )
