The Advantages of Playing With Reborn Baby Dolls

Dolls are a few of the earliest toys that children have ever played with. Their use was documented around 100 AD in Greece. There's good reason for these toys to be long lasting through history. They allow for a child, and are a representation of the child . While conventional gender roles dictate that dolls are a toy mainly for women, playing with dolls can provide important growth. Playing with dolls solidifies abilities that are obtained in a child's early developmental years. When kids play house, cooperate and they learn to communicate with one another kindly. By taking care of a doll, they learn how to take care of one another.Responsibility. By learning skills that are important children are learning responsibility. They learn how to look after a doll. Learning learn how to take care of their pets, or older siblings more easily know how to care of the younger siblings. Empathy & Compassion.Another significant social skill that kids learn when playing with dolls is how to process emotions such as empathy and compassion. Just like caring for their doll teaches responsibility, it enables them to grow up into people and teaches them to empathize with those around them. 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 children. Language. Playing with dolls as well as their friends, kids run into situations that are new and unique for their games. By filling it with language that is practical, communicating between one another can strengthen their language. By communicating in this way with their friends, children gain insight into home routines which could be different from their own. This way they discover the world around them.

Playing with baby dolls is also a wonderful way for young children to prepare for the arrival of a sibling. Parents can model ways to care and touch for an infant which could give a taste of what they can expect to the sib-to-be. Also, when the baby arrives, the new big-sib can care for their own baby doll directly alongside dad and mom. This can 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 action -- but still feel on the parent(s) and family -- can help a child ease into having an extra member in the household. Some children will prefer to play out these very same situations with other stuffed toys or miniatures because they feel better attached to them or they need the play to be more removed (less real to the actual situation) than playing with baby dolls. I am mentioning this because I don't want parents/caregivers to believe that because a child does not play with baby dolls that they can not understand and practice these skills. However, I do believe that infant dolls offer kids something unique that other toys just 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!) , kids often benefit from trying it out on a doll prior to doing for themselves. Taking clothes off is usually mastered before placing it on and includes removing items such as hat, socks (pulling from the top instead of pulling on the toes), shoes, top, using a pincer grip to sew, pulling down pants, and unbuttoning huge buttons. Some frequent clothing items kids can practice on themselves and dolls comprise placing a hat on their head, zipping with some assistance, putting shoes on, pulling up pants, putting on a shirt, and buttoning huge buttons. Using both hands in midline: This skill is expected to emerge around a year and a half and will coincide with the development of skills like holding or zipping/unzipping the ring while pretending to nourish it. Feeding: As children 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 items such as spoons, bottles, cups, forks, bowls, etc..

Social-Emotional Skills. Children use play to understand their world. Doll play helps kids: practice nurturing and caring (socio-emotional)re-enact interactions with their own caregivers, family, and friends (cognitive reframing) prepare for a sibling (rehearsal). Regardless of a child's gender, these abilities are all valuable life lessons. They may be mimicking 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 phone, working in the kitchen, vacuuming, etc., doll play is just the same. It's children's way by practicing these regular events to understand and begin to make the world their own. Doll play is a way for children to things which have happened in their lives. Doing so allows them to increase their understanding of the events. They are also able to take on the opposite function, 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 control and power. This makes complete sense because children have very little control over their world (for some essential and very good reasons). Giving a child the opportunity to have control and some power in play allows them to give it a go in a way.

Children learn plenty of language through their play and play offers them opportunities to use and practice their speech and language abilities. 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 with no baby doll but providing another chance to practice labeling this vocabulary helps to generalize the language to other people. It helps to teach kids that"nose" not only refers to the item in their own face but to all faces. Clothing Labels: Using the doll and its garments, you are able to teach the names of clothing items like shirts, pants, shoes, socks, jammies, etc.. Putting on and taking off the clothes also works on fine motor skills! Basic Concepts: Use infant with other infant toys (bed, 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 baby with another baby toys (bottle, bed, clothes) to teach verbs/feelings/etc. Like: eat, drink, sleep, sit, stand, hungry, exhausted, hungry, and much more. For instance:"Is the baby hungry? We ought to give him something to eat!" Answering"wh" questions: You can ask your kid various questions to work on his understanding of these words while he plays. "Where is baby?" "What does the baby want to eat?" "Why is the baby crying?" Social/pragmatic skills: Baby dolls can be a terrific tool to use to help teach proper social/pragmatic skills. Children can take turns playing with different dolls, and they are able to practice using language to ask questions about the dolls and what they're doing.
Bathing: Kids can practice giving their black reborn dolls a bath (with feign water if the doll isn't allowed 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 therapy to help kids move beyond their fear of bathing with them help me give the doll a pretend bath using all the necessary supplies (so they get used to the sensory experience from the water, shampoo, etc. and can have more control over the experience). We discuss the supplies needed and the steps taken during bath time, and then they could narrate the measures and relaxation the doll during"bath time" while playing out a simple or elaborate pretend narrative. (A plastic Potato Head also works great for this experience.) Parents have been so proud when their child finally agrees to get in the tub after practicing with the doll for weeks on end!Grooming & Hygiene: Dolls provide the perfect opportunity for practicing grooming and hygiene skills such as brushing hair, brushing teeth, and washing hands. Potty training: While I don't 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 performed on the doll either from the caregiver or the child him/herself. For example:"Uh oh! Baby has a wet diaper!
Why Kids Should Play with Baby Doll. The baby doll is a fantastic toy that we hope ALL kids .will have the chance. This is for educating children about themselves and the world around them because baby dolls are packed with potential. Let's take a look! Baby dolls provide 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 before they could apply them to themselves. And since girls develop not some of their fine motor and self-dressing skills later than boys, it's essential for them to be exposed to more opportunities for training. For example: Dramatizing with a doll: Around two to three years old, children start to behave like their doll can see and interact with them. They may link several actions with the doll in sequence such as feeding the doll, bathing the doll, and then placing the doll . This sort of pretend play is a hugely important part of their cognitive development.