Anatomically correct boy doll? (Gulp!)
Lily is a corporate advertising director's dream girl. She's only 5, but every single thing she sees on a television commercial, she wants.
That includes a $350 stuffed horse that you can 'ride.' I try to provide some guidance by saying "that's a stupid toy. You would never play with it.'
So now when a commercial comes on, she asks me, "Is that toy stupid?''
Well, she saw the toy that she truly must have, the other day. It's one that goes straight to the top of her list to Santa.
It's a baby boy doll, one of the Baby Alive versions that drinks and pees. We already have a peeing and pooping Baby Alive doll, but this one is a baby boy. And she realllllly wants it.
Trouble is, at the end of the commercial, in white letters that are not very noticeable, the following words flashed on the screen:
ANATOMICALLY CORRECT.
Really? I don't know if Lily is ready for an anatomy lesson yet. I mean, in this day and age, the thing could be computerized or something. I mean, how "correct" is it?
I tooled around online to try to find out, but Hasbro does not reveal what the baby boy looks like naked. In fact, on the Hasbro website, they only mention that little Wets N Wiggles does need diaper changing, and then there's this cryptic line:
"But when you change the doll’s diaper, watch out – babies can be full of surprises!''
Yes, I'll bet they can!
The website also mentions that this doll runs on 4 AA batteries. Um, for what????
What do you think, Santa?
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