Leialoha And Her Baby Doll

Aug 19 2008

Leialoha And Her Baby Doll

Published by Kalae Chock at 10:04 am under Morning Madness

My mom tells me that I never really liked to play with dolls. She says I’d pick them up, rip off their clothes and then walk away leaving them lying on the floor. That was the extent. Apparently, I wasn’t too interested.

For awhile, I thought my daughter was the same way. She never really plays with her toys. She throws them out of her toy box and then walks away. She takes each of her books off the shelf and throws them on the ground. She empties her basket of stuffed animals one by one until they’re scattered across her bedroom floor. She never really “plays” with them.

But things changed last week, when Leialoha got a baby doll for her birthday. She loves it. The doll came with a blanket that Leia uses to wrap the doll in. She doesn’t have one without the other. Leia holds the doll and rocks back and forth singing “Rock rock, rock rock”. Of course it sounds more like “Rah rah, rah rah”. Yesterday she even implemented the use of her doll stroller. So cute. I started laughing though when she got mad the stroller wouldn’t roll as well as she wanted. Ha.

I wonder if Leia shows interest in the doll because she likes real babies. Her baby cousins visited last week. She watched their moms rock them and cover them in “blankies” (that’s blankets in adult speak). I wonder if that’s why she likes her doll… it’s a baby of her very own that she can do whatever she wants with. Anyhow, I’m excited because I’m hoping it means she’ll be excited when baby #2 comes. I’m hoping it means she’ll be a good big sister who’s excited to “rock rock, rock rock” the baby. This could be just wishful thinking on my part, but I hope not.

P.S. no, baby #2 is not on the way… yet