Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Doll

Ree got a baby doll for her birthday, which Natalia assumed meant Natalia got a baby doll for Ree's birthday. Thankfully, Ree is willing to share.



The doll looks pretty realistic, and it even makes six exciting real baby noises. As with real babies, we occasionally get it to coo or giggle, but it mostly just cries. Natalia likes carrying the doll around and feeding it until it cries. Then she finds a parental unit to help. One night she handed Jeff the doll while it was crying. When it didn't see to do anything about the crying, she rolled her eyes and said, "Bottle." Apparently she thought Jeff was sufficiently trained, because she usually takes him the doll and the bottle when the doll cries.

But one day when he wasn't around, the doll started crying. She yelled, "Mommmmm!" and then thrust the doll at me and commanded, "Booba," her word for nursing. I guess that's how moms take care of crying babies.

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