Recently, there has been a huge push by moms to end the stigma around breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a natural thing and helps moms bond with their babies, while also providing them with sustenance.
Bloggers, vloggers, and writers have spoken out about their experiences with breastfeeding in public — some positive and some negative. A lot of mothers are gawked at, told to stop and made fun of while breastfeeding their babies, and it makes them angry that people are trying to shame them for providing for their children.
So Betty, an Australian mother of two, decided to use her Etsy store to fight the stigma. Betty creates dolls that don't look like the average blonde-haired-blue-eyed doll to encourage kids to embrace diversity. Many of her dolls look like the average woman: sitting on the couch watching television, reading a book in bed or playing with her children.
Betty writes: "Growing up, it always struck me as odd that there wasn't as much diversity in the doll world as there could or should be.
"Not every child is born with blonde hair and blue eyes. Some have freckles, some have gaps in their teeth.
"When I became a mother, seeing the effect of the toys children are exposed to first hand, I noticed that the lack of diversity could be potentially damaging psychologically.
"A girl with brown skin and dark eyes may look at a light skinned doll and wonder why it's classed as beautiful and she is not.
"After discovering the doll community, I started experimenting with repainting dolls to achieve a more natural and diverse look and now, I am here to share them with you."
And since she already had the platform and the materials, Betty decided to start making a new kind of doll: breastfeeding dolls.
Once she became a mother, she realized that there were no pregnant or breastfeeding dolls, so she decided to fill that void.
These dolls normalize breastfeeding, and encourage kids to see pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding as a natural part of life.
What do you think of these dolls? Would you buy them for your kids?
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h/t Distractify
