Baby Doll

I woke up in the middle of the night to feed her!

- Ginny, Indianapolis

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This was my favorite toy above all. I still have her and she rests on my dresser with her same outfit.

- Kristen, Indianapolis

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Since I was youngest of the girls of my Dad's side grandparents,my grandmother "Meem" always bought me a doll every time they visited me in Greensburg,IN. I had names for every one of them. My favorite ones that I have 39 years later is the Holly Hobbie girls set named Holly Hobbie, Amy, and Carrie. I played with them in my dollhouse and they sleep with me in bed. Today they sit on small wooden bench in my bedroom.

- Joy, Indianapolis

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In 1956 when I was 8 yrs old, I wanted a Tiny Tears Doll. I was youngest of 7 children and we could only get one gift and I DID get my doll! My older sister made me clothes for Christmas and used the scraps to make matching outfits for my Tiny Tears. It was a wonderful Christmas!

- Mary, South Bend, IN

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I know that one of my favorite dolls was this one. It really wet its diapers when it was given a bottle of water. What fun!!

Does anyone else remember this doll?

- Toddy, Muncie, IN

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I LOVED my Tiny Tears. I still have her and she rests on my dresser. My best friend had Betsy Wetsy.

- Kristen, Indianapolis

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At Christmastime in 1956 I was 8 years old I wanted a Tiny Tears for Christmas. We had a large family and only received one gift from our parents. I received my Tiny Tears and my oldest sister had made clothes for me for Christmas and she used scraps to make clothes for my Tiny Tears so we matched!! It was a wonderful Christmas.

- Mary, South Bend, IN

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My cousin and I both had similar baby dolls. We were about 8 and 9 yrs. old at the time (early 1950's) To us they were"real babies". We took them for walks in little strollers, bathed them, dressed them and even walked to the local grocery and bought them baby food. This was a very special and imaginative world that we lived in then!

- Sonja, Charlestown, IN

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I'm 58 and back when I was a child you always received a baby doll. I was quite the motherly type. In fact I always had my baby and I always took care of my sisters babies. I had my own room in the attic of babies. Many were without arms or legs or hair but I loved them all. Eventually when I became a teenager I gave all my babies to two of my cousins. They names them "all" Alecia, which is my name. I sure when I had some of those baby dolls now for my granddaughters.

- Alecia, Crawfordsville, IN

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I loved this doll but I wasn't too thrilled once she "cried" and "peed" the first time. The stale water inside the doll once she "drank" it would start to smell bad after a while so I only let mine cry and wet her diaper once. After she dried out, she was just a baby doll. Mine had tight curly hair, rather than the plastic hair. She looked more realistic than the one pictured.

- Kat, Mishawaka, IN

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My favorite toy when I was little and I lived in Perth was a pretty doll in a purple dress. Her straps would always fall off of her shoulders and I would always put them back up. My rag doll had a delightful yellow sunflower in the middle of the front of her purple dress. She had beautiful blonde wavy hair that was put up in neat and tight pig tails and made of wool. She also had tiny red shoes that had sparkles all over them and flowers on the straps. I called her Sunny because she was as beautiful as the sun. I liked this doll more than any of my toys because it kept me safe from the monsters that came at night. Especially the ones that creeped up and rapped against my window. Sunny was my defense, she went with me everywhere. The one thing I remember most about her was how her shoes always sparkled in the sunlight whenever I took her outside when I was playing on the swings. Sunny would go on the swings with me, though she would keep falling of and I had to keep putting her back up. Sunny was my favourite toy.

- Sandy, Brisbane, Queensland

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I loved my Tiny Tears doll and took my role of her mother to heart. When I started kindergarten, I asked my Mom to babysit Tiny and left her directions for the baby's care in my absence. I still have my Tiny Tears.

- Ruth, Prior Lake, MN

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My first doll was a Chatty Cathy doll and she talked. I wish I had her today, she would be worth some money and I could give her to my granddaughter.

- Diane, Brazil, IN

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I had a lot of dolls when I was a little girl, but my favorite was my Betsy Wetsy Doll and her bathtub. I remember spending hours playing house with my dolls. My dad built baby beds for my sister and me one Christmas and my mom made us each a quilt for it. What fun memories my dolls were.

- Alice, Indianapolis

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I had a Madame Alexander "Victoria" baby doll that I loved as if it were my own baby. "Vicky" was my constant companion long after my friends had moved on from their baby dolls. Thankfully my mom saved her when I finally did grow out of that stage and my nieces have loved Vicky as much as I did. She's still at my mom's house and wears clothes that my nieces and nephews wore when they came home from the hospital.

- Deb, Indianapolis

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I played with my baby dolls so much my grandfather made me a home made baby bed, my grandmother made a pallet for it and my mother made blankets and clothes for them. I loved my baby dolls!

- Dora, Indianapolis

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A year old little girl just doesn't understand why her mommy isn't there, but Tiny did. Tiny gave me a love of dolls (I have over 100 dolls of every kind and from all over the world). I still have her. I even had one of my daughters pictures taken with her. I still have Tiny and she reminds me of a special secret world that only a little girl can have.

- Barbara, Rossville, IN

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Betsy Wetsy was my first and the best doll ever. After years of being bottle-fed water and a related amount of wetting her diapers, Betsy Wetsy's soft rubber body disintergrated and I grew up and chose different toys. However, there will always be a very special place in my heart for my early companion, Betsy Wetsy.

- Betty, West Lafayette, IN

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The Sparkle Plenty doll had yellow "yarn" hair that you couldn't really comb, but the ad said you could "style" it. I guess they meant "braid" it, and you could. I believe she was connected to a comic strip, maybe Lil' Abner?

- Jan, Crawfordsville, IN

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Every afternoon my mother and baby brother would nap, so I had quiet time in my room. I'd play endlessly with my doll and tea set. I was the mom and we would have breakfast, lunch , dinner, a party, or snacks. It was fun and good practice for adulthood I suppose.

- Barbara, Indianapolis

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