Meet our Organic Cotton Baby Doll, a timeless doll for everyone

Dolls are a timeless toy. Most children, at some point, go through a stage of being fascinated by dolls, which give them a chance to take care of something smaller than them—to play family and be the nurturer for a change. Perhaps what’s most important about a doll, though, is that children can see themselves in them; dolls offer an immediate human connection that few other playthings can provide.

A doll can be a mirror, but it can take a while for your child to connect to one. They may start offering simple care for a doll as early as 11-12 months; at this age, your child’s doll play will mimic what they see and experience directly. You may notice them putting a blanket over their baby doll to put it to sleep, strolling it around the house if they’ve started walking, and “feeding” it with a toy bottle. They also may chew on it 🙃 For a doll to appeal to a child, it has to reflect in some way how that child sees themselves. 

Two critical aspects of identity development begin to take shape early on: race and gender. Our Organic Cotton Baby Doll comes in three skin tones, so you can either give your baby a doll that looks like them, or a chance to play with a pretend pal who looks different. Both options have value to babies, who are already developing a social understanding of race. 

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The Organic Cotton Baby Doll is also gender-neutral. It has neither a name nor any stereotypically male or female features, so it can be a boy, girl, both, or neither. It’s a blank canvas by design: when we give children the chance to play with toys that intentionally fall outside the norm, we free up their play. 

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