Claire McCarthy, MD
Have you heard about the breastfeeding doll from Spain?
I was really happy to hear about it. I am a strong supporter of breastfeeding, both as a pediatrician and a mom; I breastfed all of my children, the last three until they were between three and four years old. Yet despite all this exposure to breastfeeding, my kids only wanted to give their dolls bottles. “Don’t you want to nurse your baby?” I’d say to them, and they’d look at me like I had three heads.
I read about it in a blog that included a video of a little girl playing with it. Eager to see how it worked, I watched the video.
I was totally creeped out.
