What race?

[TorrisMom2007]

My 2yo daughter wants a baby for Christmas what race do I get her?  She is mixed with black and white.

[kolbykaydence]

I think it is very important that they know about both races. I have a mixed daughter also and I would buy her both, LoL! You could always get a baby doll that is more their color? Maybe a light brown or darker brown depending on her color.

[LilGina]

I bought my 1 year old a baby doll that is brown I love her doll its soft like a stuffed animal but its a baby doll the head band and Binky come off and he clothes come off and she has a diaper underneath the outfit very cute ( i bought it off line based on this picture when i got the doll it is a little darker than this picture but i still love it lol)

[sawakc]

Mia got white baby dolls and a black baby dolls as gifts.  Neither of them look anything like her so I also got her a hispanic doll, it's coloring is perfect!  She loves them all equally though!

[liljaz4real]

I think both dolls is a good idea my daughter has black and white ones. But she is over 3 now and will be noticing that she is different soon and we moved from NY to Germany now and there is no black people in this village and now she is already saying stuff like I wanna have long straight hair and stuff like that so I'm tending to buy her more black dolls and books with black cartoon in it or more her color so she can identify herself. Also I bought her a black barbie more light skinned so she knows not only those blondes are beautiful. I don't want her to think that she is not beautiful when she will be going to school in a few years only because she is not blonde and blue eyed as everybody here so I'm trying to buy her a lotta things to show her black is beautiful.

[avismama]

avi always gets tan dolls,she got the baby alive peek n play doll,hispanic,it's tan,like 15 bucks at target

[gunny]

We have both black and white dolls here for my 2.5yo DD.  She clearly prefers the black dolls.  She herself is very fair.

[mom2b212009]

tan/ light skin one ...similar to her...i agree need to know bout both races!! 

[Dylansmomma1106]

I usually buy Dylan either tan, or dark skinned dolls, but she has received several white dolls and plays with them all.  She turned 3 and has started noticing that people are different colors.  One day she told me that she was brown, Mommy is black, and Papi is white.  I chuckled and asked her to repeat what she said, and then I corrected her.  I said Papi, mommy, and Dylan are all brown, just different shades.  I guess she accepted my explanation, but so far she doesn't have any issues with her complexion, she will actually say she is beautiful.  I did take her to the local hair school to get a blow out for her birthday and noticed that she prefers her hair straight, but she also enjoys the different styles when her hair is braided.

[samiam86]

 

If I had a dd, I'd get her a doll of both races. I'd also get her dolls like the one in the picture that resembled her.

[tyesmommy]

I think it really depends on who the main caregiver is,if they're white, get your child darker doll, if their black the lighter, and of course the ones like them, I( know american girls has a wide variety of doll syou can choose from,) I that because who ever the child spends the most time with thats who they are going to identify their selves with, adn you want to make sure to muture the other side, if I had a mixed daugther, me being black, would buy her the white doll, ( with dark hair and brown eyes) so you can have her own little connection with her white side....

and another example I used to babysit, not really sure what the kids were, but they were white, and the okder girl 6 spent all of her time with me, the teachers at childcare wre lack i was black, and naturall she wanted everything to do with the african america culture, being I had to braid her hair etc... so I had to take the extra step of "reminding" her she was white, but reading books with a variety of colors, and telling her she's pretty just the way she is...