Playing dolls

One of the parts I was most excited about when we found out we were having a girl was watching her play with dolls.  Ashten got a couple of dolls for Christmas, but really hasn't shown much interest until just recently.  The dolls came with those little plastic bottles that when you tip them upside down, all the white stuff that's supposed to look like milk runs to the bottom and it looks like the baby drank it all.  Well Ashten especially never played with those because she probably had no idea what they were.  She's never used a bottle and we haven't been around any babies who use them either.  Well, until recently. 

For a couple of weeks, I watched a friend's baby while she and her husband worked.  Ashten LOVED having a baby around, she would get so excited when he would come every morning and always wanted to touch him and play with him.  She was so curious, yet still so gentle and careful around him.  It's funny to see her get all excited about babies like she thinks she's such a big girl now and not in that category anymore.

 

As she watched me take care of him, especially feed him his bottle, she started feeding her own baby dolls with the bottles too.  Now she does it all the time.  She even holds the baby like you would hold a baby on your shoulder and carries it around the house.

 

I love seeing her play mommy and take care of her dolls.  When I was little, I loved playing with my dolls and I even wanted to be a mom when I grew up.  It's fun to see my daughter doing the same thing.