http://thestir.cafemom.com/baby/189997/police_break_into_a_hot?ct=piping_hot_1
I wonder if the police have to pay for this since nothing illegal was done...
I wonder if the police have to pay for this since nothing illegal was done...
Maybe not everyone behaves as if they're under constant surveillance. The owners of the car did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong. It was a kid's toy left in the car...the fact that it was more "realistic" looking than an American Girl or stuffed Elsa wouldn't have crossed my mind either.Why would the person leave the doll in a car seat? Anyone walking by would be alarmed. That's just a bonehead move on their part.
I don't blame the police officers, they were doing the right thing.
And I think it's really sad that even has to be pointed out.Probably not. They acted in good faith as that doll looks very lifelike. If they had hestiated & it was a real child the story would be way different.
Lesson don't leave "reborn" dolls in car seats so they look like real babies
Legally wrong? Nope. Weird to the max to strap a lifelike doll into a carseat and leave it there? Yep.Maybe not everyone behaves as if they're under constant surveillance. The owners of the car did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong. It was a kid's toy left in the car...the fact that it was more "realistic" looking than an American Girl or stuffed Elsa wouldn't have crossed my mind either.
Maybe not everyone behaves as if they're under constant surveillance. The owners of the car did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING wrong. It was a kid's toy left in the car...the fact that it was more "realistic" looking than an American Girl or stuffed Elsa wouldn't have crossed my mind either.
And I think it's really sad that even has to be pointed out.
Legally wrong? Nope. Weird to the max to strap a lifelike doll into a carseat and leave it there? Yep.
Some of the extreme fans of these "reborn baby" dolls go to great lengths to treat them like real babies. You'll see them in grocery stores with the dolls in a cart seat, they spend thousands of dollars on clothing and accessories and they take them on vacations. I was reading the Cruise Critic boards about a woman who takes her dolls on cruises, insisting that they have a bed of their own and their own chairs in the dining room. I'm not surprised that they would have one in a car seat but I AM surprised that they would leave it in a car. Those things are expensive and, as I said earlier, the fanatics treat them like real children.
See when I read the article I assumed it was a little kids toy. Maybe the doll of an older sister who had a younger sibling that wasn't out with them that day and put the doll in the seat.For starters, anyone who puts a doll in a carseat is a nutjob. Anyone who leaves the doll there is an attention seeking nutjob hoping to get a reaction.
For starters, anyone who puts a doll in a carseat is a nutjob. Anyone who leaves the doll there is an attention seeking nutjob hoping to get a reaction.
For starters, anyone who puts a doll in a carseat is a nutjob. Anyone who leaves the doll there is an attention seeking nutjob hoping to get a reaction.
The doll in the picture is one those very expensive "real life" dolls. Heavy, breakable...they aren't for children. They are designed and painted to look (and weigh) as real as possible.See when I read the article I assumed it was a little kids toy. Maybe the doll of an older sister who had a younger sibling that wasn't out with them that day and put the doll in the seat.
When I was younger I had a few kind of lifelike looking baby dolls I would bring places. I also had neices who were young enough for car seats and my mom would sometimes have the car seat in teh car (say we were going to pick them up to watch them after our shopping trip) I would sometimes want to put my baby doll in the car seat if the baby wasn't with us... Just like how I would often buckle my dolls that looked older (like my american girl doll) in when it was sitting next to me.
So I could see me doing this and putting my doll in the car seat then when we get to the store mom asking if I want to check out the toy section and me being all excited to go that I leave the doll in teh car.
I didn't even think of the possibility that this wasn't a child's toy that someone was carrying around for some other reason.
See when I read the article I assumed it was a little kids toy. Maybe the doll of an older sister who had a younger sibling that wasn't out with them that day and put the doll in the seat.
When I was younger I had a few kind of lifelike looking baby dolls I would bring places. I also had neices who were young enough for car seats and my mom would sometimes have the car seat in teh car (say we were going to pick them up to watch them after our shopping trip) I would sometimes want to put my baby doll in the car seat if the baby wasn't with us... Just like how I would often buckle my dolls that looked older (like my american girl doll) in when it was sitting next to me.
So I could see me doing this and putting my doll in the car seat then when we get to the store mom asking if I want to check out the toy section and me being all excited to go that I leave the doll in teh car.
I didn't even think of the possibility that this wasn't a child's toy that someone was carrying around for some other reason.
Ok I didn't realize that... I don't really have kids and my nieces aren't of the age where they would have life like dolls (the 2 year old doesn't care what her dolls look like really and the 13 year old stopped playing with them a while ago) The picture wasn't enough for me to realize it wasn't one similar to the one I had as a kid that I could dress and had this little bottle you coud put to its lips that would slowly drain all the liquid into the cap as if the baby drank it.The doll in the picture is one those very expensive "real life" dolls. Heavy, breakable...they aren't for children. They are designed and painted to look (and weigh) as real as possible.
It's nothing like a child's well loved dolly.