Baby Doll Observation

While sitting in my daughter’s room in our home, I observed her play with her three baby dolls and her kitchen set which is against her wall by her princess vanity. My daughter is 5 years old and I quietly observed her on 3/17/17, roughly about 1 hour and 10 mins. My daughter had her pink and white chef outfit on, using it as she pretends to cook her “babies” something to eat on her kitchen set stove. I then asked several questions as I observed her playing with her toys. I asked her what did she have on, she stated “I am a chef mommy, this is my cooking clothes.” I then start watching how she pretend to conversant with the dolls, and she tells me that they are her children. I then asked her what was she cooking? She responded that she
She told her doll that it was okay, don’t worry, she knows that it was an accident and then kissed the doll. Once she was finish changing the baby doll she then asked the doll if she was still hungry. She responded for the doll in another tone of voice saying, “Yes mommy!” She then placed the doll back with the other two dolls on the floor, in a circle. My daughter went back to her kitchen set and grabbed 3 bowls, 3 plates, spoons, cups and placed fake food on each dish. She then put the dishes in front of eat doll, sat down with them and started feeding them. She told her babies that they must eat all their food before they can have a goodie. These are things we would say to her when it is dinner time. She asked them how it taste and she made a response for all three baby dolls. My observation of my daughter make believe play was very interesting, she could understand the random questions I asked her and discussed the reasons(purpose) for what she was doing. I can tell she enjoyed playing the mommy role and caring for her “babies.” Based on my observation of my daughter, her Play becomes less self-centered because she does not focus on self but focusses on her baby