carlys_guy wrote:all good ideas BUT most dolls including teddy babes hate boxes and closets as well as the dark. would you like to live in a box after being shipped across the country or around the world.
carlys_guy
It's just the two of us living here in a house bigger than we really need, so Audrey has the run of the house, even though she spends most of her time in bed (she's pretty lazy!) but a couple times I had to put her in a closet briefly. I could swear one time she gave me a dirty look. It had to be my imagination and I was just projecting, but it seemed so real and it's the only time her expression ever seemed stern. So you might be onto something.
I still have her original box, and wouldn't be afraid to use it in a pinch (if she doesn't scowl at me again at least...) but as mentioned I wouldn't use it as a regular storage plan where she has to bend and unbend her legs so much so often. Every now and then is one thing, but if you do it a lot she'll break her skeleton sooner rather than later. Audrey is only about a year and a half old and has no skeletal problems thus far, so while the clock is always ticking I suppose, her skeleton can still last a long time. Probably not the hardest fix either, but I think I'd be disturbing to have to do "surgery" on her. Some people are squeamish about the sight of blood, but for me now it's probably polyfil, lol. Anyway, best if she can stretch her legs as much as possible.