Tiny Tears was a doll who drank from a bottle, cried and wet her
nappies. Lovely.
Tiny Tears was one of the first drink-and-wet dolls when it hit
the market around 1950. She also cried real tears after being fed
a water bottle! She arrived in the UK from America in 1966, much
to the delight of British girls and no doubt a few boys, across
the country.
Another unique feature was the doll’s Rockabye eyes. Most sleep-eye
dolls close their eyes completely soon as they’re laid down,
but not Tiny Tears. Her eyes closed gradually as she was rocked to
sleep!
The original doll had a hard plastic head and jointed
rubber body. Some had rooted hair, while others had molded, painted
brown hair.
Surely the best advert for contraception available, Tiny Tears was
an instant hit.
