Breastfeeding doll

Think parenting's biggest challenge lies in curbing your preteen daughter's Jonas Brothers crush?

Try deciding what to do when your 6-year-old begs you for a baby doll that simulates the breastfeeding process.

Meet Bebe Gloton -- "Gluttonous Baby" -- a Spanish-manufactured doll that lets its owner put on a tank top, position the toy over the daisy-clad nipple area and listen to it make weird sucking noises.

Toto, I don't think we're in Cabbage Patch land anymore.

The toy has its share of advocates, namely mothers who believe it reaffirms breastfeeding's role as a normal and natural process.

Then, there are the detractors: People who cite not only the creepiness factor, but also a belief that Bebe Gloton instills a maternal urge at perhaps too early an age.

Sure, baby dolls with miniature feeding bottles have been around for decades. But I think there's something distinctly different about holding a plastic child to your chest and simulating a biological process.

Do little girls understand the significance? Probably not.

I, for one, simulated equally complicated processes with my Barbies back in the day. And just look how I turned out.

Read more about the toy here and here.