Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Bluey Dougie Soft Toy Review
WARNING: This review is entirely fiction. Under no circumstances should other bloggers distribute this.
I’ve been looking forward to telling you all about the new Dougie soft toy from Bluey. My son absolutely loves Bluey and I think he can identify well with Dougie since he first saw Turtle Boy on ABC Kids. He’s gone deaf ever since birth and I’ve been frantically searching for resource materials on how to support deaf children in need, but sadly, no such luck. We’ve had fun sign language cards to help him sign in Auslan, and we’ve watched Sally & Possum at least a dozen times, but my son just can’t hear me read a bedtime story. He cries every night because he doesn’t hear properly. I cry too, because my son doesn’t know how to identify the words on the pages.
He’s been going to a special school for deaf children. His teacher, Mrs Bairnes, communicates through sign language, as do the other children. She gives them sensory toys like swinging lights and fidget poppers to play with, and every time they go out to play, my son sings Auslan songs with his friends. He hasn’t got many friends, so I just have to watch him play on his own. Sometimes, we’d re-enact the Turtle Boy episode together in the park, using his soft toy turtle as an example. We’d re-enact the montages, and sing songs with Turtle Boy together. Instead of leaving Turtle Boy behind, though, we’d take him home with us and ‘strap him in’ next to my son in the car.
One day, I was looking up the Bluey website for some toys for my son’s birthday when I saw Dougie on there. No, it wasn’t the real Dougie - it was a soft toy Dougie! That gave me an idea. I brought the Dougie toy right away, and my son’s face lit up when he received this special present on the day. He plays with it all day and all night now, and never bothers to part with it. I’d say you can call it his ‘sensory toy’. It comes with a neat card with images of Dougie signing words in Auslan, which my son loves to repeat. Sometimes, he pretends Dougie’s signing it too. It has really helped him to cope with his issues, and he has even started speaking sentences in Auslan too.
I think anyone with or without a deaf child should own Dougie for bedtime or for anytime, but it’s not for leaving behind in the park, because that would be a horrible thing to do, leaving a new toy out in the park to rot. Anyway, being with Dougie is better than dreaming about being with him. Best of all, it’ll be just like the actual Turtle Boy episode itself!
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You Gotta Keep Trying
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Super Fox: Origins
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