Nicole Verrett
- Mar 7, 2005 9:37 pm
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Preemie doll
I also went to the website yesterday when I read that this company was marketing a preemie doll. My letter spoke volumes!!! I am completely disgusted by "the manner in which they are trying to make a buck". I told them that I was going to send the website to the NICU my children were born so that the doctors and nurses could see the way in which they depict what a preemie looks like. I am a mom of a 1 # 6 ounce ex-31 weeker and a 2 # 11 ounce ex-34 weeker. Both boys IUGR, and NEC. My second son passed away after 3 weeks due to complications from NEC. My first son came home at 3 # 13 ounces and has NEVER had a bit of fat on his body despite the high calorie diet we give him. He is now 5 years old. They should be completely ashamed of themselves!!! I am sure we will all hear something soon since there have been so many complaints! Well, lets hope so.
Nicole
Reece, 31 weeker, Hudson, 34 weeker, our angel in heaven
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moderator
- Feb 4, 2005 1:52 pm
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March of Dimes response
Hi, this is Pam at the March of Dimes, one of the moderators for the SHARE site. The March of Dimes shares your concerns about the preemie doll currently being advertised by Ashton-Drake. Just wanted to let you know that the March of Dimes will also be sending a letter to the company. The moderators will keep you posted.
Best wishes to all of you and thank you so much for your participation in SHARE. As I have said to some of you, your stories and your love for your children are an inspiration to us.
Pam
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Nicole Verrett
- Feb 8, 2005 2:07 pm
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John Stossel
I wrote to John Stossel as well. If you go to the ABCNews website and look around there is a window just for John Stossel. I clicked on emails to John Stossel. No reply form him however. I have also gotten a bunch of friends and family to write the company letters. A co-worker of mine suggested finding out who gives out the award of excellence and maybe write to them as well. I think it is such a sad situation that a company cares more about money than offending a group of parents that have seen their children go through so much in the beginning of their lives. Even if they would just change the name of the baby to a newborn instead of a preemie. It is just very bad taste! Shame on them!
Nicole
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Kathleen Stahl
- Feb 8, 2005 3:20 pm
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Funny you should say that
Nicole,
It is so funny that you should say that about the doll award. After a Google search turned up not much, I emailed another site involved in giving or getting the award and just got a response yesterday: the phone number is 1-800-331-0038. I haven't called yet. I think it is a good idea to email John Stossel, and I will send him one too. The more the merrier.
Kathleen Stahl
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Mommy2Eleanor~Rose
- Feb 9, 2005 12:34 am
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Hello.
I forgot that there are two boards talking about the same thing,and got mixed up.Here is what I posted on the other board.
I also wrote to them,but they never responded to my eamil at all.I see that you were asking about the ones who give awards to these dolls.Well,I was looking through the site,trying to see where else I can write,and came across this where Ashton-Drake has the line of "Truly Real" dolls up for sale.
Maybe we can find something out about these people.I hope it hel[s a bit,I am getting tired of the lame response that they keep sending us as well.That last response teeters in between stupidty,ignorance,and just plain cruel.
Like Melissa said,what does willingness mean to them.I have other friends whose preemie babies,nieces and so on fought so hard only to have their poor bodies just give out,their bodies just weren't strong enough,but that doesn't mean that they weren't fighting hard enough,I feel that they were and still are the bravest to endure all that has happened to them.
Unfortunately,the Ashton-Drake company just wants to justify this reclkless creation of a doll no matter how lame they sound.They just want that $130.00 a doll plus shipping and handling.But hopefully all these emails will make them think before they come up with something stupid again.Anyways,I hope that these magazines can help.Take care.
Deborah,Mom to Eleanor~Rose
Ex 27 weeker,now 5 years old.
Baby Emily has won the Dolls Award of Excellence sponsored by Doll Magazine, the DOTY award, sponsored by Doll Reader Magazine, and she has also won the NALED Doll of the Year.
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Kamie
- Feb 12, 2005 2:02 am
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I saw that doll too. And it made me sick and angry.
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Susan Brown
- Mar 7, 2005 3:16 pm
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Re: March of Dimes response
I also sent a letter to the company and they responded very quickly to my letter outlining the fact that this baby does not represent the preemies born today...that they understand but thought that preemies need love too??? What the heck does that mean? The doll certainly looks alot bigger and healthier than my daughter did at 33 weeks and 3 lbs! Thanks MOD for sending a letter too!!!
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LogansMom28w
- Mar 7, 2005 6:23 pm
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Susan
Will you please copy and paste the response here so we can see it? I am keeping track of all the brilliant canned responses POPs are getting from Ashton-Drake.
Thanks!
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Nancy White
- Mar 7, 2005 9:37 pm
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Moving this thread
Hey all, I am going to combine this thread with the other Ashton Tate doll thread. I wanted to let you know! Then everything will be in one place.
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Mommy2Eleanor~Rose
- Mar 8, 2005 12:53 am
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Mommy to a teenager! Wow, where did the time go? |
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They Changed Her Title.
Hey All,
I was checking out the Baby Grace Doll site(don't ask me why,just always curious)and I noticed that they chnaged her title.
It now states that baby Grace is the most life like Early Arrivals Doll ever.The where it used to say that a Preemie was a beautiful sight to behold,it now says that a Early Arrivals Baby is a beautiful sight to behod.
I wonder what happened?Do any of the moderators know anything.And because they changed her title does that mean that the Ashton-Drake Doll company is not going to honor thier promise to donate a portion of all dolls sold in the US to the MOD?It's very curious.
While I am happy that they revised the title somewhat,I'm still upset how they gave us all the typical sugar coated BS that they continued to send to everyone who wrote to them(except for me,they never responded to me)and then after stating that because of all the time,and money invested into this doll,they couldn't stop the wheels of progress from tunring.Now all of a sudden they changed her title.What gives?
I hope that something can be found out.
Deborah&Eleanor~Rose
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LogansMom28w
- Mar 8, 2005 3:26 am
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Hey! Grace is nolonger a "Preemie"
A W E S O M E !!!!!!!!!!!!! It's may be a small victory because, afterall, doesn't "Early Arrival" esentially mean premature? Heck... maybe she's a 38/39 weeker now. LOL! Whatever the rhetoric sales pitch... We are victorious. Without our letters, without our voices, she would be sold and marketed to the world as a "preemie". Wow. Life is good. Life is really really good. Go all-you-letter-writing-keyboard-typing-show-em-what-ya-got POPS! We did it!
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Donna S
- Mar 8, 2005 6:52 pm
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Mom to Ryley, 26 weeker, Grace and Ethan, full-termers |
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Good work
Just wanted to say to all that wrote letters, GOOD WORK! I have never really been a letter-writer but this really moved me, and to see the results has been AWESOME!! A name change, portions of the proceeds to MOD?! GREAT!
What's next? LOL!
Donna
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Michele Reeves (Mar 10, 2005 5:15 pm)
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Michele Reeves
- Mar 10, 2005 5:15 pm
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Replying to:
Donna S (Mar 8, 2005 6:52 pm)
Good work: Just wanted to say to all that wrote letters, GOOD WORK! I have never really been a letter-writer...
Re: Good work
Good question...what is next????
Hugs!
Michele
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April Ford
- Mar 30, 2005 6:25 am
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ashton drake preemie doll
 I just visited the sight and saw the doll you are so right that it doesnot portray a real preemie. I too sent them an email to share my thoughts. I am not a mother of a preemie, but an Aunt of one ( 30 weeker 4lbs 10 oz 18 in. now a healthy(thank the good lord) 3 yr old little girl) I told them, and I quote " If you want to see a real preemie go to www.marchofdimes.com there are hundreds of pictures, maybe you could make a realistic preemie doll and donate a portion of the proceeds to the March of Dimes to help real preemies in their fight to beat the odds." I think I could have gotten some attention 
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JLCMomma
- May 17, 2005 3:36 pm
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Susan Brown
- May 17, 2005 3:55 pm
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Replying to:
JLCMomma (May 17, 2005 3:36 pm)
Quintuplets?!?!?!: I almost hate to even get this thread going again... but I just went to the website for this...
Re: Quintuplets?!?!?!
You are kidding me? That is an outrage and they need to be stopped, how many people will be really hurt by this??? It isn't enough that she looks NOTHING like a preemie but to make her a quint? What the heck are they thinking...isn't there anything we can do??? I've heard of free trade but come on
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pj'smom
- May 17, 2005 4:17 pm
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Replying to:
JLCMomma (May 17, 2005 3:36 pm)
Quintuplets?!?!?!: I almost hate to even get this thread going again... but I just went to the website for this...
baby drake doll
Wow..that doll is almost funny if it wasn't so untrue. I would love to see a preemie that looked like that. My 28weeker looked like a rubber chicken instead of a plump pink baby like that. And they could not put the hospital bracelet on his delicate skin like the doll has.
It is a sorry portrayal of a preemie!!
Melissa Zavorski
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William's Mommy
- May 17, 2005 4:38 pm
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Ok, I guess I missed something.....where did it say it's a quintuplet now?? (By the way, I like that they changed it to "Early Arrival", that makes a difference....NOT) 
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JLCMomma
- May 17, 2005 4:52 pm
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Quintuplet link
Quintuplet link You can join the subscription plan to get all 5. Quoting from the website--"May God Bless You, Little Grace," the premiere issue, will be followed by "A Lovely Gift Is Lauren," "So Tired Is Little Taylor," "Little Natalie Is a Natural," and "Don't Cry, Little Kaitlyn" Sheesh! 
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William's Mommy (May 17, 2005 6:51 pm)
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My 2 little guys
- May 17, 2005 5:23 pm
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I AGREE
SO TRUE. . . if they want a "realistic" preemie doll, they need to add some monitor stickies, some IV tubes and bags and also an oxygen cannula or a CPAP and then MAYBE it will look like my REAL preemies did when they were born. All proceeds from teh sale of this doll should go to March of Dimes or yes like you said market it as a full term because very few preemies look like she does
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LogansMom28w
- May 17, 2005 5:32 pm
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Grrrrr Ashton-Drake!
I feel like I have exhausted my soap box with this company. I will never buy a product from them, they capitalize on this sort of thing. I also notice they are selling an official PJP II cross. Wonder what the Catholic church and vatican think about that? PHHHbbbbbtt! This company is a crock... driven by capitalism with no thought to what harm they creating by ignorantly portraying these dolls (Early Arrival?!?! Hope that means she was born in the wee hours of the morning. Hmmph! Doubt it!). For awhile they were promising to donate proceeds from Grace to the March of Dimes. Has anything actually become of that? I will write again, if necessary, but it seems to me they are careless and thoughtless. I feel bad for the artist because she didn't create them as "Early Arrivals" and has no say but has received lots of backlash from Americans. Whatever... I feel like I don't have enough in me to muster up another battle against this pathetic company. I'll let karma take care of them.
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Sharlene+2
- May 17, 2005 5:44 pm
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Mom to Taylor (14) and ^George Daniel^ |
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So sad...
It's so sad that companies are using America's misfortune and tragedy to miseducate & make a buck. My preemie looked nothing like that, either did my preemie twin neices who are just now a year old. They were smaller than my daughter's baby dolls, so sad!! Their diapers didn't fit her baby dolls...  I think we should take this with us (I'm talking to all of you, and our fearless ambassador, Michelle) when when we go to PAD in DC in November!! Companies that gain from our misfortunes!!! Shame on them!!  I am astounded  that companies would do this (I guess that's the part of me that thinks people are just ignorant to this problem  ) and not realizing they are doing us harm!! What's MOD have to say about this? How do I get the companies address? I want to write a letter also, this is not right!! Thanks for sharing this information with us!!
Sharlene
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LogansMom28w
- May 17, 2005 5:47 pm
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My 3 boybarians are 4, 5 and 7. |
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Scroll up through the messages... all the contact information is there. *sigh* 
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Sharlene+2
- May 17, 2005 5:50 pm
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Mom to Taylor (14) and ^George Daniel^ |
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Replying to:
Elliot's Dad (Feb 4, 2005 9:40 pm)
Re: MICHELE: Here is the company's response... Dear Valued Client, Thank you for contacting us with your concerns regarding...
Re: MICHELE
So what their basically saying in their return letter is that we are not loving supportive parents because our babies were not healthy due to being born early? That sounds...dare I say....no I dare not!! How dare they say PoP's are anything but loving, doting, supportive, well rounded families? I have to get back to work before I blow a gasket!! I am PHHHT!!!
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Blaine314
- May 17, 2005 6:16 pm
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Mom of 29.5wkr now 10.5 months(act) 8 months (adj) 2006 ambassator family |
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How could this company do this!! Did they not get enough letters the first time around?? Do they want bad press about how insenceitive there company is??
Did any one ever send them the pic someone made earlier in this thread of what that baby should look more like??
MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND THEM PICS OF WHAT ALL OUR PREMIEES LOOKED LIKE WHEN THE WHERE BORN??
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William's Mommy
- May 17, 2005 6:45 pm
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*mother of William, 25 weeker* |
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I sent a picture to the president of the company along with my letter of outrage, I don't really think it made much of a difference. I tried, as did everyone else here at SHARE, to get them to understand how we felt....but money is much more important than the feelings of us mere parents....
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TONIMARIE MALIZIA
- May 17, 2005 6:47 pm
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PREEMIE DOLL
I SENT THE COMPANY A NASTY MESSAGE. THEY E-MAILED ME BACK WITH A MESSAGE ABOUT NOTHING BAD INTENDED. YA YA YA. SO I SAID IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT A REAL PREEMIE LOOKS LIKE VIEW ENCLOSED PICTURE. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM SINCE.
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William's Mommy
- May 17, 2005 6:51 pm
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*mother of William, 25 weeker* |
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Replying to:
JLCMomma (May 17, 2005 4:52 pm)
Quintuplet link: Quintuplet link You can join the subscription plan to get all 5. Quoting from the website--"May God...
Re: Quintuplet link
ARRRGGGHHHH!!!! Have we not made our point clear enough??? They said before that they couldn't stop production because so many people had already ordered the doll...now they decide to make more of them??? I wonder of ANY of them are going to look as ill as our little ones did?!?!?!?! Well, guess I'll write yet another letter. I know it won't make a difference in the long run, but it'll make me feel better. Does anyone know how we can find out if the company has actually followed through with the MOD donations??
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moderator
- May 17, 2005 8:49 pm
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Feeling Your Frustration
This is very disappointing. Let me find out from the Director of our Prematurity Campaign what ultimately happened with Ashton Drake. We'll be back to you.
Thanks - Ellen
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Blaine314
- May 17, 2005 10:16 pm
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