The baby boomers are now entering the ripe ol' age of 60 and it is a great find to go to a sale  or a doll show  and see wonderful dolls  that were  loved in the  baby boomers child hood.  My memories are of my very first love, Miss Tiny tears  I received her at the age of 5 and thought her little suitcase was a wonderful thing to behold. In the 1950's Tiny first was born with a hard plastic molded head with reddish brown lambs wool wig  then later was the painted molded hair .  She had a rubber body and when you placed her  bubble pipe in her mouth pushed her tummy she really blew bubbles of course you had to put soap water in the pipe  but it was a thrill to smell this new rubber and give her a bath. She even came with ivory soap that floated.  The next tiny had hair and was a  stiffer body. A new vinyl had been developed and the doll companies were going wild with it  . She was still tiny but not as soft . I didnt get one of these but my younger sister did   but I liked mine better. My  birthday was the first week of Jan so I received another little plastic doll this year she had a button in front and one in the back which nodded her head or shook it to say no  she was only 12 inches but I had watched Miss Frances on Ding Dong school and she advertised  this doll .I needed it bad.  We always got dolls at Christmas .  My sisters and I took care of our dolls because they had to last us until next christmas or birthday. My sis had a big baby that was made out of laytex rubber  an early forerunner of vinyl and it tore very easy.  I was the Dr one day and had a stick to take its temp . just as i put this stick to its bottom it tore  We were happy to play with this doll with a huge piece of black tape over its bottom  but by gummy it lasted!!  Next Christmas  I was thrilled to see that Santa had brought me a huge doll with a plastic head and a cloth body   these dolls were called the new unbreakable plastic and these dolls were tough   The arms and legs were rubber and she was stuffed with cotton . She wore a beautiful organdy dress with a matching big bonnet.   This was the year my older sister received a life like crying doll made by Ideal  It was called Blessed Event and was an ugly doll but I had never seen an ugly doll  to me they were all beautiful  As I grew so did my dolls  I was getting little girl dolls now not babies as  I was used to receiving. I remember my Posy doll  she was made like the hard plastic Saucy walker but  her head was vinyl . She was a beautiful big doll and would walk when you held her hand she was a blonde and  the hair was rooted in the scalp. This was a big step in doll making  in 1956-57. Next came of course Miss revlon  she was another step in the doll companies progress  she was a lady doll and lo and behold had breasts . My dad had a few things to say about the doll companies going somewhere in a hand basket but I didnt care  I loved my fashion doll my sister always received dark hair and mine was always blonde  . Grandmother always sent dolls so we received Fluffy a cute little 10 inch doll made by effanbee  so cute!  Well now its 1959 and 1960 and Barbie hits the market  I didnt like Barbie I loved my babies and of course I thought I was to old now for my loved playthings so they went on a shelf to collect dust. I admired them and to this day I still have them as my sisters have theirs.   When you remember your dolls and start collecting them  The thrill is in the hunt and the memories that swell when you hold your favorite doll. is great .  It  saddens me to think that games and TV has taken the little girls away from dolls and the ones I loved are now considered old  and  often called antiques .  I am now 60 and I look at my dolls and say how did they get so old so fast.