Puberty is rough on moms.
Marieke Voorsluijs of The Netherlands felt sad that her son hit the age when he suddenly didn't wan't to hug her anymore. So Voorsluijs did what any mom would do — she spent months knitting a life-size replica of her son to cuddle with.
The doll took about two months to make, she told BuzzFeed. Her son and his grandmother both helped.
She told Bored Panda:
"My son is reaching puberty. We used to cuddle all the time, but those days are becoming scarce. Now he rather hangs with friends, plays with his phone and listens to his iPod. Exactly according to nature’s plan. I am a good mother, so of course i accept this and I am happy he is a healthy kid."
Voorsluijs is well known in the knitting world for her "unknittable" replicas of real world objects.
The doll came out of a creative discussion with her son about how to visualize the growing gap between his needs for personal space and her need to "smother him with love."
"Actually the knitted son has characteristics of both my sons," Voorsluijs said. "The other one had just grown so much during the process that the smaller one was only able to wear it when it was finished."
"It is more like a tribute to puberty and my sons, we do not have real issues with puberty, intimacy or contact. Quite the opposite actually!" she said.
