Baby Alive Real As Can Be Baby: Realistic Brunette Baby Doll, 80+ Lifelike Expressions, Movements & Real Baby Sounds, with Doll Accessories, Toy

I bought this for my 3 year old granddaughter’s birthday, and she absolutely LOVES her new baby!! I’ve been told she has barely put it down for the week she has had it. It’s an absolutely perfect gift for her age. She also has a 6 month old sister, and it is so precious to see her loving her new baby “Zsa Zsa” (no idea how she came up with that name) as sweetly as she sees her baby sister being loved on. The responses this baby makes to rocking, feeding talking, tickling, and with the bink just completely captivates my granddaughter. She rocks her and sings her lullabies, she talks with her, and she is so empathetic to the doll when she cries, it’s just amazing. It’s also useful when her mom, dad, (or grandma) is tending to her baby sister for her to tend to her baby in the same way. She told me what she wanted me to get her was a new baby for her birthday- of course, she has quite a few babies already. We searched on Amazon together, looking at sooooo many different dolls, and checking out what they did and what came with them. ( that was a lot of fun listening to what she said was perfect about the babies or which ones looked liked they weren’t very fun) But, once I read all that this baby did, I knew this was the perfect one. It is a bit expensive, but I happened to get it when it was on a special for $10 or so off; however, it is so worth the money to see how much she loves to play with this baby. Now, I’m going to start sewing baby clothes for it, and make a couple matching outfits for the doll and my granddaughter. Hopefully, this baby will hold up and there won’t be any mechanical issues with it. If that happens, I’ll update my review.Update.. the material on the doll’s lips and the head are wearing off. My granddaughter still absolutely loves this baby and takes her everywhere. However, I am not happy about the material coming off. It’s concerning. I also agree with the other reviews about the placement of the on/off button being between the baby’s legs. I don’t see why it wasn’t designed with the button on its back.

So we just got this for Christmas. Correction, my daughter got this for Christmas and the doll is awesome. Very realistic in facial expressions and responses. First thing, the battery and power switch is at the bottom of the doll. You have to open the onesie and open a compartment under the bottom of the doll. Its nice verses being right in the back of the doll. The body is soft and the arms, legs and face is plastic but not hard almost a soft silicone. Squeeze the left wrist to hear a variety of baby babble, you can rock it and it will make sounds and eventually fall asleep closing its eyes. Put the paci in and it makes sucking sounds, the bottle it makes sounds as if drinking. Put her left hand over her mouth she makes sounds as if blowing kisses and the right thumb, as if sucking on her thumb. Sometimes it doesn't do it immediately but wait a few and it will. Turns its head at the sounds of your voice. I was worried it would creep us all out but they did a great job in making it appear realistic and just adorbs!My daughter and I are having a blast with it. Oh by the way I was holding it upside down to open the battery compartment and it literally started to cry like a real baby..and it's on queue each time with the upside down action. So the sensors are on point and life like... see my vid you will see how easy it is to feel it's a real baby. Read the directions and see all features on the box to get full enjoyment from this doll. Worth every penny.I think this doll would be great for Alzheimer patients. Not a medical opinion just a thought. Brings out a maternal feeling as you can see I go back and forth describing the doll as it or she..easy to do. Looks so real.I will update a month from now!

So I wasn't sure about this doll when I ordered- pretty spendy, seems like it's for a younger girl, looks like a creepy alien, but super glad I did. It was my daughter's 7th birthday and the kid just doesn't play with toys. She's very literal about things, loves all things arts and crafts, blocks and legos sometimes, things that have a direct line from point A to B. Her friends all play with dolls and it's not that I want to force it, I couldn't care less, but she seems like she wants to play with them sometimes but just can't cross that imagination line. She loves hatchimals and real life pets, so thought this one might help her. Anyway, gave it to her for her birthday and she's barely put it down! Feeds it, changes it, rocks it to sleep (and then complains at us when we "wake the baby that I just got to sleep"). She's finally using that cradle and swing I thought she'd love when she was 4. It's weird that it's realistic enough that I find myself cringing inside when her little brother grabs it by the leg and holds it upside down. Has a weight to it like a real baby, easy for her to turn on and off (yes she's 7, but I honestly dont see why a younger LO couldn't do it). Yes the switch is under the baby's tush, I noticed a lot of complaints about that, but if a person is that concerned about it I think they have bigger issues. Was a bit spendy for a doll, but it does do a lot and is pretty realistic! Put it all together as a package and the eyes aren't quite so creepy. I purchased brunette doll in purple, not as tan in real life as I thought it would be.