Advantages: Good for those wannabe mums, pretty lifelike
Disadvantages: EXPENSIVE isn't the word...

...Most of us have been there. When we're little girls all we want to do is have a baby of our own to look after, when we've actually got a baby all we want to do is send it back but there you go. Zapf Creations have come up with the answer to little girls dreams. Baby Born is a plastic baby doll which not only drinks from a bottle, cries 'real' tears and eats but will also poo on her potty. It's pretty lifelike. From a distance it actually looks like a real baby, albeit a very still and quiet one, and is the right sort of size for a newish baby. Baby Born has moveable arms and legs and her head will turn from side to side, although not all the way round in an Exorcist parody! Her face is particularly lifelike with the dreamy not quite fully open eyes that newborn babies have and a puckered little mouth that looks like it's just... Read review

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Advantages: Hours of Play
Disadvantages: Play food - gets messy

...What is Baby Born? Baby born is a doll made by Zapf Creation and comes in many different versions. My daughter has the original white Dolls and the ethnic doll, she liked the first one so much she wanted another one. When i brought the dolls i got them as a package which included The doll dressed in a baby grow, Dummy, potty, Nappy,bottle, bowl and spoon and some food for the doll, yes you can feed them. The dolls are approx 43 cm and you can feed them (Only use Baby born food), You can change them as the food does go through the doll and they wet themselves, they Cry real tears too. She also Squeals a little by squeezing her arm. This doll does not need batteries to work which is ideal. At the time of buying these dolls they cost approx £29.99 but are now a lot cheaper in Argos they sell for £19.99. I have found... Read review

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Advantages: life like, plenty of different functions,
Disadvantages: the age that this doll is aimed at should be made higher

...Where do i begin with this doll, it does so many different things, and has so many functions. Well i will begin by telling you all this i bought this doll for my 3 year old daughter for christmas, who has fed it once and then got fed up with it and is now in her toybox. Every now and again she brings out the doll to go into the bath with her. This plastic doll is made by zapf creation measuring 43cm from head to toe and comes with a bottle, plate, spoon, dummy, potty, 1 nappy a rubber duck, a bracelet, a birth certificate, 5 packets of baby food and an instruction leaflet. When i bought this doll i paid £29.99 from argos as a special offer price, i think it usually retails for around £30.00 - £35.00 from other stores. May i aslo stress this doll comes dressed in only a vest so there was added expense to buy the doll some clothes... Read review

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Advantages: Helps With Potty Training
Disadvantages: You Have To Empty It

...then wee. This is what i have gathered from the instructions....i have not helped my daughter feed her doll yet and i certainly don't plan on it!! Since this dolls wees i think it is brilliant as my 2 year old is potty training and is helping her. She seems to like the fact her baby is using her potty. The dummies well th white one is the soother and the pink dummy is the magic dummy which gets baby born to open and close its eye...all done by magnets.!! Totally magic to a 2year old. My daughter loves just playing with her doll shes not really interested in feeding her anymore she just likes to pretend to change her bum and rock her to sleep. You can buy these dolls from most places and cost around £30-45 you can buy girl and boy white or boy and girl ethnic. These dolls are for children aged 3+ The only reason i am... Read review

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Advantages: looks and sounds like a real baby
Disadvantages: really expensive

...My daughter really loved helping me when my youngest was a baby so i decided to by her a baby born. She really loves this doll as she does most things that a real baby would do. My daughter is only seven years old but even now i can tell that she is a natural and will become a real mum with a real baby when she is old enough and just by watching her with her doll i can tell she will be really great at it. When we go out she puts a coat on her baby and puts her in her pram and takes her with us.She has never asked me to take care of it and she always baths her and puts her to bed every night.The way she is with the doll you would almost believe that it is a real baby. BABY BORN DOLL ********************* The baby born doll is so life like that you may have to look twice to make sure that it isnt a real baby. Baby born is around... Read review

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Advantages: Encourages your little one to want to swim
Disadvantages: Needs batteries

...I can gurantee that if you have got a little girl in your house that you have got a Zapf doll, either baby annabell, baby born or baby choo choo. Every season they bring new items for the dolls or a new version of the doll. The latest edition to their collection is the Zapf My Little Baby Born Mummy look I can swim! When looking through the Argos catolgue with my little girl we spotted this and asked if Santa could bring it for her one for Christmas. Everytime she saw it on TV as well she asked for it. After asking for it for about 2 months I agreed she could have one so her Nan got her one for Christmas. Come Christmas day would she still want it? Yes it did, another present that made her smile. Luckly as she knew it was for the bath we did not have to open it there and then. When we did have to open it though it was a bit... Read review

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Advantages: She is so cute you just have to love her
Disadvantages: The accessories are extremely expensive

...is 76 cm, so if you buy it for a very small girl it might be a bit high.It is pink - what else- and has a shopping net underneath, so that the little mummy can take all of Annabells accesories on her trip. From my husbands family they got the metall canopy beds. It is pink again, comes with matress, curtain, pillow and a duvet with the obligatory sheep on it. The bed costs around 30.- £. Further accessories weren't on the list, as we wanted to give the girls some non-Annabell-related presents, too. And there is always another christmas... Zapf delivers you a brochure in the carton which makes sure, that your children are very well informed what is on offer, not only for Annabell, but also for the other Zapf ranges like Baby Born. There is also an offer for your kids to join the Baby Annabell Club, which would provide them with regular... Read review

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Advantages: Life like and fun to play with.
Disadvantages: You may want to take batteries out.

...This is another of my daughters Dolls which she plays with a lot along with her baby newborns (See my other review on these). Baby Annabell is made by Zapf creations which seem to be the best when it comes to making good quality dolls for your children. This doll is more lifelike than many of the dolls on today's market. She will react like a baby does she will babble, laugh, cry, sucks her dummy with sucking sounds. Baby Annabell reacts to movement and sounds, if you make her jump with loud noises she will cry. If your gentle she will go off to sleep, sing quietly to her seems to work. My daughter seems to care more for this doll and acts more gentle around her because of the way the doll will react. GOOD NEWS FOR PARENTS you can turn it off at the back because sometimes it can drive you crazy when left on. This doll requires 4 x AA... Read review

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Advantages: Pretty face, well made, not too noisy
Disadvantages: none

...My 3-year-old daughter loves dolls. She likes changing them, feeding them, cuddling them and putting them to bed. She already has baby Annabell but this Christmas I decided to get her Molly. Molly is a doll from the Zapf Creation range. Zapf Creation is a doll manufacturer also responsible for Baby Born, it’s best selling doll, Baby Annabell, Chou Chou and Maggie Raggies. Max and Rosa Zapf established Zapf Creation in Rodental, Germany in 1932. These first dolls were made of papier-mâché by Rosa Zapf and women in and around Rodental and then Max Zapf would go out and about selling them. In 1958 Brigitte and Willi Zapf, second generation of the Zapf family, expanded the business to include the European markets. In the 1960’s Zapf Creation produced the first dolls made of plastic instead of celluloid. In 1991... Read review

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Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: see review

...Just before my son was born, we sat our little girl down and talked to her about the new arrival of her new brother or sister as we thought that she should feel involved about the new baby and that the the baby will not take mummy and daddy away from her. When our son was born, we thought we would go out while she was at her grandads and buy her a present, not from us but from her new baby brother. As we was looking around the shops, we had a fair idea to want to get her, a doll. She needed a new one anyway because I ruined it by putting it in the washing machine. After about an hour of pulling my boyfriend around the shops we bought her a baby born doll You should of seen her face, she had the biggest smile ever. ABOUT BABY BORN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Baby born is a plastic life-like doll, which comes with seven life... Read review

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