What is the definitive correct Baby Annabel to buy for a 4 and a half year old?

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There seem to be so many of them - my first Baby Annabel, Chou Chou, something or other Baby Annabel. I went to Toys R Us yesterday to research and of course just got a headache. What is the bog-standard one that will fit all the clothes, accessories etc. to keep DD entertained for the next 3 years?

I think it is just called Baby Annabell.

Depnds what DD wants her baby to do really. Does she want one that is just a doll, one that wees, cries, poos, feeds, can be bathed, sucks dummy/bottle, moves, talks....

The main advertised ones are Baby Annabel, Chou Chou and Baby Born. But there are loads more. Really does depend on the feature you want.

This is the one

Don't do it Caligula!

My niece has one, every time I babysit for her I take the batteries out and tell her she's asleep

Does that 18 inch one that you've linked to wee in ehr nappies as well?

I'm doing this much against my better judgement - my Aunt has said she wants to spend £50 each on the kids' christmas presents, so this is DD's chance to get the glorious doll she lusts after...

Bump. I urgently need to know if she wees! (God did I ever think I'd care)

I don't think she wees. Ours doesn't but she's the non-crying model that came before the one I linked too. I think the new Baby Annabel is still a soft bodied doll, so I doubt she urinates.

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Damn.

You can never get them to do everything can you?

So where does the water go when you "feed" her? (Does she have a hole in her mouth? Or am I confusing her with Tiny Tears? - she used to have a hole in her mouth and one in her bum where the wee came out. And biro marks all over her where I'd scribbled on her.)

This new Baby Annabel cries too, so I assume the water you feed it goes into a reservoir somewhere in her soft body and comes out as tears ?

Have a look on argos.co.uk.

"Baby Bjorn -
The new Baby Born® with magic eyes comes with 9 life-like functions. She drinks from her bottle, eats her own special food, needs her nappy changed, cries real tears, uses her potty, squeals with delight, is bathable and now opens and closes her eyes. "

Baby annabel cries but can't go in the bath and doesn't need nappy changed!

Oh now I've got the dilemma about whether to go for the uber-doll who doesn't wee, or the slightly less definitive one who does.

I went for the one that didn't wee (annabell) but DD (2.9) really wants one she can bath. She plays more with the plastic doll from the £1 shop which came with its own bath .

Annabel doesn't wee, even the new model. Baby Born wees and soils her nappy/potty, and is bathable as well.

I think Baby Born is as popular and well known as Annabel.

dd got baby annabel for 4th birthdya SHE LOVES THE DAMN THING
its the 46 cm one
cries, gurgles and sucks