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

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ScareyCaligulaCorday · 30/10/2006 13:46

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?

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NOMurDErousPLUME · 30/10/2006 13:46

I think it is just called Baby Annabell.

hulababy · 30/10/2006 13:47

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....

hulababy · 30/10/2006 13:48

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.

NOMurDErousPLUME · 30/10/2006 13:48

This is the one

FioFio · 30/10/2006 13:48

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NotActuallyAMum · 30/10/2006 13:49

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

ScareyCaligulaCorday · 30/10/2006 14:09

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...

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ScareyCaligulaCorday · 30/10/2006 14:44

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

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NOMurDErousPLUME · 30/10/2006 14:46

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.

NOMurDErousPLUME · 30/10/2006 14:46

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ScareyCaligulaCorday · 30/10/2006 14:47

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.)

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NOMurDErousPLUME · 30/10/2006 14:52

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 ?

foxtrot · 30/10/2006 14:53

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!

ScareyCaligulaCorday · 30/10/2006 18:32

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.

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foxtrot · 30/10/2006 19:46

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 .

hulababy · 30/10/2006 19:49

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

hulababy · 30/10/2006 19:51

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

Piffle · 30/10/2006 19:51

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

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