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HOW COME BABY ANNABEL NEEDS BATTERIES AND BABY BORN DOESN'T?

27 replies

MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:05

Nailpolish wants to know.

As do I

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nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:05

thanks mrsD

lol

Aimsmum · 13/11/2006 15:07

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MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:08

Which one do you not like the least?

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nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:08

groan

youve just put me off aimsmum

would i be wrong to ask which you would recommend then?

tissy · 13/11/2006 15:08

Baby Born doesn't do much!

You feed her water/ gloop, which goes down her mouth, presumably into her "stomach" before being "pooed" out if you force her onto her potty. If you squeeze one arm, she "cries" (i.e. water comes out) and if you squeeze the other she squeaks- not at all realistic. Apparently the new model has eyes that close big deal!

Dd wants an Annabelle now grrr...

nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:08

aha!

mrsD puts it better than i

Iklboo · 13/11/2006 15:09

Hmmm. Never had this problem with Tiny Tears

Anyone esle also see the irony that Duracell batteries are represented by a rabbit? I mean, ladies all know that our rabbits need reliable batteries!

nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:10

tiny tears only cries tho

or at least the one i had 30 yrs ago did

Aimsmum · 13/11/2006 15:11

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MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:11

Love the 'dribble' 'squeeze' 'gloop' images these beautiful adjectives are creating in my mind.

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MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:12

Thanks Aimsmum, that's the kind of answer I was looking for

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mummydoc · 13/11/2006 15:12

definitely baby anabelle - my dds have both, baby born hard and boring ( though can take in bath or pool) anabelle soft body and arms which look like a gorillas and strange noisy cry good for scaring new puppy into submission, and both my girls are alsways saying " turn it off " if i ever turn baby anabelle on, so one set of batteries have lasted 4 yrs !

nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:13

aimsmum is the 2nd person who has said annabel over baby born, to me

tissy · 13/11/2006 15:13

our BB never had brown poo- it came with a sachet of white powder, which has to be reconstiuted absolutley correctly- if it's too runny, it falls off the spoon, if it's too thick you can't get it in.

We "lost" our food very quickly.

MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:14

Now this is useful information.
I have a beagle who will be whelling in two weeks

I'm thinking Baby Annabel

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nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:14

toys r us have a 'spend £40 get a free highchair'

for annabel

MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:15

Tissy, my Tiny Tears from when I was small had sachets like that. messy!

Whelping, I meant

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MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:17

Oh God not a highchair please!

We have enough already, carrycot, travel cot, bath, car seat
I blame my mother!!(grrr)

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nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:19

iam getting the doll
the cot
the highchair
and thats it

times 2, one for dd1 one for dd2

Aimsmum · 13/11/2006 15:20

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MrsDoolittle · 13/11/2006 15:21

OMG Nailpolish, imagine all that clobber all over the floor!

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nailpolish · 13/11/2006 15:21

im trying not to

mummydoc · 13/11/2006 15:47

pmsl at this thread, our playroom currently hold 2 x baby borns , 2x anabelle at least 10 other assorted cheaper dollies, 4 pram/buggy htings, a high chair, 2x dolly cots , 2x car seats , several big containers of assorted clothes, several crates of botttles, spoons, nappies, monitors etc etc....and somewhere in the middle of all this having a ball chewing it all up is a 10 week old puppy who is making up for babyborn by pooing vats of brown gloop ( with real small!!!) my 2 are getting bikes for christmas, nice outdoor keep in the garage type of bikes...no mess, no food , no poo ( i do only have myself to balme buying a puppy for a 2 year olds birthday present ...what was i thinking )

mummydoc · 13/11/2006 15:48

should read real smell !!!! i am getting typing lessons for chrsitmas

nailpolish · 13/11/2006 16:04

lucky you having a playroom