How the heck do you get baby Annabel to cry real tears?

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The DDs got these for Christmas (version 4, I think they are?) and have fed them a lot (though I'm not sure how much water is actually going in) but no tears yet ...

poke her in the eye?

oh don't get me started

mine won't cry either despite my best efforts

I spent half an hour one day putting her to sleep and then waking her up aggressively

by the end of it I was hanging her upside down

dds got v bored eventually because she wouldn't take on any more water

Similar problems here but with Tiny Tears - end up whacking her off the bed in my efforts. Not sure what messages I am conveying to dd though!

Argh - will have to contact manufacturers - really can't be bothered - what a rip-off.

we have one of those baby born dolls that swims.

when she feels like it

Well the very "cute" customer service email address is [email protected], for anyone who needs it.

Grr

Pick her up by her legs and smash her head against the wall?

There's a reason I have boys, isn't there?

Give her something to cry about!

Somehow I knew this thread would give all you mildmannered MNers a chance to show your dark side ...

Mildmannered?

Me?

Take it as a compliment hunker

Oh, I did.

Then I thought you might've been taking the piss a leetle bit

my DD's annabell has cried before, you have to make sure the bottle of water is really pushed in hard, and then sit it up! if it still dosen't work, give it a good old shake and try again (would recommend that DD isn't in the room whilst the shaking bit happens) haha!

hunker smashing her about does not make her cry

only removing her bottle at the crucial moment (split second timing required) and then holding her at v specific angle

if you smash her about she will think she is being rocked. She is quite a hard case.

you have to squeeze one of her arms to make her cry real tears

ram bottle hard into her mouth and squeeze.
Ours used to cry when you did this - but now whe won't close her eyes so I doubt we gunged something up.
Best bit of baby Annabel is the off switch!

dd1s has cried once after giving it 3 bottles of the water.

Bloody hell what a crap product. And we've all been conned.

Yeah! My babies all cried real tears and they were free

And this is supposed to teach our children to nurture babies how exactly?! Mind you, I pulled the head off my Tiny Tears with a fork because I wanted to see how she cried and wetted...

dd has had one for a couple of years. I could never get the chuffing thing to cry. I did resort to battering it around the head but that was purely out of frustration.

I hated dolls as a child and I suspect I still do. DD has never been interested so not been able to find out. Apart from a soft bodied baby doll that she and DS#1 both had and that got scribbled on.

punch it in the face?

Lol at the imagined picture of all you lovely maternal mums battering dolls that won't cry

My dolls always looked terrifying due to my habit of poking their eyes out leaving gaping sockets.