Customer Reviews

Baby Alive Better Now Baby - Caucasian Colors may vary

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This doll doesn't "do" anything but I think that's the best part! It's a basic rubber doll with molded hair. The accessories are fun and encourage role play. No batteries needed. And the doll doesn't cry, sing, dance, walk etc. But it does pee after you give her cup of water. We bought the potty and cloth diaper set in Target for $[...] and an extra outfit with a cloth diaper (Target brand $[...]). They work perfectly and I don't have to worry about extra paper diapers. This doll can also be put in a tub without fear of being ruined. You can get Target brand bath tub with extra accessories for $[...] or just let your kid take a bath with the doll. Who needs batteries, disposable diapers and fake food products that will mold inside of the "real" baby alive doll (that grosses me out). I think it is a nice basic toy, good quality and durable. You can use regular bandaids on her too when the stickers are all used up. I'm just SUPER ANNOYED that all dolls now come in blond/blue eyed (and speak in English), brunette with brown eyes (speak in Spanish) and African American (speak in English). Really? Not everyone who's not Hispanic is blond and blue eyed. And what about boy dolls? Seriously, we're having a baby boy soon and I can't find any male dolls in stores. That's unexcusable!!! But that's a different story for a different day.

We got this doll for under [...], so the value is great for a doll that has accessories and pees. I DO not buy the disposable diapers or the doll juice. That's something that I find silly, because my daughter gets a kick out of the pee that comes out from just water, and we buy cloth doll diapers on Etsy [...] that can just be thrown into the dryer. I bought my daughter a doctor coat and a doctor kit for Christmas, so this doll goes to the pediatrician a lot! :) If buyer's read the descriptions carefully, they will not be disappointed. This doll only comes with 1 diaper, so plan on cloth or plan on buying the refill kits. The manufacturer planned on BANKING on the parents needing more diapers and more doll juice, but you don't have to feed into it. Get cloth and go with water-pee. The stethoscope does not have a battery in it, nor does the doll, so do not plan to hear a heartbeat. However, if you plan to get a supplemental medical kit at some point, get one with a steth that has a heart beat sound. The other accessories in this kit are fantastic. The medicine in the spoon disappears, the aspirator looks like it's taking away mucus, and the thermometer says this baby has a fever. If you run out of bandaids, just use kid ones. Residue can be rubbed off with a wet cloth. If you use your imagination, this doll is exactly what you need without being suckered into buying the extras.

My daughter asked for this for her birthday because we couldn't afford a "real" Baby Alive doll. This one was much cheaper, so she was fine with getting it instead.

Unfortunately, it's not a real Baby Alive doll, which is why it's so much cheaper.

She was extremely disappointed, and she hardly ever played with it again after the first day. She thought this doll was at least going to DO something, but it doesn't. It has a tube that goes through from its mouth to it's bottom so it can "pee" like the dolls that would do this in the 70s, but other than that, it doesn't really have any features to speak of. It's just an ordinary "Betsy Wetsy" type doll with some accessories.

It's ok as far as an average doll goes, but don't buy it because of the "Baby Alive" name, because it's most definitely NOT a Baby Alive.

My 3 year old loves this doll. I bought her a pack of Huggies Preemies size disposables and allow her to use only one a day to make the package last. The Baby Alive brand diapers don't work well and are very overpriced. I realize now this isn't environmentally sound so I will be looking for some Preemie sized cloth diapers for the doll. This doll only comes with one diaper so plan on either getting cloth diapers or buying disposables.
My problem with the mess is not the "pee" in the diaper, it's in the process of "feeding" the doll that soaks it's clothing and anything else around or under it. The water dribbles out the mouth and goes all down around the neck and back. I'm surprised no one else has had this problem. After all it is only water so it does dry, but I would recommend against buying the "juice" packets that Baby Alive sells to feed the dolls because they do stain.
The box clearly says "listen to her heartbeating". There is no heartbeat. Either in the doll or in the plastic stethoscope. This is very misleading.
All that being said my daughter loves this doll and hasn't grown tired of her after about 2 weeks. She doesn't do much except pee, keep that in mind, I think she's alright for the 2-5 year age range.

For the Baby Alive name, this is very disappointing. The outside says you can hear the baby's heartbeat.....well now I know why there was quotes around that! You are to use the stethoscope to pretend to hear it. You have to really squeeze the sippy cup to get the doll to take water. My 6 yr old can't squeeze hard enough to get her to drink. I think my daughter will be using this in the tub. It could have been much more! On the positive side, no batteries.

This doll is great. My four year old niece loved it. However, the only disappointment was that the stethoscope doesn't make noise. You have to "pretend" to hear the babies heart beat. Other than that, this is the perfect doll, especially for camping and outdoor activities. My niece loves to make her doll feel all better and the bandaids are a big bonus!

Used doll for potty training because was one of the best values compared to other wetting dolls. Be advised that the water goes straight through, the doll doesn't wait to be squeezed. Comes with one diaper, wish it came with little undies so it would have been more effective for potty training.

Bought this for my Granddaughter and she loved it!! She is 10 years old and this product was great for her.

So my daughter loves Baby Alive and we saw the Better Now Baby. She is so into taking her babies to the doctor and this one sounded fun. There was a doll with different packaging on the shelf yesterday. It had a nice SPECIAL VALUE sticker on it and also advertised "Now you can "listen" to my heart!" This did not say it on the other packages. We looked at the contents. Almost the same as the other dolls. This one did not have a blanket but instead a nose aspirator. She already had a blanket and the package idicated you could not listen to the heart and it was a special value. So we bought it because it was also the same price as the other dolls. Come to find out "listen" is in italics for a reason. I guess this is Hasbro's way of tricking adults and kids into thinking it actually works. What a dirty trick HASBRO has pulled. She still likes the baby but it ticks me off we were taken. I don't think I would have let her buy it if I thought it didn't do something a little extra. She has other doctor items just not a working stethoscope. I am not a happy customer but the baby stays at home.

This doll and all of its accessories are very well made and top quality. My 4-yr. old daughter loves to play doctor with this doll and check her temperature and give her medicine, etc. The only downside is that it takes forever to feed her from the cup. The liquid (I used water) hardly comes out and you practically have to squeeze it to make it slowly drip out. I tried making the hole in the top of the sippy cup larger, but that didn't even seem to help. I also noticed that even if you did get the water to come out faster, the baby can't "drink" it that fast because the hole in her mouth is only so big and it starts to come down the sides of her mouth. I know this sounds like a bad review, but actually this doll is very nice just to play doctor with. There are five accessories for that alone, including the bandages (yes, they are easily removed), thermometer, medicine spoon, pretend stethoscope and small lavender blanket. I think we're just going to pretend that we're feeding her from her cup and continue to play doctor instead. From that aspect, this doll would get all five stars.