Customer Reviews

Corolle Special Feature Baby Doll Lila - 17" Doll

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As a disclaimer, I have little experience with baby dolls so I can't really compare Lila to dolls from other brands. That said, Lila is fantastic! She is a 17" doll and so approximates the size of a small newborn. She is pretty light for a little Mommy to carry though (a pound or two?). She is interactive in four ways--laughing when tickled on her tummy, babbling baby talk when her hand is squeezed, crying when placed on her tummy (but stops on her own after about 10 seconds), and making sucking noises when her bottle is placed in her mouth. The sounds are so sweet, not loud or annoying. My daughter takes this doll to bed with her and when I check on her after she's asleep, I just flip the switch on her back to turn her off so that Lila doesn't wake her up in the middle of the night or during naps. The doll is obviously adorable, as the pictures show. Lila was a 2nd birthday gift for my daughter and she took to her immediately. She has played with it every day since receiving it more than a month ago. The doll sits well in a high chair (Kidkraft, see my review if interested) for feeding. The only downside that I've found is that she can't go in the bath.

At our house, we have three Corolle babies. The brand (French in origin) came highly recommended by a friend. I purchased the Calin doll for my daughter's first Christmas (she was 15 months), and I later got baby Paul (anatomically correct boy doll) to help my older son with potty training. I do think Calin could be a good first doll but my daughter has just never taken to her. She is a much smaller doll at 12 inches and has no interactive features. I'm sure it's one of those things where all kids are different but for my daughter, the interactive features and realistic size make Lila a favorite.

Oh, and this doll won an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award in 2005. A lot of the Corolle dolls got high marks there and I definitely agree. Corolle dolls smell heavenly (vanilla? sugar cookie?) and you can find oodles of coordinating accessories and clothes for them. If my daughter were older, I might just buy the baby preemie clothes for her since they're frustratingly cheaper but she really needs the ease of velcro to change Lila for now. (For anyone interested, she also fits perfectly in the Badger Basket Toys Doll Crib with Cabinet that Amazon also sells.)

Our two year old daughter received Lila (renamed Gracie) for Christmas. She absolutely loves her baby! We could throw away all her other dolls and she would not care, as long as she has Gracie. The baby has a beautiful face, nice sturdy accessories, and a nice vanilla scent. The baby seems well made, but we did have a problem - her left eye was stuck. I called Corolle and they took care of it immediately. They were fantastic. Gracie went on vacation, (we sent her back to the company) and they sent us a brand new doll. We highly recommend this baby! She laughs, says mama and coos, cries, and takes her bottle. The bottle provided is the only one that will make a sucking sound. The sounds are realistic and not annoying like some other 'cutesy' dolls. My daughter loves to take care of Gracie, and she goes everywhere with us. There is an off switch in the back which is nice during church and at night, so Gracie doesn't wake our daughter. Our 3 yr old son also likes to take care of the baby - a great nurturing product. Would be great for families expecting a new baby, really helps teach children. We also have the Corolle baby buggy. My daughter likes to take the baby and stroller when we go shopping, and she pushes her around. This actually works much better for us than me trying to push my daughter. She stays right with me and we get a lot of comments on how cute she is.

We placed this doll in bed w/ my daughter before she awoke on the morning of her fourth birthday. She woke up to the doll's cries, and it was love at first cry!

We chose not to show her any of the doll's other features, but rather allowed her to investigate and discover each one. It was a joy to watch her face light up with each new discovery!

Perhaps I have a revised version, but I do not believe that the cry is too loud. In fact, there are times when I wish the doll's sounds were louder. The cooing and giggling are incredibly life like and sweet. And while I can understand someone being annoyed by the realistic cry under stressful circumstances, the crying actually compels the little "momma" to immediately attend to the doll, achieving for herself a sense of satisfaction in a "job well done" once her "baby" has stopped crying.

I was concerned that the doll might lose a bit of magic, in my daughter's eyes, once she realized that it was battery powered, but she was not phased by that knowledge.

Lila has been in our home for almost one year, and there has not been one day when she is not played with, cared for and cuddled by both my four year old daughter and her six year old brother. We are quite pleased with our choice.

My three year old daughter fell in love with this doll immediately. She is so fun and beautiful. With all the features , this doll gives a child many hours of creative playtime. This is a big bargain on amazon since I paid 45.oo for it elsewhere. WOrth every penny!!!!

My 6-year old daughter received this doll for Christmas last year, and all of us immediately loved it. The sounds she makes are realistic, and the crying is not overly long in my opinion (as one reviewer noted), and in fact my daughter enjoys feeling as if she really has to do something to help her baby stop crying. The doll is the right weight and softness, and the details are really sweet and not strange or scary as some baby dolls for some reason are made to look. I've seen dolls with wrinkled little faces or pouting mouths, and this one has a perfectly sweet and serene expression on its face. My daughter often has friends over and they all like to play "babies." They all bring their own babies to our house, and none of them are anywhere near as beautiful or as lifelike as this doll. She is truly the way baby dolls should all be made. True, you don't want to lose the pacifier or bottle, but if you do, you can always order another one. On the plus side, it's a good lesson for kids to learn to keep track of things, and my daughter immediately set aside a safe place to keep her baby things so they wouldn't get lost. I've enjoyed the responsibility this has instilled in her. All in all, it is the best present we have ever given her.

I have three daughters and five babydolls. This is BY FAR my favorite. All three girls really enjoy playing with this doll. She smells nice. She looks nice. And, her sounds are nice and pleasant. I wish I would have found this doll sooner!

I ordered this doll for my daughter. The first doll that Amazon sent was defective; some of the eyelashes were missing, and the doll didn't make sounds when its hand was squeezed, and it didn't "suck" from the bottle. Amazon was WONDERFUL in accepting the return (Amazon paid for the shipping) and sent me a new doll immediately. However, even the new doll is not perfect. The defect relates to the on/off switch. Even when the new doll is switched to the "on" position, you have to use a tool to push the switch as far as possible in that direction before it really is turned on (and vice versa to turn it off). It has nothing to do with the batteries, we used brand-new batteries and I even tried other new batteries to make sure that was not the problem. This is a quality issue. How disappointing and frustrating it has been to get two less-than fully functioning dolls, when they cost this much money. Ridiculous. I didn't bother to return this one because I just gave up and my daughter plays with it anyway, but the doll is totally not worth $70 with all these quality issues.

Oh, my, Lila is the BEST!! I did alot of research before purchasing this doll for my granddaughter and I was NOT disappointed! Lila's cries and giggles are quiet so not annoying. In fact, when she cries lying on her tummy, she will turn off after about 15-30 secs. so one doesn't have to find the bottle in order to "make her stop". My 3 1/2 yr. old granddaughter has learned how to turn her off when not in use, so we have not needed to change batteries at all in over a month. A friend of mine who bought Baby Alive at the same time has already had to change batteries. My granddaughter has played with her every day and loves that she closes her eyes when asleep. I purchased several outfits also for her, so she loves to change clothes all the time. We are not disappointed AT ALL with our purchase!!!

My daughter had been hoping for an interactive doll. Too many of them (in my opinion) are either too loud, (I don't want a doll in my house that can cry at any random time in the middle of the night.) or have unnecessary funtions. (Again, no thank you on the dolls that can go to the bathroom. #1 and #2...yuck!) This doll has enough functions to keep a child's interest without it going overboard. Great for families who would like to keep some things left to the imagination!!

I bought this doll for my two year old grandaughter after spending a lot of time deciding which one she would most enjoy. She hardly ever puts it down, and absolutely loves it to death. I'll admit to becoming rather attched to her, myself. Her sounds are sweet, and not too loud, and her body is just the right weight. We're 100% satisfied with this precious doll. The only downside, is that she's not bathe-able if that's important to you.