I also bought this to help potty train my son. The book “How to Potty Train in Less Than a Day” suggested a wetting doll. I thought the idea was ridiculous at first. I didn’t know anyone else who used a doll. Well…I trained my son in two days while it took everyone else I knew weeks or months. I owe a lot to this little doll. He also enjoys playing with her now, although this doesn’t make daddy too happy! She is just too much fun…

This doll is kind of awful. My daughter got one as a gift and she was THRILLED. I hate this thing. I think it’s important to realize it REALLY requires as much care and upkeep and cleaning and so on that you may start considering never having another of your own. This doll is VERY time consuming for the parent. The replacements are expensive. My daughter REALLY liked just pretending with the diapers, but they will NOT restick, so buy preemie generic store replacements with a velcro tab. That’s my best advice.
For me personally, I’m THROUGH buying diapers, lol! My daughter tired of it quickly, I never bought more food, though I did diapers, because the cleaning is SUCH a pain. I put it in my attic for another time so maybe one day she’ll be interested again. She was 5 when she got it. Your child may love it, but you will loathe it.

This doll is fun to play with, and my daughter had some interest with using the potty after playing with this doll, however it is too much work on the parent. You have to mix the babies food, then you have the dishes that comes with the doll to wash, or the food will stain the bowl and spoon. You have to keep on feeding the doll its bottle till the “pee” is clear that runs out of the doll, or the food will harden inside the doll, and may break the doll down to where it doesn’t funtion properly anymore. The accessories such as the babies food, and diapers are sold seperate, which gets pricey like having a real baby! I guess that is why it is called baby alive! Also, when the doll makes a “stinky” you have to wipe her down with a wet cloth or the baby food that comes out from her bottom will leave a stain on her butt, or legs if it drips down. Feeding the doll is a mess too, so you have to constantly wash the dolls bib. Overall the doll is educational, and it does help a child want to go potty, but I suggest to parents to buy a potty training doll without the mess, especially if you have other things you could be doing with your precious time then to wash a dolls bowl and spoon, and bib, and feed its bottle for like 20 minutes till its insides are cleaned out from the doll food!