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My 5 year old daughter received this for a birthday gift. Grandma paid nearly $50. She was really excited to try it out in the bathtub. Once you tilt the doll’s head and put her arms up, she is ready to go. When she “senses” the water, she starts to swim, kicking and rotating her arms and head like a crawl stroke. She doesn’t go very straight or fast. The problem comes when you want to just play with her or give her a bath, like the directions suggest. Once her water sensors are activated, she starts to swim and as long as she is in the water, she continues to swim, which is annoying if you just want to play or give her a bath. There is no off button. Maybe it would be more fun in a swimming pool.
I purchased this doll for my 4 year old daughter and she absolutely loves it. “Julie” has earned top privileges among the doll collection. Many of my daughter’s doll clothes fit “Julie” so she has an outfit for all occasions.
I didn’t know what to expect of this doll as far as durability. Now that she’s been played with a lot, she seems to be standing up to her 4 year old mom just fine. Her arms, legs and head move freely, even though they are designed to move in the water. When she is swimming, if one of her limbs or head is held, she will just make a clicking noise, no harm done. There seems to be a slip mechanism inside her to prevent injury while swimming at the hands of a very young mother. She comes with good instructions – follow them and she should live a long life.
Bottom line – This is a very good doll, a little on the pricey side, but guaranteed to make any little girl a happy mom – and that’s priceless.
I recently gave this as a gift to my four year old, and she enjoys it somewhat, but so far we’ve only been able to use it in the tub. It might be fun to try in the pool, because it just propels itself around, nonstop. The lack of an off switch is a big problem, because sometimes the kids just want the baby to stay still so she can be bathed.
CAUTION: my daughter just discovered a semi-hazardous aspect to this toy. Somehow she reclined on top of it in the bath as it was swimming, and the doll’s arm continued to move back and forth (up and down?) in a swimming motion. In doing so, it rapidly tangled in my daughter’s hair and wrapped up its entire length till it was all the way up to my daughters scalp. It didn’t stop and just kept yanking and yanking, producing SCREAMING. Once I got the doll out of the water and it stopped moving, it wasn’t impossible to untangle. I got the hair unsnarled with loads of conditioner, but it was no fun. If your daughter has really long hair like mine does, watch out.