As I mentioned earlier, Isabella fell instantly in love with Luvabella. She wouldn’t put her down at all and carried her softly everywhere she went. I finally managed to persuade her that Luvabella was tired and needed a sleep while Isabella ate her dinner. It was so adorable to watch. Looking at those loving glances that we gave our own children made me smile.

Luvabella’s lamb toy puts her in play mode. When the lamb is brought close to her mouth, she will kiss it and start talking and playing. She’ll also experiment with new words during the play. Luvabella Newborn makes a great gift for kids aged 4 and up. Requires 4 AA batteries (not included). She’s so real, she’ll amaze you! EXPRESSIVE FACE AND MOVEMENTS: With beautiful natural expressions, a dynamic moving mouth and sweet newborn sounds, Luvabella Newborn is truly lifelike! She can express if she’s hungry, fussy, happy or gassy, just like a real baby! When the doll’s batteries are low, she will YAWN and say, “SO SO TIRED.” She will then close her eyes and shut off. If she doesn’t do this, the batteries aren’t the problem. A doll that can learn 100 words and play with hundreds of movements and sounds is NOT going to be durable as well. All the tech on Luvabella that makes her great, also makes her vulnerable to rough play.Although we mean this in a slightly funny way, we are absolutely “for real.” Luvabella is a high tech interactive baby doll and she’s got the equipment to prove it: Your Luvabella Newborn Doll, her clothes – a onesie, headband with bow, and interactive soother [that’s dummy to you and me and pacifier to our US friends] an interactive bottle and an instruction booklet . THERE’S DAD STUFF IN THE LUVABELLA NEWBORN BOX

If your little one wants to change a diaper, consider getting 1 washable and reusable cloth diaper. The last accessory that comes with the doll is her bottle. The bottle is used primarily for soothing and putting her to sleep.Childhood is gone in the blink of an eye [except the sleepless nights part, that lasts for decades I think] and I wanted to enjoy every moment I could and make it as fun as possible.

Besides, using a wet wipe allows your little one to clean Luvabella the same way she would clean a real baby, thereby extending the pretend play. 6. For ages 4+, but better for ages 5+. You see, as an incurably hopeless, wish-upon-a-star daydreamer, when my first baby boy came into my life, I swiftly realised that being the parent you thought you would be, and creating family memories to treasure in the way you imagined before your baby was born [and keeping you awake all night] is a real challenge. So inside the pink, pink box [we only just realised that there were boy Luvabeau dolls available if you’re after a boy, and I do recommend buying a boy doll for any daughter as I had a boy doll when I was little and I had no idea until that time that babies were not all born girls.] here’s what you get. Luvabella Newborn is made to be lifelike and the first thing the boys noticed was the fact she has a bottle and dummy. They took this as an amazing signal that boys SHOULD play with Luvabella dolls as naturally they know some babies are fed with bottles by moms – but they also know that Dads don’t have breasts with milk to feed their babies, so they need these things. Dad stuff in the box. LUVABELLA NEWBORN BIRTH / ADOPTION CERTIFICATESo, Hero plays with dolls. They all loved baby dolls when they were his age. Hero loves baby dolls even more than the others, because he’s the smallest in our family and so he’s the only boy to not have had a baby sibling to fawn over and cuddle. So any baby doll he can hold is like gold to him. All of my boys are hoping at this moment to become Dads one day [I’ve not put them off parenting yet it seems] and seeing them cuddling baby dolls is right up there in my happy tears territory at PMT time.