JC Toys‘Lots to Cuddle Babies’ African American 20-Inch Purple Soft Body Baby Doll and Accessories Designed by Berenguer

Beautiful dolls! I bought three of them for the little girls in the daycare!

Extremely cute. Premie instead of newborn clothes fit way better! My 2-3 year old students love playing with them since they’re so realistic.

Just before my child turned four a year ago, she said she wanted a baby doll to be her "little sister". I started browsing and looked for a while before I found her! This doll is cute enough to literally take on a life of her own - my 4 year old takes her with us to the grocherie store and while in the cart (or being carried akwardly by small arms) we get double and triple looks from people, especially if leave her in cart when walk a few steps away from the cart. Some have even asked to take a photo of the doll to show someone at home (my daughter is a little possessive of her though). We have made sure to put a blanket over her (doll) when she's left in the backseat of the car so we don't have to worry about someone thinking she's unsupervised and in need of rescuing on a hot day.We've had her for almost a year now with almost daily use (she's "baby sister" after all) and the only "injury" she's sustained was when my daughter threw the doll up into the air and she scuffed her head against the door frame (ouch!). Body torso has developed a few fuzzy pills from washing occasionlly in a pillow case but nothing to complain about.She was great at motaviting/ bribing my daughter to take the yucky medicine when she had a bad ear infection (baby sister was holding the treat out and "talking")This doll is a great price, has a fabric "body" that is stuffed with something like batting. Has harder (not super hard) plastic head, feet & hands. She is about 20" long and about the width of a typical 3 to 6ish month old. Am pretty sure her crib shoes are the size for a 6month old (but the leg is rather wide where it attaches at an odd angle to her very short but wide feet) so shoes that will have elastic at the top of the shoe or some kind of flexible closure is more ideal. My daughter has put her into some of the Build A Bear clothing items but honestly her head doesn't fit well through them and she's a much better fit for the baby clothing in size 6mo up through 9mo (large 3mo items and up to 12 month clothing if has been washed a lot and has shrinkage; best pant size is 3mo or 6 mo items). Baby clothing is far more ideal for fit and will be far cheaper (especially if you go to a thrift store or can use "hand-me-downs". She barely fits in the cheap metal framed umbrella style doll stroller. Not sure how she'd fit in the Melissa and Doug Shopping Cart. This doll definitely bulkier than a regular sized American Girl Doll (will not fit in that doll bike seat attachment & have not identified if there's a baby carrier that she'll fit into - looked too big for the doll carrier that is styled after the Urgo/Baby Bjorn baby carriers (haven't tried though; only saw carrier that belong to a friend of my child). One of the pics shows a stroller she fits very well into - was a larger (& more expensive) 3 in 1 doll stroller.I think she had a bit of a "baby" doll smell in the beginning, but nothing unreasonable (we are ones to notice chemically smells).Am including some photos to show her size. The clothing and plastic bottle and pacifier that she came with still exist and have held up but have not gotten nearly as much use as the doll herself.Definitely recommend her if you're wanting a baby doll that is life size without spending a fortune. (FYI: Afterwards I did notice some of our local drug stores have slightly smaller sized dolls that are about this price or slightly lower & might fit a bit better in the metal doll umbrella style stroller and you can see in person the size which was the toughest part of buying this one). Am glad I got her & my daughter adores her - definitely the easiest way to provide your child with a little sibling (not the quietest though).

I've just received this doll yesterday. As an adult, I never really bought any toys for myself since few weeks ago. But I did like dolls a lot when I was a kid. But then I accidentally came across these cute dolls I also bought another 18 inch fashion doll) online and I thought it'd be great to have some fun for myself since they're not that expensive. :)This doll came after a week, which was yesterday. I was really excited when I opened the box, just like I'm a kid opening a present :DUpon opening the box, I could smell lavender... it's great!Then after taking the doll out, the doll actually has some weight... not as light as the toys I used to play (I used to have a baby doll when I was a kid). So I weighed this baby, and she's exactly 2 lbs :)I looked at the details of this baby. she has some realistic baby features-- eyes that look real, an opening mouth with 2 bottom teeth, all that baby "wrinkles" too. Then you can also put 1 of her thumbs into her mouth. That is really cute! And you would really feel that you're holding a baby when you hold her.However, she doesn't look exactly the same as the picture. But in my personal opinion... she actually looks better.Ok... if you look at the pictures, there are 2 facial expression, one is smiley face and the other is the one that opens the mouth. And Amazon didn't really tell you which one you're getting. This works fine for me, I think they're both cute and I got the one with the opening mouth :) Also I think my baby doll doesn't look as "round" and chubby as the one in the picture. But I think this makes her look even more realistic.Also the outfit is a little different than the picture. My baby's outfit is all pink with a beetle in the middle. I'd like the say that even the outfit is somewhat cute, the fabric is not a good quality. You may probably want to give her another outfit. And I also think that the body's cloth can be thicker. I don't know if it can hold up well for a kid playing with it.So this is my review of this cute baby doll. For $30 with free shipping, I think this is a good deal for such a cute baby doll. If you're looking for x'mas gifts for your girls, I think this would be a good choice! :)*** UPDATE OCT 2011:OK I just want to give you an update for this baby doll and the changes JC toys made on the news ones! (You can probably find this in my other review)1. The lavender smell is pretty much gone after almost a year. It becomes a very subtle smell.2. I just bought the Asian Version of this exact same doll from the JC toys website and can see they made some changes to it. First of all, the new doll no longer has the lavender smell. Then the new doll does NOT have a weighed bottom... It is actually about 1 lb lighter than the old one I got a year ago! I guess they made these changes for the kids. While I don't care much about the smell since it'll go away eventually, I do prefer a doll to have a weighed bottom so it can sit better :( . Too bad I am not that crafty, otherwise I would have added some weight to the bottom!Other than the smell & the body weight, these two dolls are exactly the same in terms of their vinyl, size and outfit.