Feeding Baby Alive Beatrix

Here is our little Baby Alive 2006 Doll Beatrix. Isn't she delightful? 

She is really hungry, and wanting to eat. Poor hungry baby girl.

It's okay, Beatrix. I have your bottle of water right here. Doesn't it look yummy?

Here is some Pear Doll Food for you. This is a vintage pack. YUM!

 

Let's pour it in your little bowl. We are making your food, Baby Girl. 

 Your food is ready, sweetheart. Time to eat!

How does your first bite taste, sweety?? I think she likes it, guys! What do you think?

"Ahhhh" says Beatrix. She really loves her pears doll food! :-)

Feeding Serena our Baby Alive 2006

Here is our little Baby Alive 2006, Serena

Isn't she so cute? Who can resist those big brown eyes <3

Here is a Baby Alive Bowl

And here is a Baby Alive Magnetic Spoon

And a Baby Alive magnetic bottle

Here we are pouring a vintage Baby Alive Food Packet into the bowl

Adding some water to the bowl

Mmmm Baby Alive, Serena, loves her food. Isn't she so cute??

Nom Nom nom nom... Yummy Good!

I'm thirsty. Mmmm my bottle is so good.

Time for a diaper change! She made a big stinky in her diaper!

Awe, that was so good mommy. I feel all better with a full tummy and a clean diaper!

Baby Alive Better Now Bailey Morning Routine

Today we did a MORNING ROUTINE with our Baby Alive Better Now Bailey (Brunette), and posted the video on YouTube:

For those of you who are unable to watch the video, I thought I would do the Morning Routine in a sort of BLOG format. This is the abridged version of this morning routine.

Sorbitol Baby Alive Food

Since my daughter and I have gotten our Baby Alive Real Surprises dolls, I have been searching for cheap alternatives to the expensive Baby Alive food. The baking soda method does work, but I really do not like how abrasive it is. It isn't anything like real baby food, or even like the Baby Alive food. The baking soda Baby Alive food is really grainy. It is one of the best alternatives I have found, but I really do not care for it.

I have searched YouTube for many different alternatives. Many girls are using lotion and pretending it is yogurt for their dolls. I haven't ever tried the lotion. It really worries me. After our first dolls quit working, I have wanted to be extremely careful with what we give our Baby Alive dolls to eat. 

Some of my research has lead me to Sorbitol. Some say that REAL Baby Alive food is made of sorbitol. I am not sure if this is accurate, or not, but it does look really powdery, sometimes. I say sometimes, because there are also some really chunky packets of Baby Alive food. 

I went out on a limb, and have purchased some Sorbitol from Amazon. I plan to use it for our Baby Alive's food. While we still have some authentic Baby Alive food, right now, I know it will run out all too soon, and we will be wanting more, so I am ready to make the Sorbitol Food for our dolls. I will post a review and possibly a video comparing baby alive food with Sorbitol Food, so check back within the next week. :-)

Until then, if you want to try it yourself...Here is the recipe I found, here:

Sorbitol Method

• 
  
  Put 1 tbsp. of sorbitol in a bowl.
• Slowly add water to the sorbitol using a tablespoon and stirring until you have a thin consistency. Keep track of how many tablespoons of water you added so you'll know for next time. You don't want it to be too thick or it can get stuck inside the doll.
• Add two to four drops of food coloring to the sorbitol mixture. You can choose colors to simulate whatever baby food you want it to be--a light tan could be applesauce and yellow could be for bananas, for example.

How I Make Baby Alive Food

We LOVE Baby Alive, but buying Baby Alive Real Surprises food and juice can get expensive, so we have sought out some alternative methods for making our own Baby Alive food. This is only one method we have found, and we will be posting more soon. 

Baby Alive Food

Ingredients:

Baking Soda

Food Coloring (Any color, optional)

Water

Directions:

Place baking soda in Baby Alive bowl. Add water. Add a drop of food coloring. Stir.

Simple, right?? :-) 

Here is our video on how we make Baby Alive food out of Baking Soda!

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Baby Alive Real Surprises Review

My daughter got a Baby Alive Real Surprises doll for Christmas from my MIL. My first reaction to the doll, was honestly a little creepy. I have seen the Chucky movies, and initially, I was leery of the doll, but that soon changed.

My Baby Alive History

When I was little, I had a Baby Alive doll. I was really small, and my mom would not let me feed my Baby Alive the food packets, which really disappointed me. The whole reason I had wanted a Baby Alive doll was so that I could feed her and change her poopy diapers. I was determined that I would let my daughter enjoy her Baby Alive Real Surprises doll to the fullest, so as soon as she got home with her doll, I let her feed it.

Feeding Baby Alive Real Surprises

Baby Alive Real Surprises comes with a pacifier, a sippy cup, a feeding bowl, a feeding spoon, a bib, three Baby Alive food packets, and diapers. The Baby Alive sippy cup, pacifier, and feeding spoon that come with Baby Alive Real Surprises have magnets in them that help Baby Alive know when she is eating, drinking, or sucking. When these specific items are used with Baby Alive Real Surprises, she makes sucking and nomming sounds, as well as talking to her mommy as she eats. 

Problems When Feeding Baby Alive Real Surprises

The first time my DD fed baby alive, we did incur some problems. My daughter put Baby Alive's little bib around her neck, and we followed the directions on the food packets when mixing the food. We filled Baby Alive's bottle, and poured water up to the line on the feeding dish. My daughter poured the food packet into the water and stirred the food until it was fully mixed. I was as excited as my daughter was to start feeding the doll, as this was the part I had missed out on when I was a child. My daughter began spooning food into Baby Alive's mouth, and Baby Alive knew she had the spoon in her mouth and would interact with my daughter as she ate. Every few bites, my daughter would give Baby Alive a sip out of her sippy cup. After several bites and drinks, we started noticing some problems.

Baby Alive was stopped up! So the water and food began to stay in her mouth and would not go down any farther. I had to take baby alive into the bathroom over the sink. I shook her (Thank goodness she is only a doll, and did  not get shaken baby syndrome), I tried squirting water in her butt, I tried dumping contents out her mouth, but nothing helped. I ended up filling Baby Alive's bottle with hot hot water, and giving her a sip, I would let the hot water sit in her mouth for a few minutes, and then I would dump it out her mouth. After doing this several times, it unclogged Baby Alive, and Baby Alive food and water started coming out of her bottom the way it was supposed to.

Whew, this was a stressful and discouraging ordeal. First of all, my daughter was upset, because her precious new doll was not working right. I was upset, because my daughters new baby doll wasn't working, plus I was afraid that water or Baby Alive food would get into the electronic parts of the Baby Alive doll. All ended up fine, though, and we have since learned that Baby Alive Real Surprises dolly really needs a drink after every single bite of food that she takes, or she can easily get stopped up. 

Expensive Baby Alive Refills

Baby Alive Real Surprises is a fun doll, but her refills are more expensive than those for REAL babies. Maybe the "REAL Surprise is the cost of the refills! My daughter had used up all of her diapers and food packets within the first day of having her new doll. When we went to the store to purchase more, we were shocked by the price. Baby Alive diapers were 6.99 for 6 diapers. Do the math. Baby Alive diapers cost more than one dollar each!

Instead of purchasing the Baby Alive Diapers, we ended up buying my daughter some Parents Choice Newborn Size diapers for her Baby Alive Real Surprises doll. These diapers work fine -- Maybe even better than the Baby Alive diapers, and they were only 5.99 for 40 diapers, which is WAY cheaper than Baby Alive brand diapers.

Baby Alive Food and Juice packets are VERY expensive, as well. For a 6 pack of baby food, it costed us 6.99! This is more than a dollar a pack. I almost think REAL baby food would be cheaper! I researched making homemade Baby Alive Food on the Internet, and found several recipes and ideas. One of the most popular Baby Alive Food Recipes was to mix baking soda, water, and food coloring to make Homemade Baby Alive Food. This is what we ended up doing, and while it doesn't turn out as creamy as the real Baby Alive Food, it does work.  

Other ideas that I found many young girls doing on YouTube was to use something like lotion to feed their baby dolls. I really am not sure lotion is a good alternative, however, because lotion is not cheap, either. While many girls probably have access to lotion, and it does have a creamy texture, I think it is a costly alternative to the real Baby Alive Brand Food.

A very cheap Baby Alive Juice alternative is just to add a drop of any color food coloring into Baby Alive's sippy cup. The Baby Alive Juice and Food packets are very cute, but it is silly to pay so much money for something that can be made for so cheap.

Do We LOVE Baby Alive Real Surprises?

Yes... The answer is YES. We love Baby Alive Real Surprises, despite the problems we faced, and despite the cost for refills. There are cheap alternatives, and it all adds to the REAL experience that comes with owning a Baby Alive doll. Baby Alive is about having a real experience with mess and poop and pee and baby problems. My daughter loves this doll more than any other doll, and I, her mother, am in love with the doll, too. I have decided I want one of my own, so we can both have a Baby Alive Real Surprises Doll to play with, together. 

What is this Blog About?

This blog is about Baby Alive Real Surprises. I plan to talk about daily life with Baby Alive Real Surprises, and her food, juice, diapers, and clothes. In the near future, I plan on getting my own baby alive, and will be journaling my experiences, as well as my daughter's Baby Alive Real Surprises experiences. :-) Check back for more on our Baby Alive journey, soon!