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MGA Zapf Creation Baby Born, Mommy Look I Can Swim Doll

Just place this amazing doll in the water and she'll begin moving her arms and kicking her legs. She really swims! Set her arms in a swimming pose and she begins swimming when placed in water. Watch her paddle along the surface of the water with her face turned to the side. Dress her up in fun accessories when she's out of the water. Doll comes with slip-on mermaid tail, pair of flip-flop sandals, sunglasses, starfish water and squeaker toy, and headband. Measures 13" tall. Requires 3 "AAA" batteries, not included.

Baby Born is ready to go for a swim. Just pose her head and arms in the correct position, put her in the water, and she knows what to do. This doll is recommended for children age three and older.
It's Fun to Watch Her in the Water
Baby Born has sensors on her tummy that cause her to automatically start swimming the minute she hits the water, so there's no switch to worry about and no need to wind anything up. Just insert three AAA batteries (not included) in her back, and Baby Born is ready to swim. Your little girl will have fun taking the doll into the bathtub or pool with her. After Baby Born's swim or bath, dry her off, slide her feet into flip-flops, and cover her up with her mermaid skirt. If it's sunny, her headband and sunglasses will protect her sensitive eyes.


Baby Born automatically starts swimming when she touches water. View larger.

What We Think

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The Good: Doll actually swims, easy to operate

The Bad: Loud motor

In a Nutshell: Easy for a child to use, fun to play with
At a Glance
Ages: 3 and older
Requires: 3 AAA batteries



She Is a Strong Swimmer
The doll is constructed of hard plastic with fully posable limbs and a head that turns 360 degrees. Embedded on the front of the doll are two very small sensors that, as soon as they touch water, cause the arms and legs to move. Baby Born is a vigorous swimmer; she moves her arms in full circles while kicking her legs.
The design of this toy is excellent: The doll keeps her face out of the water and remains afloat as if she's actually swimming. Her clothing is bright and cheerful, and her pink nylon bathing suit dries quickly after removal.
A matching sequined mermaid skirt (it covers her feet in a split fishtail) matches the bathing suit and gives her an outfit to wear when she's not in the water. Her accessories include flip-flops, sunglasses, and a headband. A small problem with the doll's sunglasses is that they fall off easily and don't fit properly across her nose.
She Swims Fast, but Not Far
For ideal balance, the manufacturer recommends holding the doll underwater until all the air bubbles disappear through the holes in her back. However, the doll's performance was excellent even without removing the excess air. In the event your three-year-old forgets the air-removal step, the doll should swim fine and evenly, without becoming unbalanced or listing to one side.
For optimum results, it's best to have enough water in the tub (or pool) so the doll's legs can kick freely without coming into contact with a hard surface. Touching the bottom of the tub can cause her to swim crookedly. This, however, is not an issue with adequate water levels.
Though the doll's form is excellent and she really does resemble a swimmer, she doesn't actually travel--a positive thing in general because it's the doll's activity that will appeal to your child, not the number of laps Baby Born completes. One minor quirk is that the motor powering this doll is very loud.
What's in the Box
Doll, bathing suit, mermaid skirt, flip-flops, sunglasses, headband, starfish.

Kumi: *rolls eyes* “Please! I met the girl less than a week ago, and even I know she’s not a flirter. She’d act the same around you, whether she’s into you or not."

Dane (suddenly thoughtful): “Well, how am I supposed to know which it is, then—whether she’s into me or not?”

Kumi: “You ask her, dimwit. *eyes flick down to the Dane’s wide, sharply defined chest, gleaming in the sunshine* You’re a big boy. You can take a little rejection, if it comes to it, can’t you?”

Dane: *continues looking thoughtful for a moment, then shakes his head impatiently* “Bollocks.”

Caid (helpfully): “He thinks they’re just friends.”

Kumi: “Does he? Well, then, he has an even bigger deficiency in the brain cell department than the usual Y-chromosome carrier. You Brits like marrying your cousins, right? Yeeeah, that’s what inbreeding’ll do for you.”

Dane: *through clenched teeth* “Chuck and I are just friends, and you married one of us inbreeding Brits, or have you forgotten?”

Kumi: *smiles sunnily* “Gotcha! So you are British. This is the first time you confirmed it. Simon thought as much. I mean, when you let your guard down, you definitely talk like one, with all that cheerio-spotted dick-Bob’s your uncle bunk.”

Dane (cuttingly): “I truly do not know which prospect alarms me more: that you deliberately try to be this maddening, or that it comes so naturally to you that you don’t even know you’re doing it.”

Kumi: *amused laugh* “It’s a bit of both, actually. And I can tell you like her as more than a friend. You wouldn’t have read me the riot act about how she doesn’t need to be changed otherwise. So, again, why haven’t you asked her out?”

Dane (abruptly): “Chuck doesn’t date…*shoves his hands into his pockets and shifts from one foot to the other* Or, to my knowledge, she doesn’t.”

Caid: “True. I know for a fact she’s gotten offers at the club, and she always turns the poor bastards down.”

Kumi (pointedly): “Maybe she’s waiting for the right offer. I realize it may be a hard concept for your bitty boy brains to wrap around, but girls can be particular when it comes to choosing their inferior halves.”

Caid: “Well…if Dane’s not interested, I am. Charley’s cute, smells good, and has a real flair for sarcasm. Dig it.”

Kumi (shrewdly): “And I guess it took seeing her half naked to figure all that out, hmm?”

Caid (shamelessly): “It sure as hell didn’t hurt none.”

Dane: *mutters some truly vile things under his breath*

Caid: “So…are you still going to walk Charley back to the hotel? If not, I could go.”

Dane (harshly): “Piss off. Charley doesn’t know how to play your games. She’ll end up getting hurt.”

Kumi: “Seem to care a lot about her feelings, doncha, just-a-friend?”

Fashion Credits
**Any doll enhancements (i.e. freckles, piercings, eye color changes) were done by me unless otherwise stated.**

Kumi
Bikini: IT – Monsieur Z Doll
Cover Up: Mattel – Playline – My Scene
Shoes: IT – Monogram Doll – Best Drama
Sunglasses: Fashion Royalty – Homme – High & Mighty Darius
Necklace: Me

Doll is a Nu.Fantasy Wild Wolf Kumi transplanted to a NuFace body.

Dane
Shorts: Mattel – Playline – Cali Girl Blaine
Belt: Miema (etsy.com)
Shirt: Miema (etsy.com) – Cut off the collar and sleeves
Sneakers: Fashion Royalty – Homme – Euro-Classic Fashion
Hat: Fashion Royalty – Homme – In the Mix Takeo
Sunglasses: IT – Dynamite Boys – Beautiful Boy Auden

Doll is Night Vision Count Adrian

This morning hubby and I headed out in the car to Fort Edmonton for our grade 4 sons' field trip (our son traveled on the bus with the other students). This photo was taken by me as I was in the passenger seat and hubby driving our car.

We had a lovely trip up and enjoyed the visit to Fort Edmonton, looking at some of Edmonton's past history. Too we had a great ride home together. This eve I traveled away again in this same car of ours, this time an hours drive away to a sister-in-laws wedding shower (she shall be getting married in June). The shower was lovely. Hubby fore-warned me to watch out on the way home as deer are often problematic at dusk when driving through the country highways.

On the way home I was thinking of what hubby said, and I took off my sunglasses when the sun was getting low, to ensure I would continue to see as best I could and avoid any hazards, I was remembering his advice about deer.

No sooner had I put my sunglasses in the case and had two hands back on the steering wheel when I heard a loud noise and felt something strike the car, or the car drive over something? I looked in the rear view as I gripped the steering wheel, the car swerved out toward the center line slightly. I saw in the rear view a deer falling to the ground.... this animal had just run up against the passenger side of our car!

I pulled over when there was a little turn-off, a short while later... shaken and startled by what had happened, and really what could have happened. I got out and saw hair along the passenger side of the car, short white animal hairs... and too, noted a big dent in on the rear passenger door. On further assessment at home hubby and I found the front panel to be mildly dented, the front drivers door opens with some difficulty and the back passenger door opens and closes freely, though it has a definite dent.

Whoa... close.... I'm so glad that that deer had not come out a bit sooner, if he'd struck the front of my car... well, we just don't want to even go there. I'm very grateful to be home and the accident to be only minor, overall.