How to Make Baby Annabell Cry Tears
How the heck do you get baby Annabel to cry real tears?
(29 Posts)
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 11:42:57
The DDs got these for Christmas (version 4, I think they are?) and have fed them a lot (though I'm not sure how much water is actually going in) but no tears yet ...
bundle Tue 29-Jan-08 11:43:22
Cappuccino Tue 29-Jan-08 11:45:38
oh don't get me started
mine won't cry either despite my best efforts
I spent half an hour one day putting her to sleep and then waking her up aggressively
by the end of it I was hanging her upside down
dds got v bored eventually because she wouldn't take on any more water
GooseyLoosey Tue 29-Jan-08 11:46:57
Similar problems here but with Tiny Tears - end up whacking her off the bed in my efforts. Not sure what messages I am conveying to dd though!
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 11:58:04
Argh - will have to contact manufacturers - really can't be bothered - what a rip-off.
bundle Tue 29-Jan-08 11:59:28
we have one of those baby born dolls that swims.
when she feels like it 
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 12:04:57
Well the very "cute" customer service email address is hospital@dolls-hospital.co.uk, for anyone who needs it.
Grr 
hunkermunker Tue 29-Jan-08 12:05:56
Pick her up by her legs and smash her head against the wall?
<muses>
There's a reason I have boys, isn't there?
OrmIrian Tue 29-Jan-08 12:06:17
Give her something to cry about!
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 12:08:02
Somehow I knew this thread would give all you mildmannered MNers a chance to show your dark side ...
hunkermunker Tue 29-Jan-08 12:08:57
Mildmannered?
Me?
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 12:10:46
Take it as a compliment hunker 
hunkermunker Tue 29-Jan-08 12:11:56
Oh, I did.
Then I thought you might've been taking the piss a leetle bit
Idobelieveinfairies Tue 29-Jan-08 12:12:11
my DD's annabell has cried before, you have to make sure the bottle of water is really pushed in hard, and then sit it up! if it still dosen't work, give it a good old shake and try again (would recommend that DD isn't in the room whilst the shaking bit happens) haha!
Cappuccino Tue 29-Jan-08 12:13:31
hunker smashing her about does not make her cry
only removing her bottle at the crucial moment (split second timing required) and then holding her at v specific angle
if you smash her about she will think she is being rocked. She is quite a hard case.
clayre Tue 29-Jan-08 12:15:11
you have to squeeze one of her arms to make her cry real tears
haggisaggis Tue 29-Jan-08 12:18:54
ram bottle hard into her mouth and squeeze.
Ours used to cry when you did this - but now whe won't close her eyes so I doubt we gunged something up.
Best bit of baby Annabel is the off switch!
Nemoandthefishes Tue 29-Jan-08 12:21:02
dd1s has cried once after giving it 3 bottles of the water.
franch Tue 29-Jan-08 12:23:23
Bloody hell what a crap product. And we've all been conned.
OrmIrian Tue 29-Jan-08 13:05:29
Yeah! My babies all cried real tears and they were free
FioFio Tue 29-Jan-08 13:16:28
hunkermunker Tue 29-Jan-08 13:44:41
And this is supposed to teach our children to nurture babies how exactly?! Mind you, I pulled the head off my Tiny Tears with a fork because I wanted to see how she cried and wetted...
MascaraOHara Tue 29-Jan-08 13:46:09
dd has had one for a couple of years. I could never get the chuffing thing to cry. I did resort to battering it around the head but that was purely out of frustration.
OrmIrian Tue 29-Jan-08 13:48:01
I hated dolls as a child and I suspect I still do. DD has never been interested so not been able to find out. Apart from a soft bodied baby doll that she and DS#1 both had and that got scribbled on.
misdee Tue 29-Jan-08 13:50:40
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