How to Take Care of a Doll Like a Living Being

Last Updated: November 8, 2021

Do you have a really unique baby doll? Well if so, do you want to be a mother/father? Then you can try with the doll first and see how you like it. Well let's just say it's a lot of work. Take the doll test!

Part 1

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Dressing Your Doll

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Provide your baby doll with clothes. You can make your own or buy some doll clothes if you'd like.
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Make a diaper from scrap toweling or an old towel. Alternatively, use real ones; choose the very smallest ones.

Part 2

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Providing Your Doll a Home

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Make a "room" for your doll.
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Make a doll bed. Make it from a shoe box or similar small box. Line with a piece of foam. Add a blanket, sheet and pillow.
- A pillow and sleeping mat can be made from scrap fabric. Cut two pieces of fabric into a rectangle shape and stitch up three sides. Stuff, then stitch up the final side.
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Make a personal space for your doll. Set up like a bedside table, then put the bed you made for your doll on the bedside table or inside your room.

Part 3

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Feeding Your Doll

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Prepare fake food for your baby doll. Pretend you are feeding the "child." Mix a bit of cornflour with water (1/4 cornflour, 3/4 water) and add a few drops of your choice food coloring.
- Do not place fake food inside the doll; it might go moldy and ruin the doll.
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Make a bottle. You can check out How to Make a Bottle for a Stuffed Animal or Baby Doll.
3
Feed baby food. If you have a Baby Alive Sweet Spoonfuls doll, you can feed the doll with food made just for her and she will "poop". These dolls are great if you are ready to have a "real" baby.

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Caring for Your Doll

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Don't leave the baby unattended. Unless you must go to school or any place where you really shouldn't bring the doll.
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Never leave your "child" in the car. If it were a real child, there's a very good chance somebody might call the police.
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Have fun! You have to pay a lot of attention to the "child." Take the baby for a stroll and if you want, you can be fancy and buy real baby stuff.
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Play games with your doll. Play hide and seek, card games and ball games.
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Put your doll to bed at a good time each night.
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Try out what it is really like to be a real parent. If you really want to pretend to be a parent for real, set an alarm about 2 to 3 times a night. When you have a newborn, you will be up at least that many times in the first few months.