Crunch time came when Mum cooked the bag of potatoes one evening. My sister didn't get a Baby Alive so she dressed up a 2kg bag of potatoes, she felt the weight approximate the feel of a baby. We would reverse the flow and put the mock food in the weirdly chewing mouth and eject it as projectile vomit by flushing the tube from the bottom end with the baby bottle. My younger brother and I would often terrorise my younger still sister when she had her Baby Alive doll. I will always remember Baby Alive and will always feel a little guilty. After Christmas I really had to spend the money on essentials. I was a single mum but I was prepared to pay the money because his desire was so strong. My four-year-old son told me that he wanted a Baby Alive for Christmas and sadly I could not find one anywhere. In 1976, Baby Alive was so popular that all the shops ran out in the days leading up to Christmas. My poor sister found the robotic sound disturbing. I was so delighted and always fascinated at the noise she made when her moving mouth sucked on her water bottle. I still remember getting a beloved Baby Alive over 45 years ago, waking up so early, Santa had put her in my stocking before 5am.

These are true stories texted to ABC Radio Sydney. It came with a bottle, it dirtied nappies, and one iteration produced vomit.įor some, receiving a Baby Alive was just as traumatic as not getting one. It could eat packet foods mixed with water that were fed to it from a spoon. The Baby Alive doll was introduced to the shelves in 1973. It was shaped like a baby and miraculously could do some things that babies did. I invited ABC Radio Sydney listeners to tell me about the Christmas presents they wanted so badly in their youth.įrom the stories of ponies denied, fashion requests unfulfilled and sad substitutes for scooters and dragster bikes, a figure emerged. It's December, so I want Christmas stories.

Black baby alive doll