This doll was bought for my daughter at Christmas along with the pram. I have just gotten round to taking it out of the box. Anyone with young babies will understand when I say they get loads for Christmas and they all come in ridiculous boxes with stupid cable ties, so I have been slow to get everything out. Amelia is now 10 months old and as I'm not really a doll person, much preferring boys toys so she has never played with a doll before.

Upon taking this out of the box I was surprised by how soft it was. I have young nieces and I though this doll would be the same as some of theirs all hard and plastic. So I was very pleasantly surprised. The doll is completely soft with no plastic bits, perfect for Amelia as she has a worrying habit of banging herself in the head with everything we give her. The dolls body and head are made of a velour sort of material and the feet and arms are a silky material so baby gets to feel different textures. Under the dolls hat is a rattle which my daughter loves shaking.

Amelia sat and played with this for around 15 minutes, which is about as good as her attention span gets. She also took it to bed where she enjoyed stroking the bobble on top of dollys hat. This is made of a silky material too and seemed to comfort her. Being soft the doll is fully machine possible, which is great for us as one of the first things she did was stick the dolls foot in her mouth, which she does with everything so it will be handy to pop it in the machine to clean it.

This doll is widely available for around £10 and I think for the price it's a wonderful first doll. I can lpop it in her cot knowing it's soft and has no choking dangers. 5 stars from me!