I know I’m supposed to tell how much my children love this toy. The fact is I love Baby Stella. It’s the first doll I’ve bought for my baby 9-month old twins, and they’re still a little skeptical. Stella is about a foot tall (Product Description says 15 inches but mine is 12). My babies haven’t seen anything like this before, and she looks like them in a way.

They hold Stella as if they love her and then they throw her. They also like to pull Stella’s pacifier off. That’s fun for them. This pacifier is way too big for my babies’ mouths so it’s not dangerous at this stage. You can loop your finger or thumb through the handle of the pacifier. The pacifier has a magnet and locks on pretty tightly to Stella’s mouth. My babies are not at the stage where they try to put the pacifier back on.

Stella’s belly and feet feel as if she has little round crunchy things inside like barley or buckwheat. All the rest of her (head, arms and legs) are made of thick foam inside. She has seven tiny strips coming out of the top of her head – her hair. They like to put any part of her in their mouths and we wonder if they’re kissing Stella. They haven’t discovered that they can take her clothes, including her diaper off. Those are held by velcro in some places, but in a way that seems seamless. I think it will be awhile before they find that out.

My guess is they’ll love this doll as much as I do. And I’ve never loved a doll either. It’s just such a joy to buy your girl’s first doll. Others have said I should get two. I hadn’t thought of that earlier for some reason. If you see me with another review and that Amazon Verified Purchase logo, you’ll know what happened.

We like stella so much that we bought one for my cousins little girl, along with the stella backpack. Stella is soft, and snuggly, and I love her little tuft of hair! Most of all, Stella is not creepy looking, as many dolls are, and I love her velvety soft skin.