Okay, I'll admit it - I bought Meadow (yes, I named her) as a gift for my niece but ended up 'test keeping' her for a week... and now I might need to order another one. This 18-inch weighted doll has somehow become my WFH desk companion.

The first thing that shocked me was how realistic the skin texture feels when you run your fingers over her tiny arms. The hand-painted veins and baby rolls made me do a double-take when unboxing - my dog actually sniffed her suspiciously for five minutes straight!

Her outfit quality surprised me most - the tiny pink romper has actual functioning snaps and delicate embroidery. I may have accidentally spent $30 on preemie clothes at Target just to play dress-up (the magnetic pacifier stays clipped surprisingly well too).

Two quirks worth mentioning: Her permanently bent legs make sitting positions awkward (she always looks like she's mid-crawl), and the arm creases are painted a bit too dramatically red. My neighbor's kid asked if she had chickenpox!

At 2.86lbs, she's got just enough weight to feel real when cradled but won't tire small arms. My niece (age 4) can easily carry her one-armed on her hip for hours of pretend play. The soft cloth body makes her huggable, though the vinyl limbs give that realistic baby 'chunk'.

For the price point, this is dangerously close to those $200 reborn dolls - enough realism to delight kids but not so much that it creeps out adults. Just don't be surprised if you catch yourself absentmindedly rocking her during Zoom meetings...