I have 2 boys, but 4 home day care little girls. Their favorite doll we own by far is the Fisher Price Little Mommy doll. I have to admit I love it too! :) That is the doll who's name (as the kid's collectively decided) is the same as the youngest in the house...the one they take care of while I take care of the real baby. It's an EXCELLENT doll for the price. If I had my own little girl and was buying a special doll for her, it would have to be the Fisher Price Little Mommy one, American Girl's Bitty Baby, or the water baby as other's have mentioned. I'm not as big a fan personally of the cabbage patch ones, zapf brand ones, or the ones that do all those different things as they all tend to be stiffer.