We got this for my daughter when she was five months old, and she is still loving it at 16 months. It has held up incredibly well. It looks brand new despite being well loved. The braids are perfect for teething babies to chew on, and it is such a sweet looking doll. It has a little rattle inside of it so it makes a pleasant rattling sound when you shake it. I had bought one of these for my niece several years ago when she was a baby, and it was her first favorite doll too.