Barbie Forever: Barbie Theresa Doll & Mika

My daughter loved this item and had fun with the litter box for a few playtimes, but the bright colored sand ended up all over in my carpet and she lost the tiny pieces pretty quickly. She still has the cat and the Barbie though.

This toy may be messy with the sand and the cat peeing water but it gives the child a sense of responsibility. They learn to cleanup and care for a pet without harming them in any way. This is a great way to see if the child really can get along with a pet and be responsibile. The truth be told, even the adults in our family got a great kick out of Barbie and Mika the cat. The price was very reasonable and the child spends hours with it everyday playing Barbie's mommy and teaching Barb how to cleanup, care for and caress the cat. It was a joke when I first purchased it but it turned out to be really a valuable lesson gift.

Maybe I shouldn't write a review so quickly, but my 5 year old daughter has only had this toy for 3 hours and I hate it already. She seems to like it, but I agree with the reviewer that says it requires constant adult supervision. The sand is VERY fine and gets everywhere! I've vacuumed twice tonight and finally took away the bottle and sand and told her she had to play with just the dolls. Maybe an older child would get more out of it. I disagree that it would teach a child responsibility for cleaning up after a real cat. You can't control when a real cat pees, and real cat pee has a smell. Perhaps if the sand was stinky, then it would be the MOST obnoxious toy on the market right now.

The doll is nice though. I like that she's not as "busty" as Barbie, and so is easier to dress.

My daughter was excited to have this toy. However, the clean up was more than anticipated. So, moms, expect the mess with this toy! Also, my daughter did not play with this toy that much after the initial excitment wore off.

The Barbie Cat & Cat Box were fine. As a 65 year old Grandmother of 6, I really don't understand why that was so important that my granddaughter had to have it for Christmas. She is welcome to clean my cat box anytime she has the notion.

But I must say Amazon.com amazed me with service. Luckily I opened the box upon arrival, saw that the wrong product had been sent. Went into Internet, followed directions, and within 24 hours had a replacement. I've always said every business makes a mistake, it's how they correct the mistake that counts and Amazon.com earns A+++++++++ on that.

Thanks for making a cat and cat box a priorty for my grandchild.