Ever wonder what it would be like to nurture your own 12-month-old cyber-baby? My Baby: First Steps gives you the opportunity to dress, feed, diaper, wash, and teach your very own computerized offspring.
Nobilis and South Peak have created this innovative game which allows you to make a number of choices to help your baby develop and grow. I chose a baby girl, because, well I'm pregnant with my second daughter. I love that I got to pick out her name and decide what color eyes, hair, and skin tone she'd have. It feels as though there are just enough options to choose from without it being overwhelming.
There are many opportunities for customization in this game. Things like scenery in the nursery, clothing and hair, and even what you do with your baby can be changed to suit your whims.
Taking care of your baby is hard work, but this game makes it fun. At each level/month of life, the pediatrician gives you two main tasks to complete (aside from your normal basic needs.) Some tasks are verbally focused while others are more physical.
Verbal tasks are accomplished by the player saying actual words to the baby or by touching her body so she can say the word that correlates the body part touched. For the physical tasks you use your baby's favorite toy to teach them how to walk, run, and climb. Varying the types of involvement the game requires with the physical and verbal tasks adds a wonderful level to the game.
Each task you tackle will either result in small accidents or mistakes for the baby, but also some great accomplishments. When you and your baby complete a task you're rewarded with baby blocks that add up to fill your baby meter for that month of your baby's life. Little extras like cooling the baby's food, changing both poopy and pee-pee diapers with a risk of being peed on, (yes it happened to me twice,) and curing diaper rash help make tasks a little more real.
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Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Daniella
Hello,
I just bought My babies first steps and I LOVE IT!!
But only 1 problem i cant make my baby run with assistance...It's impossible!!
2 - MommyB
Have you tried to move the stylus back and forth quickly???
3 - Johanna
yea you move the bunny across the screen fast the baby will fallow the bunny. my problem is I cant seem to get my baby to jump off the step.any ideas?
4 - MommyB
Jump off the step??? Hmm what month is that?
5 - Meagan
Daniella grab her/his hand make sure you keep holding on and she/he will run with assistance. hope it helps!
6 - lashay
yea im having problems with the running thing its hard
7 - MommyB
Yeah it can be difficult but if you keep moving your stylus back and forth pretty fast you should get it....good luck!
8 - Lexy
yea im having problems with running also
9 - Lexy
I cant grab her hand i help her stand up with the bunny i make it so ses walking i ry to grab her hand and it isnt working i tried having her stand still and trying grabbing her by the hand and it wont work impossibilty.
10 - alia
Help me! Running with assistance!
11 - niyanthi
help running with assistance
12 - niyanthi
she just gives me a hud & a kiss
13 - Jenna
I can't get more than 2 stars for my photos, what am i doing wrong?
14 - katelyn
i cannot get my baby girl to run with assistance please help me and i tried everything
15 - MommyB
Jenna- there are sites to cheat to get more stars but that's all I got when I tested this game out too.
Katelyn-you need to move the bunny fast to one side and make sure you hold baby's hand after, it's a little difficult.
16 - hswhtjwjj
i need help on how to change the dipars
17 - Baby Mama
I too need help on diaper changing. The dirty diaper will not go in the trash.
18 - MommyB
Are you using the cotton ball to wipe the baby? The diaper will not go into the trash if baby is still dirty.
19 - jamie
Running with assistance is very difficult. I've tried everything and he keeps falling.
20 - makenna
i am trying to chang the babys dirtty diapper but she just weird crys and a purple exclamation mark shows up please help
21 - LU
What will happen when you cared of four babies on baby first steps?
22 - sexy-foxy and mother
i bought my babys first steps and love it! have 2 girls and 1 boy what a handfull no trouble!
23 - sexy-foxy and mother
aahh love kids
24 - sexy-foxy and mother
scared--- almost finished with them what will happen?
25 - Jordan
I am having trouble with the walks on his own and every time I shake the little bunny beside him he keeps falling down please help me.