In the early seventies, the baby Barbie came to babysit, changed looks. This baby had inserted eyes of glass (or hard plastic?), into a chubby face under a mass of locks in different hair colors, mostly blonde or in a honey shade. We initially saw this baby in the Mattel side line of Sunshine Family and Happy Family dolls. The baby has a chubby baby body, molded in one piece, with closed hands. Body and head are both marked 1973. The Baby-Sits baby came with different accessories and a lot of colors of the same. They are not easy to identify - as in deciding from which set they come or if they are a Barbie Baby-Sits baby or a Sunshine Family baby. But who cares? They are adorable, no matter their origins. If you find a black baby with rooted hair and inserted glass eyes, it is baby Hon - or her not named baby brother. Sunshine baby Sun, I have learned had blonde hair and as she grew into a toddler, her not named baby brother had red hair.
These dolls sometimes have issues in the form of melted plastic around the eyes. Some chemical reaction.

Sunshine/Happy Family baby
Copyright: 1973


 



Barbie Baby-Sits


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Sunshine Family baby


Happy Family baby Hon


Happy Family baby Hon

 

Other sets this can be found:

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